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amakihi
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[ ah-mah-kee-hee ]
noun
plural amakihis.
- a small Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus virens, having mainly olive-green plumage above with a dark mark extending from the eye to the beak.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of amakihi1
First recorded in 1900–05; from Hawaiian ‘a³¾²¹°ì¾±³ó¾±
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However, the elepaio, an endangered native bird, lives in the lowland forests, as does the amakihi, an endemic honeycreeper that is not classified as endangered, he noted.
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Some bird populations on the Big Island, including the apapane and amakihi, have shown signs of resistance to disease.
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The University of Hawaii said Monday the disease sometimes called scaly leg was first detected in the Hawaii amakihi in 2007.
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An island-wide survey of key native forest bird habitats revealed the infestation is limited to the Hawaii amakihi.
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The Hawaii amakihi is a honeycreeper with green and yellow feathers.
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