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Hemignathini is a formerly-recognized
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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 ...
s containing the ʻalauahios, the extinct ʻakialoas, ʻamakihis, and extinct nukupuʻus.


Genera and species

*Genus ''Aidemedia'' - straight thin bills, insectivorous ** Oʻahu icterid-like gaper (''Aidemedia chascax'') -
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** Sickle-billed gaper (''Aidemedia zanclops'') -
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** Maui Nui icterid-like gaper (''Aidemedia lutetiae'') -
prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
*Genus ''
Akialoa ''Akialoa'' is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The birds were endemic to Hawaii. Species It contains the following species: * Lesser ʻakialoa or Hawai'i ʻakialoa, ''Akialoa ...
'' - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous or nectarivorous **
Lesser ʻakialoa The lesser ʻakialoa (''Akialoa obscura'') was a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the island of Hawaii. It became extinct due to habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) ...
(''Akialoa obscura'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1940) **
Oʻahu ʻakialoa The Oahu akialoa (''Akialoa ellisana'') was a Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae (finches). It was formerly considered a subspecies in the greater akialoa complex before being elevated to a full species ...
(''Akialoa ellisiana'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1940) **
Maui Nui ʻakialoa The Maui Nui 'akialoa or Lana'i 'akialoa (''Akialoa lanaiensis'') was a Hawaiian honeycreeper of the subfamily Carduelinae and the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the island of Lanai, Hawaii in modern times, but seems to have occurred on ...
(''Akialoa lanaiensis'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1892) **
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa The Kauai ʻakialoa (''Akialoa stejnegeri'') was a Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It became extinct in the 20th century due to introduced avian disea ...
(''Akialoa stejnegeri'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1969) **
Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa The hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, (''Akialoa upupirostris''), is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. Subfossil remains have been found of this species in the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. The species specific name, ''upupirostris'', is ...
(''Akialoa upupirostris'') -
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*Genus ''
Chlorodrepanis ''Chlorodrepanis'' is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The birds are endemic to Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pa ...
'' - pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous **
Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi The Hawaii amakihi (''Chlorodrepanis virens''), also known as the common amakihi, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. Taxonomy The Hawaii amakihi was formerly placed in the genus ''Hemignathus'' but was assigned to the genus ''Chlorodrepanis' ...
(''Chlorodrepanis virens'') **
Oʻahu ʻamakihi The Oʻahu ʻamakihi (''Chlorodrepanis flava'') is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Fringillidae. The male is rich yellow below, sharply contrasted with greenish upper parts. Females are duller and have two prominent wing-bars. It ...
(''Chlorodrepanis flava'') **
Kauaʻi ʻamakihi The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (''Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri'') is a species of Hawaiian honeycreepers endemic to Kauaʻi in the family Fringillidae. The species Hawaiian name is associated with is Kihikihi, or kihi, which stems from the word amakihi. Kihik ...
(''Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri'') *Genus ''
Hemignathus ''Hemignathus'' is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the subfamily Carduelinae of the finch family, Fringillidae. These birds are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Extinctions Many of its species became extinct during the 19th and 20th centurie ...
'' - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous **
Giant nukupuʻu The giant nukupuu (''Hemignathus vorpalis'') is an extinct species of finch in the family Fringillidae, which is only known from fossil remains. It was endemic to Hawaii. Its extinction is believed to have occurred within the last 3000 years, bu ...
(''Hemignathus vorpalis'') -
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**
Maui nukupuʻu The Maui nukupuu (''Hemignathus affinis'') is a species of nukupu‘u Hawaiian honeycreeper that was endemic to the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. The small, five-inch-long bird lived only in eastern Maui, where it was dependent on hig ...
