Hawaiian Honeycreeper
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Drepanididae
Hawaiian honeycreepers are small passerine birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. Most authorities categorize this group as a family Drepanididae, but some biologists still place as a subfamily Drepanidinae of the finch family Fringillidae. The wide range of bills in this group, from thick finch-like bills to slender downcurved bills for probing flowers have arisen through adaptive radiation, where an ancestral finch has evolved to fill a large number of ecological niches.
- Laysan Finch, Telespiza cantans
- Nihoa Finch, Telespiza ultima
- ʻŌʻū, Psittirostra psittacea
- Lanai Hookbill, Dysmorodropanis munroi (E)
- Palila, Loxiodes balleui
- Kaua'i Palila, Loxiodes kikuichi (E)
- Lesser Koa Finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps (E)
- Greater Koa Finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri (E)
- Kona Grosbeak, Chloridops kona (E)
- Maui Parrotbill, Pseudonestor xanthrophrys
- Hawaii ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus virens
- Oʻahu ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus flavus
- Kaua'i 'Amakihi, Hemignathus kauaiensis
- Greater 'Amakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris (E)
- Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa, Hemignathus obscurus (E)
- Kauai 'Akialoa, Hemignathus ellisianus (E)
- Nukupu'u, Hemignathus lucidus
- Oval-billed Nukupu'u, Hemignathus vorpalis (E)
- ʻAkiapolaʻau, Hemignathus munroi
- Anianiau, Magumma parva
- ʻAkikiki, Oreomystis bairdi
- Hawaiʻi Creeper, Oreomystis mana
- Oʻahu ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza maculata
- Kakawahie, Paroreomyza flammea (E)
- Maui Nui ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza montana
- 'Akeke'E, Loxops caeruleirostris
- 'Akepa, Loxops coccineus
- ʻUla-ʻai-hawane, Ciridops anna (E)
- ʻIʻiwi, Vestiara coccinea
- Hawai'i Mamo, Drepanis pacifica (E)
- Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea (E)
- 'Akohekohe, Palmeria dolei
- ʻApapane, Himatione sanguinea
- Poʻo-uli, Melamprosops phaeosoma
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The United States