Loxops | |
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The Maui ʻakepa, Loxops ochraceus. Specimen shown is a male. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Loxops Cabanis, 1847 |
Type species | |
Fringilla coccinea[1] Gmelin, 1789
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Species | |
see text |
Loxops is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the finch family, Fringillidae. Most of them are commonly known as ʻakepa.