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The kiwikiu is a yellow and olive-green Hawaiian honeycreeper with an estimated remaining population of up to about 300 birds.

The report says there are 50% fewer of the two Hawaiian honeycreeper species than in previous population estimates.

A critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper called the ‘akikiki has successfully bred in captivity for the first time, by a project involving San Diego Zoo Global’s Hawai‘i Endangered Bird Conservation Program.

The agreement includes one threatened animal species and seven federally endangered animal species, including the two species of Hawaiian honeycreeper and Hawaiian hawk.

But these creatures constitute the food source of Hawaiian honeycreeper birds and are pollinators of spectacular endemic plants such as the Hawaiian hibiscus, orchids, and silverswords.