Loxops [SEP] parent taxon
Loxops
Loxops is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the finch family, Fringillidae.
The genus contains the following species:
- ‘Akeke‘e ("Loxops caeruleirostris")
- Hawaiʻi ʻakepa ("Loxops coccineus")
- Oʻahu ʻakepa ("Loxops wolstenholmei") (extinct)
- Maui ʻakepa ("Loxops ochraceus")
- Hawaiʻi creeper ("Loxops mana")
Characteristics.
"Loxops" average the size of 11 cm. They are considered a finch-like bird that
") extinct (1998)
- ʻAkiapolaʻau ("Heterorhynchus wilsoni")
- Genus "Loxops" - small pointed bills with the tips offset a little horizontally, insectivores
- Hawaiʻi Creeper ("Loxops mana")
- ‘Akeke‘e ("Loxops caeruleirostris")
- Hawaiʻi ʻAkepa ("Loxops coccineus")
- Maui ʻAkepa ("Loxops ochraceus") - extinct (1988)
- Oʻahu ʻAkepa ("Loxops wolstenholmei") - extinct (1990s)
- Genus "Magumma"