List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form

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.)

Finch-like

? species

Finch-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(finch-like)

  1. P. kona
    (Kona Grosbeak)
P. kona

Hummingbird-like

? species

Hummingbird-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(hummingbird-like)

  • ((sub)Genus: Akialoa )
    (part of Genus: Hemignathus(1 Genus, 3 (sub)Genera))
    Akialoa(Hemignathus)
  1. H. obscurus
    (Hawai'i 'Akialoa)
Hawai'i 'Akialoa(H. obscurus)

Parrot-like

? species

Parrot-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
(parrot-like)

  • Psittirostra
  1. P. psittaceae
P. psittaceae

Unique: Longhorn Beetle larva hunter-(Parrot-like bill)

1 species-?

"Longhorn Beetle harvester" honeycreepers of Hawaii
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Honeycreeper:
("Longhorn Beetle harvester")

  • Pseudonestor
  1. P. xanthophrys
    (Maui Parrotbill)
P. xanthophrys(Maui Parrotbill)

Warbler-like

? species

Warbler-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Honeycreeper:
(warbler-like)

  1. H. virens
    (Common Amakihi)
    (?-Loxops virens)[1]
Extirpated from Lanai
Common Amakihi

Woodpecker-like

? species

Woodpecker-like honeycreepers of Hawaii
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Honeycreeper:
(woodpecker-like)

  1. H. wilsoni
    ('Akiapola'au)
    (H. munroi)
'Akiapola'au(H. wilsoni)

Surviving forms: non-Prehistoric, not extinct

Finch-like

? species

Finch-like honeycreepers of Hawaii(surviving species)
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Honeycreeper:
(finch-like)
Tribe: Drepanidini

  • (a Thin-billed nectarivore:)
    Genus:Himatione
  1. 'Apapane)
    (H. sanguinea)
'Apapane

(Finch-like)(secondary: Hummingbird-like)--(Hawaiian lobelioid-specialist)

1 species
True Hummingbird-like species are all extinct.

(FINCH-like)(secondary)Hummingbird-like(Hawaiian lobelioid-specialist)honeycreepers of Hawaii(surviving species)
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Honeycreeper:
(hummingbird-like)
(secondary)
(FINCH-like tribe)

  • Genus:Vestiaria
  1. V. coccinea
    ('I'iwi)
'I'iwi)

Parrot-like

4 species

Parrot-like honeycreepers of Hawaii(surviving species)
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  • Pseudonestor
  1. P. xanthophrysMaui Parrotbill
Laysan Finch
Maui Parrotbill
Nihoa Finch

Genus:

  1. T. cantansLaysan Finch
  2. T. ultimaNihoa Finch
  3. T. ypsilonMaui Nui Finch

Warbler-like

? species
(the only Warbler-like?, (the other Amakihi 's radiated-?))

Warbler-like honeycreepers of Hawaii(surviving species)
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Honeycreeper:
(warbler-like)

  1. H. virens
    (Common Amakihi)
    (?-Loxops virens)[2]
Extirpated from Lanai
Common Amakihi

Woodpecker-like

1 species

Woodpecker-like honeycreepers of Hawaii(surviving species)
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Honeycreeper:
(woodpecker-like)

  1. H. wilsoni
    ('Akiapola'au)
    (H. munroi)
'Akiapola'au(H. wilsoni)

Alphabetical listing

  • 'Akiapola'au
  • 'Apapane
  • Common Amakihi
  • Kona Grosbeak
  • Hawai'i 'Akialoa
  • 'I'iwi

  • Laysan Finch
  • Maui Nui Finch(no photo)
  • Maui Parrotbill
  • Nihoa Finch
  • Psittirostra psittaceae

Surviving forms in list

  • 'Akiapola'au
  • 'Apapane
  • Common Amakihi
  • 'I'iwi

  • Laysan Finch
  • Maui Parrotbill
  • Nihoa Finch

References

  1. Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Chapter: Biogeography, Graphic: Hawaiian Honeycreepers, p. 857.
  2. Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Chapter: Biogeography, Graphic: Hawaiian Honeycreepers, p. 857.

See also