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Hawaiian honeycreepers are a group of small birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. They are members of the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the rosefinches ( Carpodacus ), but many species have evolved features unlike those present in any other finch.
The Hawaiian honeycreepers are generally specialists both in diet and in habitat. This has left them very vulnerable directly and indirectly to the generalist invaders that have been introduced to the islands. [6] Other birds have provided direct competition for resources with the honeycreepers as well as brought disease (such as avian malaria).
This is a List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form; these are the Hawaiian honeycreepers, especially the extinct forms, lost through late-European colonization. (These are adaptive radiative equivalents.)
The ʻākohekohe (Palmeria dolei), or crested honeycreeper, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi . The ʻākohekohe is susceptible to mosquito‐transmitted avian malaria ( Plasmodium relictum ) and only breeds in high‐elevation wet forests (> 1715 m).
The Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Fringillidae. The male is rich yellow below, sharply contrasted with greenish upper parts. Females are duller and have two prominent wing-bars. It has a total length of approximately 4.5 inches (11 cm).
The Laysan honeycreeper was endemic to Laysan, a remote island that has a total land area of 3.6 km 2 (1.4 sq mi), and is the largest of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
The poʻo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma) [3] or Hawaiian black-faced honeycreeper is an extinct species of passerine bird that was endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. It is considered to be a member of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, and is the only member of its genus Melamprosops. It had a black head, brown upper parts and pale gray underparts.
It is found on the Big Island, Maui, and Molokaʻi in Hawaii. [6] It formerly occurred on Lānaʻi where it was last seen in 1976. [6] It is one of the most common honeycreepers, inhabiting all types of habitat, dry māmane forests to mesic and wet forests, on the islands at elevations from sea level to 8,000 feet (2,400 m).