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Chlorodrepanis virens (Hawaii Amakihi; Common 'Amakihi)

Synonyms: Certhia virens; Hemignathus virens; Loxops virens; Viridonia virens; Viridonia virens virens

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens), also known as the common ʻamakihi, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper.
View Wikipedia Record: Chlorodrepanis virens

Infraspecies

Chlorodrepanis virens virens
Chlorodrepanis virens wilsoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
10
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.18624
EDGE Score: 1.4318
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.5 grams
Birth Weight [2]  2 grams
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  70 %
Diet - Nectar [3]  30 %
Forages - Understory [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  90 %
Clutch Size [2]  2.5
Clutches / Year [2]  2
Incubation [2]  14 days
Maximum Longevity [2]  12 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Hawaii tropical dry forests United States Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests  
Hawaii tropical high shrublands United States Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Hawaii tropical low shrublands United States Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Hawaii tropical moist forests United States Oceania Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Haleakala National Park II   Hawaii, United States
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 177278 Hawaii, United States
Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve 245981 Hawaii, United States  
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park   Hawaii, United States

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Sophora chrysophylla (Mamane)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Himatione sanguinea (Apapane)1
Loxioides bailleui (Palila)1
Vestiaria coccinea (Iiwi)1
Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Anonchotaenia brasilensis <Unverified Name>[5]
Urotocus rossitensis[5]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Resource Use, Competition, and Resource Availability in Hawaiian Honeycreepers, Stuart L. Pimm and June W. Pimm, Ecology, 63(5), 1982, pp. 1468-1480
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0