About Loxops coccineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
This bird species, commonly known as the Hawaiʻi ʻākepa, reaches a length of 4 inches (10 cm). Adult plumage is dusty green overall, while breeding males are bright orange. Like other species in the genus Loxops, it has a small crossed bill. Its call is a soft quivering whistle that finishes with a long trill. The Hawaiʻi ʻākepa is now found only in two or three locations, all on the island of Hawaii. These locations are: one population in Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the Hamakua Coast of Mauna Kea, one in the upper forest areas of Kaʻū in the southern part of the island, and one on the northern slope of Hualālai, which may have been extirpated. As of 2000, there were approximately 14,000 Hawaiʻi ʻākepa individuals remaining. The species was listed as endangered in 1975.
