Chloridops
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| Chloridops Temporal range: Holocene
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| Kona Grosbeak (Chloridops kona) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | †Chloridops Wilson, 1888 |
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Chloridops is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The birds were endemic to Hawaii. It comprised three species: two on the Big Island of Hawaii; and one that inhabited Kauai, Oahu, and Maui.[1]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus includes the following three species:
- Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) — extinct (1894)
- Wahi grosbeak (Chloridops wahi) — prehistoric
- King Kong grosbeak (Chloridops regiskongi) — prehistoric
See also
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