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This is a List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form; these are the Hawaiian honeycreepers, especially the extinct forms, lost through late-European colonization. (These are adaptive radiative equivalents.)

Finch-like

? species

Finch-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(finch-like)

  1. P. kona
    (Kona grosbeak)
Chloridops kona
P. kona

Hummingbird-like

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Hummingbird-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(hummingbird-like)

  • ((sub)Genus: Akialoa )
    (part of Genus: Hemignathus–(1 Genus, 3 (sub)Genera))
    Akialoa–(Hemignathus)
  1. H. obscurus
    (Hawai'i 'akialoa)
Hemignathus obscurus1
Hawai'i 'akialoa—(H. obscurus)

Parrot-like

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Parrot-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(parrot-like)

  • Psittirostra
  1. P. psittacea
Zzzou
P. psittaceae

Unique: longhorn beetle larva hunter-(parrot-like bill)

1 species-?

"Longhorn beetle harvester" honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
("Longhorn beetle harvester")

  • Pseudonestor
  1. P. xanthophrys
    (Maui parrotbill)
Pseudonestor xanthophrys
P. xanthophrys—(Maui parrotbill)

Warbler-like

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Warbler-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(warbler-like)

  • Hemignathus
  1. H. virens
    (Common amakihi)
    (?-Loxops virens)
 Extirpated from Lanai
Amakihi common winter oahu hawaii monte-m-taylor
Common amakihi

Woodpecker-like

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Woodpecker-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(woodpecker-like)

  • Genus:Hemignathus
    (Sub)Genus: Heterorhynchus
  1. H. wilsoni
    ('Akiapola'au)
    (H. munroi)
Akiapolaau
'Akiapola'au—(H. wilsoni)

Surviving forms: non-Prehistoric, not extinct

Finch-like

? species

Finch-like honeycreepers of Hawaii—(surviving species)
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honeycreeper:
(finch-like)
Tribe: Drepanidini

  • (a Thin-billed nectarivore:)
    Genus:Himatione
  1. 'Apapane)
    (H. sanguinea)
Himatione sanguinea
'Apapane

(Finch-like) (secondary: hummingbird-like)--(Hawaiian lobelioid-specialist)

1 species
True hummingbird-like species are all extinct.

(FINCH-like)–(secondary)–hummingbird-like–(Hawaiian lobelioid-specialist)–honeycreepers of Hawaii—(surviving species)
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Honeycreeper:
(hummingbird-like)
(secondary)
(FINCH-like tribe)

  • Genus:Vestiaria
  1. V. coccinea
    ('I'iwi)
Iiwi
'I'iwi)

Parrot-like

4 species

Parrot-like honeycreepers of Hawaii—(surviving species)
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Genus:

  • Pseudonestor
  1. P. xanthophrys–Maui parrotbill
Laysanfinchr
Laysan finch
Pseudonestor xanthophrys
Maui parrotbill
NihoaFinch
Nihoa finch

Genus:

  • Telespiza
  1. T. cantans–Laysan finch
  2. T. ultima–Nihoa finch
  3. T. ypsilon–Maui Nui finch

Warbler-like

? species
(the only warbler-like?, (the other amakihi 's radiated-?))

Warbler-like honeycreepers of Hawaii—(surviving species)
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Honeycreeper:
(warbler-like)

  • Hemignathus
  1. H. virens
    (Common amakihi)
    (?-Loxops virens)
 Extirpated from Lanai
Amakihi common winter oahu hawaii monte-m-taylor
common amakihi

Woodpecker-like

1 species

Woodpecker-like honeycreepers of Hawaii—(surviving species)
Taxa Presence Notes Images

honeycreeper:
(woodpecker-like)

  • Genus:Hemignathus
    (Sub)Genus: Heterorhynchus
  1. H. wilsoni
    ('Akiapola'au)
    (H. munroi)
Akiapolaau
'Akiapola'au—(H. wilsoni)


Alphabetical listing

Surviving forms in list

See also

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