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Chloridops

Chloridops
Chloridops kona.jpg
Kona Grosbeak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Tribe: Psittirostrini
Genus: Chloridops
Wilson, 1888
Species

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Chloridops is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the Carduelinae subfamily of the Fringillidae family.

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.

The genus includes the following three species:


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