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title: "Apapane"
description: "Himatione sanguinea — Vogels. The ʻapapane ( AH-pah-PAH-nay;) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/apapane
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Apapane

> Himatione sanguinea — Vogels. The ʻapapane ( AH-pah-PAH-nay;) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

- Scientific name: *Himatione sanguinea*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 2622
- Wikidata: [Q943686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q943686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10684](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10684)

## Names

- en: ʻApapane
- de: Apapane
- es: Apapane
- fr: Picchion cramoisi
- nl: Apapane
- pt: Apapane
- pl: Hawajka karminowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (2434)

## Summary

The ʻapapane ( AH-pah-PAH-nay;) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. They are the most abundant and widely distributed honeycreeper and are found on the islands of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Lānaʻi, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu.
ʻApapane commonly forage in the canopies of ʻōhiʻa (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees, drinking nectar from the flowers and serving as important pollinators. Hawaiians primarily used red feathers from ʻiʻiwi, but also some from ʻapapane, to adorn the ʻahuʻula (capes), mahiole (helmets), and nā lei hulu (feather leis) of aliʻi (Hawaiian…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBApapane

## Photo

![Apapane](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/apapane/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334664608

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/apapane?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).