Drepanis
ʻIʻiwi, Drepanis coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

The birds are endemic to Hawaii.

Species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution and History
Drepanis coccinea ʻIʻiwi Hawaiʻi, Maui, and Kauaʻi, with smaller populations on Molokaʻi.
Drepanis pacifica -Extinct Hawaiʻi mamo Hawaii. Last specimen was collected in 1898 by Henry W. Henshaw who stalked and shot this wonderful species.
Drepanis funerea -Extinct Black mamo Molokai. This species was first described in 1836 by Pelekuna Valley, and the last specimen was collected in 1907 by William Alanson Bryan who found the mutilated body of this unique bird species.


See also

References

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


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