honeycreeper
Americannoun
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any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
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Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
Maile Asuncion, 9, drew a red iiwi, also known as a scarlet honeycreeper.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
There are many examples of this in nature, including Darwin’s finches, northern and Mexican spotted owls, and Hawaiian honeycreeper.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The campaign to save one bird, the po’ouli, a honeycreeper so unique it has its own genus, came too late.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
A honeycreeper sang from the bushes outside the window.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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