Hawaiian honeycreeper
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Hawaiʻian honeycreepers are a group of small birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. They are members of the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the rosefinches, but many species have evolved features unl
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Beak and tongue shapes of Hawaiian honeycreepers and the Mohoidae
Adult iiwi
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Poʻouli
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The poʻo-uli or Hawaiian black-faced honeycreeper is an extinct species of passerine bird that was endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. It is considered to be a member of the Hawaiian honeycreepe
Hawaiian honeycreeper
…between 5.7–7.2 million years ago, which was roughly the same time that the islands of Ni'ihau and Kauai formed. The lineage of the recently extinct po'ouli (Melamprosops) was the most ancient of the Hawaiian honeycreeper lineages to survive to recent times, diverging about 5.7–5.8 million years ago. The…
Poʻouli
Poʻo-uli
Adult