Nihoa millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi) Description
Acrocephalus familiaris
English: A Nihoa Millerbird on Nihoa, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, USA.
Date 31 August 2012, 14:47
Source Nihoa Millerbird https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwspacific/7902649536/
Author S. Plentovich of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Pacific Region's http://www.flickr.com/people/52133016@N08
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acrocephalus_familiaris_-Nihoa,_Northwestern_Hawaiian_Islands,_USA-8.jpg
The Nihoa millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi) is a subspecies of the millerbird. It gets its name from its preferred food, the Miller moth. The 5-inch (13 cm) long millerbird has dark, sepia-colored feathers, white belly, and dark beak. Its natural geographic range is limited to the tiny island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and it is hoped that birds translocated to Laysan will help to ensure the survival of the species. The Nihoa millerbird is one of the two endemic birds remaining on Nihoa, the other being the Nihoa finch. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Acrocephalidae, Subspecies: Acrocephalus familiaris kingi (Wetmore, 1923).