Chlorodrepanis

Summary

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

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

See text

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.


See also edit

  • Hawaiian honeycreepers
  • Endemic fauna of Hawaii

References edit

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