 Also another well known song is a descending thrill which is done about five seconds apart.It songs include a low chuckling sound, "tjook, tjook, chouroup" or a rarer song, "hur-hur-hur-gluk-gluk-gluk".The ākohekohe is a nectarivore that feeds on the flowers of "ōhia lehua" ("Metrosideros polymorpha") high up in the canopy.