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The Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (Loxops coccineus) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fruit and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Hawaiʻi ʻakepa lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs80%
• 🍎 Fruit10%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants10%

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

Conservation status

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Recorded by Brooks Rownd (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC124794. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Hawaiʻi ʻakepa

Where does the Hawaiʻi ʻakepa live?

The Hawaiʻi ʻakepa lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Hawaiʻi ʻakepa eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 80%), fruit (about 10%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Hawaiʻi ʻakepa endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Masked booby
• Anna's hummingbird
• Spotted towhee
• Rufous-tailed hummingbird
• Baltimore oriole
• Savannah sparrow

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