''Akialoa'' is an extinct genus of

Hawaiian honeycreeper Hawaiian honeycreepers are a group of small, passerine birds endemic to Hawaii. They are closely related to the rosefinches in the genus ''Carpodacus'', but many species have evolved features unlike those present in any other finch. Their great ...

in the subfamily

Carduelinae The cardueline finches are a subfamily, Carduelinae, one of three subfamilies of the finch family Fringillidae, the others being the Fringillinae and the Euphoniinae. The Hawaiian honeycreepers are now included in this subfamily. Except for the ...

of the family

Fringillidae The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...

. The birds were

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Species

It contains the following species: * Lesser ʻakialoa or Hawai'i ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa obscura'' - extinct (1940) * Greater ʻakialoa - extinct ** Oʻahu ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa ellisiana'' — extinct (1940,

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) ** Maui Nui ʻakialoa or Lanaʻi ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa lanaiensis'' — extinct (1892, Lana'i) ** Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa stejnegeri'' — extinct (1969, Kauai) * Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa upupirostris'' — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric) (

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) * ''Akialoa sp.'' - extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric) ( Maui) * Giant ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa'' sp. — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric)

Species

See also