ʻIʻiwi

ʻIʻiwi
Adult in Hawaii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Drepanis
Species:
D. coccinea
Binomial name
Drepanis coccinea
(Forster, 1780)
The distribution of ʻIʻiwi (green) with extinct areas (red)
Synonyms

Vestiaria coccinea

The ʻiʻiwi (pronounced /ˈv/, ee-EE-vee) (Drepanis coccinea) or scarlet honeycreeper is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. The ʻiʻiwi is a highly recognizable symbol of Hawaiʻi.