The ʻIʻiwi or Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea) - maximum card

"The ʻIʻiwi or Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea)"

"The ʻIʻiwi or Scarlet Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Vestiaria coccinea) is a Hawaiian"hummingbird-niched" species, of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, subfamily, Drepanidinae, and the only member of the genus Vestiaria. One of the most plentiful species of this family, many of which are endangered or extinct, the ʻiʻiwi is a highly recognizable symbol of Hawaiʻi. Theʻiʻiwi is the third most common native land bird in the Hawaiian Islands. There are large colonies of ʻiʻiwi on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Kauaʻi, and smaller colonies on Molokaʻi and Oʻahu; ʻiʻiwi were extirpated from Lānaʻi in 1929.^[2] Altogether, the remaining populations add up to a total of 350,000 birds. Currently going down though."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27iwi

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