Description
English: ʻAkepa (Loxops coccineus) - an endangered Hawaiian forest bird
Date 8 October 2013, 14:36:35
Source http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5007096
Author Casey Sanders
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5007096-PPT.jpg

The Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (Loxops coccineus) is an endangered ʻakepa native to Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. All three of the ʻakepa were considered monotypic before being split by the NACC of the AOU in 2015. The Hawaii ʻakepa was first collected by western science during Captain James Cook's third voyage around the world. Several specimens were collected, as well as feather leis (necklaces resembling strings of flowers) constructed by Hawaiian artisans. The specimens were classified when brought back to England several years later. The Latin name of the bird, Loxops coccineus, means "crossed" (Loxops) and "red" (coccineus). The word coccineus is also used in another Hawaiian bird, the ʻiʻiwi (Vestiaria coccineus). Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Species: Loxops coccineus (Gmelin, 1789), Synonyms: Loxops coccineus ochraceus.