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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Akiapolaau
Hemignathus wilsoni
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Fringilline & Cardueline Finches (Fringillidae)
Code 4
AKIA
Code 6
HEMWIL
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Curved (up or down)
Eye Color:
Black
Head pattern:
Plain
Crown Color:
Yellow to yellow-green.
Forehead Color:
Yellow
Nape Color:
Olive-yellow
Throat Color:
Yellow
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
13-14 cm (5-5.5 in)
Weight:
37 g (1.3 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Yellow
Adult Colors:
Green-yellow on head and underparts with white underbelly and vent, olive back and rump, black on lores and around eyes, and dark gray in wings and tail.
Juvenile Colors:
Yellow-olive
Underparts:
Yellow, with white on underbelly and vent.
Upperparts:
Olive with yellow head.
Back Pattern:
Solid
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Solid
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Direct, undulating flight.
Wingspan Range:
18-20 cm (7-8 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Notched Tail
Tail Pattern:
Solid
Upper Tail:
Olive
Under Tail:
Gray
Leg Color:
Black
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X