Hemignathini
# Hemignathini

Hemignathini is a formerly-recognized tribe of Hawaiian honeycreepers containing the ʻalauahios, the extinct ʻakialoas, ʻamakihis, and extinct nukupuʻus.

## Genera and species

* Genus Aidemedia - straight thin bills, insectivorous
   * Oʻahu icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia chascax) - prehistoric
   * Sickle-billed gaper (Aidemedia zanclops) - prehistoric
   * Maui Nui icterid-like gaper (Aidemedia lutetiae) - prehistoric
* Genus Akialoa - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous or nectarivorous
   * Lesser ʻakialoa (Akialoa obscura) - extinct (1940)
   * Oʻahu ʻakialoa (Akialoa ellisiana) - extinct (1940)
   * Maui Nui ʻakialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis) - extinct (1892)
   * Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) - extinct (1969)
   * Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa (Akialoa upupirostris) - prehistoric
* Genus Chlorodrepanis - pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous
   * Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)
   * Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava)
   * Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri)
* Genus Hemignathus - pointed or long and down-curved bills, insectivorous
   * Giant nukupuʻu (Hemignathus vorpalis) - prehistoric
   * Maui nukupuʻu (Hemignathus affinis) extinct (1995–1998)
   * Oahu nukupuʻu (Hemignathus lucidus) extinct (1837)
   * Kauai nukupuʻu (Hemignathus hanapepe) extinct (1998)
   * ʻAkiapolaʻau (Hemignathus wilsoni)
* Genus Loxops - small pointed bills with the tips offset a little horizontally, insectivores
   * Hawaiʻi creeper (Loxops mana)
   * ʻAkekeʻe (Loxops caeruleirostris)
   * Hawaiʻi ʻakepa (Loxops coccineus)
   * Maui ʻakepa (Loxops ochraceus) - extinct (1988)
   * Oʻahu ʻakepa (Loxops wolstenholmei) - extinct (1990s)
* Genus Magumma - small pointed bills, insectivorous and nectarivorous
   * ʻAnianiau (Magumma parva)
* Genus Oreomystis - short pointed bills, insectivorous
   * ʻAkikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)
* Genus Paroreomyza - short pointed bills, insectivorous
   * Maui Nui ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana newtoni)
   * Lanaʻi ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana montana) - extinct (1937)
   * Kakawahie (Paroreomyza flammea) - extinct (1963)
   * Oʻahu ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza maculata) - possibly extinct (early 1990s?)
* Genus Vangulifer - flat rounded bills, possibly caught flying insects
   * Strange-billed finch (Vangulifer mirandus) - prehistoric
   * Thin-billed finch (Vangulifer neophasis) - prehistoric
* Genus Viridonia
   * Greater ʻamakihi (Viridonia sagittirostris) - extinct (1901)
