Drepanidini

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Psittirostrini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Drepanididae

(Mamos, ʻIʻiwi, Ula-ai-Hawanes, Poouli, Apapanes and Akohekohe). These are birds often with red, black, yellow, white and orange plumage. They are nectar-feeders and their songs contain nasal squeaks and whistles.

• Genus Ciridops - finch-like, fed on loulu fruits etc.
  • ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane, Ciridops anna - extinct (1892 or 1937)
  • Stout-legged Finch, Ciridops tenax - prehistoric
• Genus Vestiaria - downcurved bill, nectarivore
  • ʻIʻiwi, Vestiaria coccinea
• Genus Drepanis - downcurved bills, nectarivores
  • Hawaiʻi Mamo, Drepanis pacifica - extinct (1898)
  • Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea - extinct (1907)
• Genus Palmeria - thin bill, nectarivore, especially ʻohiʻa
  • ʻAkohekohe, Palmeria dolei thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945
• Genus Himatione - thin bill, nectarivore
  • ʻApapane, Himatione sanguinea

    Laysan ʻApapane, Himatione (sanguinea) freethi - extinct (1923)

• Genus Melamprosops - short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
  • Poʻo-uli, Melamprosops phaeosoma - possibly extinct (November 28, 2004?)

[edit] References

• Groth, J. G. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of the cardueline finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. Ostrich, 69: 401.

• James, Helen F. & Olson,Storrs L. (1991): Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1-92. PDF fulltext

• Olson, Storrs L. & James, Helen F. (1991): Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1-91. PDF fulltext