An Albinistic amakihi sighted on the Island of Hawaii

Author:

Johanos, Thea C., Breese, Dawn

Title:

An Albinistic amakihi sighted on the Island of Hawaii

Periodical:

Elepaio

Year:

1984

Volume:

44

Pages:

88

Subject:

Amakihi Albinos and albinism

Summary:

The Elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis) and the Apapane (Himatione sanguinea sanguinea), two forest birds from the island of Hawaii that are of the endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily Drepanidinae, have been described as having partial albinism. This article describes the second record of albinism in any of the honeycreepers.

Label:

Birds - General

Collection:

Periodicals