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) See also Hawaiian honeycreeper, which includes all the species of Hawaiian honeycreepers References Bird tribes Carduelinae Endemic fauna of Hawaii Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Australasia-Pacific region