Drepanidini

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)
• Genus Himatione – thin-billed nectarivore
  • Himatione sanguinea Gmelin, 1788 – ʻapapane
    • Himatione sanguinea freethi – Laysan honeycreeper (extinct, 1923)
• Genus Melamprosops Casey & Jacobi, 1974 – short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
  • Melamprosops phaeosoma Casey & Jacobi, 1974 – poʻouli (possibly extinct, November 28, 2004?)
• Genus Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 – thin-billed nectarivore, favors Metrosideros polymorpha
  • Palmeria dolei Wilson, 1891 – ʻākohekohe (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945)
• Genus Vestiaria Jarocki, 1821 – downcurved-bill nectarivore
  • Vestiaria coccinea Forster, 1780 – ʻiʻiwi

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.