Drepanis

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Drepanis
Vestiaria coccinea -Hawaii -adult-8 (3).jpg
ʻIʻiwi, Drepanis coccinea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Drepanis
Temminck, 1820
Type species
Certhia pacifica [1]
Gmelin, 1788
Species

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Drepanis is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.

Contents

The birds are endemic to Hawaii.

Species

It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Natdiglib 28872 full.jpg Drepanis coccinea ʻIʻiwi Hawaiʻi, Maui, and Kauaʻi, with smaller populations on Molokaʻi
Drepanis pacifica (Hawaii Mamo), Bishop Museum, Honolulu.JPG †Drepanis pacifica Hawaiʻi mamo Hawaiʻi
Drepanis funerea-Keulemans.jpg †Drepanis funerea Black mamo Molokaʻi


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.


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