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    The document is a first person narrative from an Akiapola'au, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper with about 800 individuals remaining on the Big Island. The Akiapola'au describes its specialized bill that allows it to forage for insects like a woodpecker, its threatened status due to habitat loss and introduced predators/diseases, and how its ancestors evolved from migrating Asian honeycreepers over 8 million years ago to adapt to the Hawaiian environment.

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    The document is a first person narrative from an Akiapola'au, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper with about 800 individuals remaining on the Big Island. The Akiapola'au describes its specialized bill that allows it to forage for insects like a woodpecker, its threatened status due to habitat loss and introduced predators/diseases, and how its ancestors evolved from migrating Asian honeycreepers over 8 million years ago to adapt to the Hawaiian environment.

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    The document is a first person narrative from an Akiapola'au, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper with about 800 individuals remaining on the Big Island. The Akiapola'au describes its specialized bill that allows it to forage for insects like a woodpecker, its threatened status due to habitat loss and introduced predators/diseases, and how its ancestors evolved from migrating Asian honeycreepers over 8 million years ago to adapt to the Hawaiian environment.

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    The document is a first person narrative from an Akiapola'au, a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper with about 800 individuals remaining on the Big Island. The Akiapola'au describes its specialized bill that allows it to forage for insects like a woodpecker, its threatened status due to habitat loss and introduced predators/diseases, and how its ancestors evolved from migrating Asian honeycreepers over 8 million years ago to adapt to the Hawaiian environment.

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    AIR NEWS NOW

    The Insight From


    A Native
    Woodpecker
    W H O A M I ?

    I am an Akiapola'au; we

    come from the Hawaiian

    honeycreeper family. There

    are only about 800 of us on

    the Big island. Sadly we

    reproduce slowly, so we

    can’t expand our species

    quick enough. Most of us

    live and rely on the Koa

    forests. I eat insects that

    live under the bark of Koa

    trees. My species and I have

    one of the most unusual

    bills. Our bill allows us to

    utilize the same niche

    occupied by woodpeckers in

    other parts of the world. My

    bill also allows me to forage

    along tree limbs in search of

    insects. My species and I’s

    most specialized adaptation

    is the bill.
    As you know we are a very rare species with many

    threats; habitat loss, predation by mammals such

    as cats, and non-native avian diseases spread by

    mosquitoes. Global climate changes allow

    mosquitoes to move to even higher elevations,

    which further decrease the suitable habitats for

    us. We are often seen in dry habitats but also

    reside in moist forests.

    I am a part of the numerous endemic forest birds

    on the island. I am also usually the easiest of the

    endangered birds to see with my yellow olive-

    green feathers and my woodpecker beak.

    Unfortunately my feathers turn out to be less of a

    successful adaptation as the seeds are tiny and I

    need to eat all day to survive. Not only am I a rare

    species, but my species is fading fast on the Big

    Island.
    A N C E S T R Y

    My ancestors flew from East Asia to the

    Hawaiian Islands around 8 million years ago.

    They had to adapt with their environment, which

    is why I have a very special beak which lets me

    probe for insects and larvae. I think my ancestors

    left Asia possibly due to a storm or lack of

    resources; which is the bottleneck effect.

    Pilina means the connection or

    relationship with something. My

    ancestors are not only honeycreepers,

    but woodpeckers too. Woodpeckers

    migrate from the mainland to deserted

    Hawaii, which is in the middle of

    nowhere so the birds had to adapt and

    evolve. This is the founder effect. Many

    birds in Hawaii aren’t native, but brought

    to the islands in the 19th century. I, a

    Akiapola’au, have evolved to fill in the

    place of woodpeckers in Hawaii. They

    call me ‘The Hawaiian Woodpecker’.

    This is who I am and where I came from. I have adapted and

    evolved to be my own species of honeycreepers. I have a very

    unique beak which makes me the native woodpecker as there

    aren’t any other native woodpeckers here. My species is

    decreasing fast and we don’t have the power to reproduce fast

    enough.
    R E F E R E N C E P A G E

    Akiapola'au Bird Adaptation (2021)

    http://mail.previnne.com.br/sensitive-subject-

    dei/3ed440-akiapola%27au-bird-adaptation

    Wild Bird Scoop

    https://www.wildbirdscoop.com/hawaii-

    woodpeckers.html

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