How does this endangered Hawaiian bird scrounge its prey out of tree trunks?

CTV News · Reuters Staff · 2026-11-05 16:49 UTC

The ʻakiapōlāʻau has no need for a toolbox. The endangered Hawaiian bird taps the wood of trees, hacks into it with the lower half of its unusual beak, then switches to its long, flexible upper bill to probe the hole for insect larvae to eat.

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