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Hawaii Amakihi

Chlorodrepanis virens

Classification

Class
Aves

The Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens), also known as the common ʻamakihi, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. Taxonomy The Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi was formerly placed in the genus Hemignathus but was assigned to the genus Chlorodrepanis based on the phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. There are two recognized subspecies: C.

Distribution

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