Drepanidini

Drepanidini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Passeri
Infraorder:	Passerida
Superfamily:	Passeroidea
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Drepanidinae
Tribe:	Drepanidini
Genera
see text

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.

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 ʻApapane (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. 
• 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.