Chlorodrepanis

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Chlorodrepanis
Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Chlorodrepanis
Perkins, 1899
Type species
Himatione stejnegeri[1]
S.B. Wilson, 1890
Species

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Chlorodrepanis is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.

The birds are endemic to Hawaii.

Species[edit]

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Chlorodrepanis virens Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi or common ʻamakihi Hawaiʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, and (formerly) Lānaʻi,
Chlorodrepanis flava Oʻahu ʻamakihi Oʻahu, and in the valley near Wahiawa and Mililani
Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri Kauaʻi ʻamakihi Kauaʻi.


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References[edit]

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