ʻAkiapōlāʻau

Photo By/Credit

Jack Jeffery

Date Shot/Created
04/07/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
The ʻakiapōlāʻau (Hemignathus wilsoni) - a small yellow bird with a dramatically curved beak - is the only bird in Hawaii that fills the niche of the woodpecker. It uses its smaller bottom mandible for pecking into the tree like a woodpecker and then pries out insects with its long curved top bill.
Photo Credit: Jack Jeffrey/USFWS