Drepanidini
| Drepanidini | |
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| Drepanis coccinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Tribe: | Drepanidini |
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Drepanidini is a tribe of Hawaiian honeycreeper birds. Members of this tribe are nectarivorous and have brightly colored plumage. Their songs contain nasal squeaks and whistles.
Genera and species
- Genus Ciridops Newton, 1892 – finch-like, fed on fruit of Pritchardia species
- Ciridops anna Dole, 1879 – ʻula ʻai hāwane (extinct, 1892 or 1937)
- Ciridops tenax Olson & James, 1991 stout-legged finch (prehistoric)
- Genus Drepanis Temminck, 1820 – downcurved bills, nectarivores
- Drepanis funerea Newton, 1894 – black mamo (extinct, 1907)
- Drepanis pacifica Gmelin, 1788 – Hawaiʻi mamo (extinct, 1898)
- Drepanis coccinea Forster, 1780 – ʻiʻiwi
- Genus Himatione – thin-billed nectarivore
- Himatione sanguinea Gmelin, 1788 – ʻapapane
- Himatione fraithii – Laysan honeycreeper (extinct, 1923)
- Genus Melamprosops Casey & Jacobi, 1974 – short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
- Genus Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 – thin-billed nectarivore, favors Metrosideros polymorpha
- Palmeria dolei Wilson, 1891 – ʻākohekohe (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945)
References
- Groth, J. G. (1998). "Molecular phylogeny of the cardueline finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers". Ostrich. 69: 401.
- 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. 45 (45): 1–91. doi:10.2307/40166794. hdl:10088/1745.
- 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 (46): 1–92. doi:10.2307/40166713. hdl:10088/1746.