Drepanis
Appearance
Drepanis | |
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ʻIʻiwi, Drepanis coccinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Drepanis Temminck, 1820 |
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 |
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Drepanis coccinea | ʻIʻiwi | Hawaiʻi, Maui, and Kauaʻi, with smaller populations on Molokaʻi | |
†Drepanis pacifica | Hawaiʻi mamo | Hawaii | |
†Drepanis funerea | Black mamo | Molokai |
See also