(''Hemignathus affinis'')
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1995–1998) ** Oahu nukupuʻu (''Hemignathus lucidus'')
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1837) ** Kauai nukupuʻu (''Hemignathus hanapepe'')
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1998) **
ʻAkiapolaʻau The akiapōlāau (''Hemignathus wilsoni''), pronounced ''ah-kee-ah-POH-LAH-OW'', is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that is endemic to the island of Hawaii. Its natural habitats are dry and montane moist forests, and the only bird species on ...
(''Hemignathus wilsoni'') *Genus ''
Loxops ''Loxops'' is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the finch family, Fringillidae. Most of them are commonly known as akepa. Taxonomy There are 5 species in this genus, two of which are recently extinct or possibly extinct: * Akekee or Kauai akepa ...
'' - small pointed bills with the tips offset a little horizontally, insectivores **
Hawaiʻi creeper The Hawaii creeper, Hawaii creeper or ʻalawī (''Loxops mana'') is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. Its natural habitats are dry forests and montane moist forests at elevations of . There are a total of ...
(''Loxops mana'') **
ʻAkekeʻe The akekee (''Loxops caeruleirostris'') is a bird species in the family Fringillidae, where it is placed in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus ''Loxops''. It is endemic to the island of Kauai where it is found in small numbers in higher elevations. ...
(''Loxops caeruleirostris'') **
Hawaiʻi ʻakepa The Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (''Loxops coccineus'') is an endangered ʻakepa native to Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. All three of the ʻakepa were considered monotypic before being split by the NACC of the AOU in 2015. The Hawaii akepa was first c ...
(''Loxops coccineus'') **
Maui ʻakepa The Maui ʻakepa (''Loxops ochraceus'') is a species of ʻakepa native to Maui in the Hawaiian Islands, and which was common throughout the island. Introduced mosquitoes and other animals to Maui contributed to the declining population, and the ...
(''Loxops ochraceus'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1988) **
Oʻahu ʻakepa The Oʻahu ʻakepa (''Loxops wolstenholmei'') is an extinct species of ʻakepa that was endemic to the island of Oahu. It was commonly sighted throughout the 19th century. This brick red Hawaiian honeycreeper was found in the mountain peaks in de ...
(''Loxops wolstenholmei'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1990s) *Genus ''Magumma'' - small pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous ** ʻAnianiau (''Magumma parva'') *Genus ''Oreomystis'' - short pointed bills, insectivorous **
ʻAkikiki The akikiki (''Oreomystis bairdi''), also called the Kauai creeper, is a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauai, Hawaii. Description The akikiki is small (13 cm length; 12-17 g mass), with gray plumage above and ...
(''Oreomystis bairdi'') *Genus ''
Paroreomyza ''Paroreomyza'' is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. These birds are endemic to Hawaii. Taxonomy ''Paroreomyza'', along with '' Oreomystis'' (although their alliance is disputed), is the ...
'' - short pointed bills, insectivorous **
Maui Nui ʻalauahio The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...
(''Paroreomyza montana newtoni'') **
Lanaʻi ʻalauahio Lanai ( haw, Lānai, , , also ,) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple pl ...
(''Paroreomyza montana montana'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1937) ** Kakawahie (''Paroreomyza flammea'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1963) **
Oʻahu ʻalauahio The Oʻahu ʻalauahio (''Paroreomyza maculata''), also known as the Oʻahu creeper, is a small finch-like Hawaiian honeycreeper that is endemism in birds, endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is probably Extinction, extinct. Description I ...
(''Paroreomyza maculata'') - possibly
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(early 1990s?) *Genus ''Vangulifer'' - flat rounded bills, possibly caught flying insects ** Strange-billed finch (''Vangulifer mirandus'') -
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** Thin-billed finch (''Vangulifer neophasis'') -
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*Genus ''Viridonia'' **
Greater ʻamakihi The greater ʻamakihi (''Viridonia sagittirostris'') was a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The species was last recorded in 1901 ...
(''Viridonia sagittirostris'') -
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
(1901)


See also

*
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 ...
, which includes all the species of Hawaiian honeycreepers


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3784774 * Bird tribes Carduelinae Endemic fauna of Hawaii Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Australasia-Pacific region