Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae)

Akekee (Loxops caeruleirostris) - HBW 15, p. 653

French: Loxopse de Kauai German: Kauai-Akepakleidervogel Spanish: Akepa de Kauai
Other common names: Kauai Akepa, Ou-holowai

Taxonomy: Chrysomitridops caeruleirostris S. B. Wilson, 1890, Kauai.
Formerly considered conspecific with L. coccineus, but differences in coloration, voice, nest placement, ecology and genetics reveal it to be a separate species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Kauai, in Hawaiian Is.