Mohoidae
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Mohoidae, also known as the Hawaiian honeyeaters, was a family of Hawaiian species of now recently extinct, nectarivorous songbirds in the genera Moho (ʻōʻō) and Chaetoptila (kioea). These now extinct birds form their own family, representing the only complete extinction of an entire avian family in modern times,[1] when the disputed family Turnagridae is regarded as invalid. The last surviving species in the family, the Kauai O'o (Moho braccatus), became extinct after 1987.
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Hawaiian honeyeaters | |
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Moho apicalis and Chaetoptila angustipluma | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Superfamily: | Bombycilloidea |
Family: | †Mohoidae Fleischer, James and Olson, 2008 |
Genera | |
Diversity | |
Moho: 4
Chaetoptila: 3 |
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