Hawaiian Honeycreepers

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(Drepanididae), a family of birds of the order Passeriformes. The body is 11-21 cm long. Hawaiian honeycreepers are greenish, yellow, red, or black. All of them have a musky smell. The birds are a remarkable example of adaptive radiation within one family: in correlation with their predominant food (nectar and flower pollen, insects, or seeds), some species of Hawaiian honeycreepers have a thin, curved beak, others have an awllike beak, and still others have a massive beak like a parrot’s. The birds are found in trees and shrubs. There are 21 species, found only on the Hawaiian Islands.

REFERENCE

Baldwin, P. H. “Annual Cycle, Environment and Evolution in the Hawaiian Honeycreepers.” University of California Publications in Zoology, 1953, vol. 52, pp. 285-398.

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