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Vestiaria coccinea
Vestiaria coccinea
Iiwi
Photographer: Eric White

ID: 0000 0000 0912 0218 (2012-09-04)

Copyright © 2012 Eric White

 
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  • date of photo  Dec 15, 2011
  • latitude 19.47845   longitude -155.60241   max error distance 2467 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip road (Hawaii, Big Island (Hawaiian Islands), US)
  • habitat  Scrubland, grassland, sparsely vegetated slopes, golf courses
  • notes   Endemic to Hawaiian Islands. Population is now being studied to determine status; population appears to have decreased. They become territorial and will claim and defend a flowering tree from smaller honeycreepers (in this photo a Mamane tree or Sophora chrysophylla). Elevation around 6300 ft. (1921m).
  • camera   Nikon D80 Nikkor 60mm f/1:2.8
  • photo category: Animal - Bird

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Iiwi (photographer)
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