Biology:Hemignathini

Short description: Tribe of birds

Hemignathini
Akialoa obscura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Tribe:	Hemignathini
Genera
See text

Hemignathini is a formerly-recognized tribe of Hawaiian honeycreepers containing the ʻalauahios, the extinct ʻakialoas, ʻamakihis, and extinct nukupuʻus.

Genera and species

• Genus Aidemedia - straight thin bills, insectivorous
  • Oʻahu icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia chascax) - prehistoric
  • Sickle-billed gaper (Aidemedia zanclops) - prehistoric
  • Maui Nui icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia lutetiae) - prehistoric
• Genus Akialoa - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous or nectarivorous
  • Lesser ʻakialoa (Akialoa obscura) - extinct (1940)
  • Oʻahu ʻakialoa (Akialoa ellisiana) - extinct (1940)
  • Maui Nui ʻakialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis) - extinct (1892)
  • Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) - extinct (1969)
  • Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa (Akialoa upupirostris) - prehistoric
• Genus Chlorodrepanis - pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous
  • Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)
  • Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava)
  • Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri)
• Genus Hemignathus - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous
  • Giant nukupuʻu (Hemignathus vorpalis) - prehistoric
  • Maui nukupuʻu (Hemignathus affinis) extinct (1995–1998)
  • Oahu nukupuʻu (Hemignathus lucidus) extinct (1837)
  • Kauai nukupuʻu (Hemignathus hanapepe) extinct (1998)
  • ʻAkiapolaʻau (Hemignathus wilsoni)
• Genus Loxops - small pointed bills with the tips offset a little horizontally, insectivores
  • Hawaiʻi creeper (Loxops mana)
  • ʻAkekeʻe (Loxops caeruleirostris)
  • Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (Loxops coccineus)
  • Maui ʻakepa (Loxops ochraceus) - extinct (1988)
  • Oʻahu ʻakepa (Loxops wolstenholmei) - extinct (1990s)
• Genus Magumma - small pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous
  • ʻAnianiau (Magumma parva)
• Genus Oreomystis - short pointed bills, insectivorous
  • ʻAkikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)
• Genus Paroreomyza - short pointed bills, insectivorous
  • Maui Nui ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana newtoni)
  • Lanaʻi ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana montana) - extinct (1937)
  • Kakawahie (Paroreomyza flammea) - extinct (1963)
  • Oʻahu ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza maculata) - possibly extinct (early 1990s?)
• Genus Vangulifer - flat rounded bills, possibly caught flying insects
  • Strange-billed finch (Vangulifer mirandus) - prehistoric
  • Thin-billed finch (Vangulifer neophasis) - prehistoric
• Genus Viridonia
  • Greater ʻamakihi (Viridonia sagittirostris) - extinct (1901)

See also

• Hawaiian honeycreeper, which includes all the species of Hawaiian honeycreepers

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3784774 entry