Hawaii Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens) [XC58936]
by Ryan P. O'Donnell from Hakalau NWR, E slope Mauna Kea, Hawai'i (Big Island), HA, United States (call)
Hawaii Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens) [XC503722]
by id from Maui (near Kula), Maui County, Hawaii, United States (call)
Subspecies
Genus for many years subsumed into Loxops, and later merged into Viridonia or an enlarged Hemignathus. Previously considered conspecific with Kauai Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri) and Oahu Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava).
Proposed subspecies kalaana (Molokai) and chloridoides (Lanai) not separable from wilsoni.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
wilsoni (Rothschild, 1893) - Molokai and Maui, in Hawaiian Is.
virens (Cabanis, 1851) - Hawaii I, in eastern Hawaiian Is.