Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae)
Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) - HBW 15, p. 657
French: Picchion cramoisi
German: Apapanekleidervogel
Spanish: Apapane
Other common names: Akakani, Apakane
Taxonomy: Certhia sanguinea J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Sandwich Islands = Hawaii.
Long regarded as conspecific with extinct Laysan species H. fraithii, but treated by recent taxonomists as separate species on basis of a suite of potential isolating mechanisms and osteological differences. Monotypic.
Distribution: Main Hawaiian Is: Kauai, Oahu, Lanai, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing Locality Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2005 5 years ago 15 sec 3.5 -
A bird displaying Locality Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Curt Kessler 31 October 2005 5 years ago 18 sec 3.4
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male on branch
Locality Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
Aleix Comas 23 July 2009 2 years ago 3.8
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