Rhodacanthis Temporal range:
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Greater koa finch (R. palmeri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | †Rhodacanthis Rothschild, 1892 |
Type species | |
Rhodacanthis palmeri[1] Rothschild, 1891
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Species | |
Rhodacanthis flaviceps |
Rhodacanthis, commonly known as the koa finches, is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. All four species were endemic to Hawaii.