Family Fringillidae
(finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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  Passerida
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  Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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  Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
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  Family Fringillidae (finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers)
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  Genus Bucanetes
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  Genus Callacanthis
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  Genus Carduelis (goldfinches)
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  Genus Carpodacus (rosefinches)
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  Genus Chaunoproctus
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  Genus Chloridops (kona finches)
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  Genus Ciridops (ciridopses)
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  Genus Coccothraustes (hawfinches)
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  Genus Drepanis (mamos)
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  Genus Dysmorodrepanis
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  Genus Eophona
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  Genus Fringilla (bramblings and chaffinches)
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  Genus Haematospiza
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  Genus Hemignathus ('amakihis)
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  Genus Hesperiphona
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  Genus Himatione ('apapanes)
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  Genus Kozlowia
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  Genus Leucosticte (rosy finches)
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  Genus Linurgus
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  Genus Loxia (crossbills)
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  Genus Loxioides (palilas)
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  Genus Loxops ('akepas)
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  Genus Melamprosops (Po'o'ulis)
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  Genus Mycerobas
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  Genus Neospiza
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  Genus Oreomystis (oreomystine creepers)
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  Genus Palmeria (crested honeycreepers)
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  Genus Paroreomyza (paroreomyzine creepers)
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  Genus Pinicola (pine grosbeaks)
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  Genus Pseudonestor (pseudonestors)
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  Genus Psittirostra ('o'us)
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  Genus Pyrrhoplectes
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  Genus Pyrrhula (Eurasian bullfinches)
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  Genus Rhodacanthis (koa-finches)
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  Genus Rhodopechys
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  Genus Rhodospiza
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  Genus Rhynchostruthus
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  Genus Serinus (canaries)
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  Genus Telespyza
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  Genus Uragus
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  Genus Urocynchramus
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  Genus Vestiaria ('i'iwis)