Rhodacanthis [SEP] parent taxon
Rhodacanthis
Rhodacanthis is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper. All four species were endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Members of this genus were granivores, with bills adapted to the seeds and pods of legumes. The two species that became extinct in the 1890s, "R. flaviceps" and "R. palmeri", inhabited upper elevation mesic forests dominated by koa "(Acacia koa") on the island of Hawaii. Both were large birds; "R. flaviceps" measured , while "R. palmeri" was in length. The
specialist
- "Psittirostra psittacea" – Ōū (probably extinct, 1998?)
- Genus "Rhodacanthis" – large-billed, granivorous, legume specialists
- "Rhodacanthis flaviceps" – Lesser Koa-Finch (extinct, 1891)
- "Rhodacanthis forfex" – Scissor-Billed Koa-Finch (prehistoric)
- "Rhodacanthis litotes" – Primitive Koa-Finch (prehistoric)
- "Rhodacanthis palmeri" – Greater Koa-Finch (extinct, 1896)
- Genus "Telespiza" –