Chloridops

Chloridops
	Kona Grosbeak
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Parvorder:	Passerida
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Tribe:	Psittirostrini
Genus:	Chloridops; Wilson, 1888
Species
	See text

Chloridops is an extinct genus of birds. It comprised three species: two on the Big Island of Hawaii and one that inhabited Kauai, Oahu and Maui.^[1] The genus includes the following three species:

Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) - extinct (1894)
Wahi grosbeak (Chloridops wahi) - prehistoric
King Kong grosbeak (Chloridops regiskongi) - prehistoric

References

^ Pratt, H Douglas (2002). The Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-19-854653-5.

[1] Pratt, H Douglas (2002). The Hawaiian Honeycreepers. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-19-854653-5.

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