Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae)

Hawaii Akepa (Loxops coccineus) - HBW 15, p. 652

French: Loxopse d'Hawaï German: Hawaii-Akepakleidervogel Spanish: Akepa de Hawai
Other common names: (Common) Akepa, Akakane, Akakani, Akepeuie

Taxonomy: Fringilla coccinea J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Sandwich Islands = Hawaii.
Until recently considered conspecific with L. ochraceus and L. wolstenholmei (latter, confined to Oahu, now extinct), but very recent DNA studies reveal genetic distances among the three to be equivalent to that between them and sister-species L. caeruleirostris; formerly regarded as conspecific also with L. caeruleirostris. Monotypic.

Distribution: Hawaii, in E Hawaiian Is.