Drepanidini (Tribe)

Overview

Drepanidini is a tribe of birds in the Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. Members of this tribe are nectarivorous and have brightly-colored plumage. Their songs contain nasal squeaks and whistles.

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Genus Ciridops Newton, 1892 - finch-like, fed on fruit of Pritchardia species
- Ciridops anna Dole, 1879 - ?Ula ?ai hawane (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 - Hawai?i Mamo (extinct, 1898)
Genus Himatione - thin-billed nectarivore
- Himatione sanguinea Gm elin, 1788 - ?Apapane
  - Himatione sanguinea freethi - Laysan ?Apapane (extinct, 1923)
Genus Melamprosops Casey & Jacobi, 1974 - short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
- Melamprosops phaeosoma Casey & Jacobi, 1974 - Po?ouli (possibly extinct, November 28, 2004?)
Genus Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 - thin-billed nectarivore, favors Metrosideros polymorpha
- Palmeria dolei Wilson, 1891 - ?Akohekohe (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945)
Genus Vestiaria Jarocki, 1821 - downcurved-bill nectarivore
- Vestiaria coccinea Forster, 1780 - ?I?iwi

neycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. Members of this tribe are nectarivorous and have brightly-colored plumage. Their songs contain nasal squeaks and whistles.

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Genus Ciridops Newton, 1892 - finch-like, fed on fruit of Pritchardia species
- Ciridops anna Dole, 1879 - ?Ula ?ai hawane (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 - Hawai?i Mamo (extinct, 1898)
Genus Himatione - thin-billed nectarivore
- Himatione sanguinea Gmelin, 1788 - ?Apapane
  - Himatione sanguinea freethi - Laysan ?Apapane (extinct, 1923)
Genus Melamprosops Casey & Jacobi, 1974 - short pointed bill, browser and snail specialist
- Melamprosops phaeosoma Casey & Jacobi, 1974 - Po?ouli (possibly extinct, November 28, 2004?)
Genus Palmeria Rothschild, 1893 - thin-billed nectarivore, favors Metrosideros polymorpha
- Palmeria dolei Wilson, 1891 - ?Akohekohe (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 1945)
Genus Vestiaria Jarocki, 1821 - downcurved-bill nectarivore
- Vestiaria coccinea Forster, 1780 - ?I?iwi

References

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Groth, J. G. (1998). "Molecular phylogeny of the cardueline finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers". Ostrich 69: 401.
James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes" (PDF). Ornithological Monographs 46: 1?92. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/om/om046.pdf.
Olson, Storrs L.; James, Helen F (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes" (PDF). Ornithological Monographs 45: 1?91. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/om/om045.pdf.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Drepanidini is a member of the Subfamily Drepanidinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Drepanidini:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Sauropsida Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Avialae Gauthier, 1986
        Infraclass: Aves (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
        Cohort: Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
        Superorder: Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
        Order: Passeriformes C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
        Parvorder: Passerida
        Superfamily: Passeroidea
        Family: Fringillidae - Finches, gros-becs, Hawaiian Honeycreepers, moineaux, Old World Finches, roselins
        Subfamily: Drepanidinae
        Tribe: Drepanidini

The Tribe Drepanidini is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (3): Akialoa · Ciridops · Viridonia
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in the Tribe Drepanidini.

Genera

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Akialoa

Hemignathus is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the finch family, Fringillidae. These birds are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. [more]

Ciridops

Ciridops is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper species that occurred in prehistoric and historic times on the Hawaiian islands of Hawai'i, Molokai, Kauai and Oahu. This genus was created in 1892 by Alfred Newton in an article published by the journal Nature on the basis of the ?Ula-?ai-Hawane, which was named Fringilla anna by Sanford B. Dole in 1879. [more]

Viridonia

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.^[1] [more]

At least 4 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Viridonia.

More info about the Genus Viridonia may be found here.

References

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Groth, J. G. (1998). "Molecular phylogeny of the cardueline finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers". Ostrich 69: 401.
James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes" (PDF). Ornithological Monographs 46: 1-92. http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/om/om046.pdf.
Olson, Storrs L.; James, Helen F (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes" (PDF). Ornithological Monographs 45: 1-91. http://elibrary.unm.edu/so ra/om/om045.pdf.

Footnotes

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http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=22281

Sources

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