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Drepandrikidae
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This is family of birds that are found exclusively in the Hawaiian Archepeligo. They are a group of birds that have a large varietes of sizes and colors. Many kinds of birds in this group like Mioloa and Sczoloa were mostly never seen by Europeans that landed around 1750. A few genuses have a few relitives that still survive in small numbers. * Genus Mialoa - similar to Akialoas ** Ancient Mialoa, Mialoa priscus - extinct (500 C.E.) ** Prehistoric Mialoa (Mialoa praenuncmaiores) - extinct (200 B.C.E.) ** Modern Mialoa (Mialoa novus) - extinct (1080 C.E.) * Genus Sczoloa - blunt beaked birds, very rare, restricted ** Hawaiian Shoal Loa (Sczoloa hawaiiness) ** Maui Nui Shoal Loa (Sczoloa nui) ** O'ahu Shoal Loa (Sczoloa oahuiness) - extinct (1800 C.E) ** Kauai Shoal Loa (Sczoloa kauainess) * Genus Cerviex - insectivors ** Volcanic Cerviex, Cerviex ignis - extinct (1600 C.E) ** Lowland Cerviex, Cervix solummugio ** Maui Cerviex, Cerviex solumsis - extinct (1874 C.E) |
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