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Drepanidini is a tribe of Hawaiian honeycreeper birds. Members of this tribe are nectarivorous and have brightly colored plumage. Their songs contain nasal squeaks and whistles.
Genera and species
Genus Ciridops Newton, 1892 – finch-like, fed on fruit of Pritchardia species
Ciridops anna Dole, 1879 – ʻula ʻai hāwane (extinct, 1892 or 1937)
Ciridops tenax Olson & James, 1991 stout-legged finch (prehistoric)
Genus Drepanis Temminck, 1820 – downcurved bills, nectarivores
Drepanis funerea Newton, 1894 – black mamo (extinct, 1907)
Drepanis pacifica Gmelin, 1788 – Hawaiʻi mamo (extinct, 1898)
Drepanis coccinea Forster, 1780 – ʻiʻiwi
Genus Himatione – thin-billed nectarivore
Himatione sanguinea Gmelin, 1788 – ʻapapane
Himatione fraithii – Laysan honeycreeper (extinct, 1923)
Genus Melamprosops Casey & Jacobi, 1974 – short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
Melamprosops phaeosoma Casey & Jacobi, 1974 – poʻouli (possibly extinct, November 28, 2004?)
Genus Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 – thin-billed nectarivore, favors Metrosideros polymorpha
Palmeria dolei Wilson, 1891 – ʻākohekohe (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945)
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