Hawaii Creeper

Loxops mana (Wilson, SB, 1891)

Hawaii Creeper, Loxops mana, is a Hawaiian honeycreeper found on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean. It lives in dry forest and montane moist forest between 1,000 and 2,300 metres. The bird is also known as alawī. It is a small finch with drab green plumage and a short, sharp bill. It can move up and down tree trunks, using its bill to search bark for insects beneath the surface. When nectar is available, it also takes it from koa and ʻōhiʻa lehua.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Is.