Home › All birds › Akikiki

The Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Akikiki lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🍎 Fruit20%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Akikiki

Recorded by Patrick Blake (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC317034. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Akikiki

Where does the Akikiki live?

The Akikiki lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Akikiki eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fruit (about 20%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Akikiki endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Bahama swallow
• Cozumel thrasher
• Santa Marta wren
• Giant kingbird
• Bachman's warbler
• Sierra Madre sparrow

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.