Akikiki
Oreomystis bairdi
Family: Finches, euphonias, and allies
Akikiki is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Only the female incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the nestlings and fledglings.
Introduced rats are thought to be major predators of eggs and nestlings.
Nesting occurs from March to June, with both males and females constructing nests of moss and lichen several meters up in the crowns of ʻohiʻa trees.