Hemignathini

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Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Fringillidae Rank Tribe		Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Subfamily Carduelinae

Similar Lesser ʻakialoa, Oreomystis, Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Greater ʻamakihi, Maui Nui 'akialoa

Hemignathini

Hemignathini is a tribe of Hawaiian honeycreeper birds. The tribe contains the creepers, the extinct akialoas, amakihi, and extinct nukupu'us. This group is made up of long-billed insectivores, but several of them may take nectar from flowers. The akialoa and the nukupu'u that existed on many of the islands had disappeared between the 19th century and the late 20th century.

Genera and species

Genus Chlorodrepanis - slightly downcurved bills, insectivores or nectarivores

Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)

Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava)

Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri)

Genus Viridonia

Greater ʻamakihi (Viridonia sagittirostris) - extinct (1901)

Genus Magumma

ʻAnianiau (Magumma parva)

Genus Hemignathus - pointed or long and downcurved bills, insectivores or nectarivores

Nukupuʻu

Giant nukupu'u (Hemignathus vorpalis) - prehistoric

Maui nukupuʻu (Hemignathus affinis) extinct (1995–1998)

Oahu nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus) extinct (1837)

Kauai nukupu'u (Hemignathus hanapepe) extinct (1998)

(Sub)Genus Heterorhynchus

ʻAkiapolaʻau (Hemignathus munroi or Heterorhynchus wilsoni)

Genus Akialoa - pointed or long and downcurved bills, insectivores or nectarivores

Lesser ʻakialoa (Akialoa obscura) - extinct (1940)

Greater akialoa:

Oʻahu ʻakialoa (Akialoa ellisiana) - extinct (1940)

Maui Nui ʻakialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis) - extinct (1892)

Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) - extinct (1969)

Hoopoe-billed ‘akialoa (Akialoa upupirostris) - prehistoric

Genus Oreomystis - short pointed bills, browsers

ʻAkikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)

Genus Paroreomyza - similar to Oreomystis

Maui Nui ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana)

Lanaʻi ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana montana) - extinct (1937)

Kakawahie (Paroreomyza flammea) - extinct (1963)

Oʻahu ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza maculata) - possibly extinct (early 1990s?)

Genus Vangulifer - flat rounded bills, possibly caught flying insects

Strange-billed finch (Vangulifer mirandus) - prehistoric

Thin-billed finch (Vangulifer neophasis) - prehistoric

Genus Aidemedia - straight thin bills, insectivores

Oʻahu icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia chascax) - prehistoric

Sickle-billed gaper (Aidemedia zanclops) - prehistoric

Maui Nui icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia lutetiae) - prehistoric

Genus Loxops - small pointed bills with the tips offset a little horizontally, insectivores

Hawaiʻi creeper (Loxops mana)

‘Akeke‘e (Loxops caeruleirostris)

ʻAkepa:

Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (Loxops coccineus)

Maui ʻakepa (Loxops ochraceus) - extinct (1988)

Oʻahu ʻakepa (Loxops wolstenholmei) - extinct (1990s)

References

Hemignathini Wikipedia

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