Maui Parrotbill (Kiwikiu)

Photograph by Jack Jeffrey

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Maui Parrotbill - Fringillidae Pseudonestor xanthophrys

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From www.mauiforestbirds.org: "Kiwikiu or Maui Parrotbill use their large parrot-like beaks to split branches and to extract insect larvae, their primary prey. Adult Parrotbill are 5 to 6 inches long, olive-green above and yellow below, and have short tails and distinctive yellow eye-stripes. Females tend to be duller in color and have smaller bills than males. Immatures are greyish-olive above and pale yellow below with whitish eye-stripes. Endangered: now, only about 500 Parrotbill are estimated to exist."

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