Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae)

Hawaii Creeper (Manucerthia mana) - HBW 15, p. 654

French: Grimpeur d'Hawaï German: Hawaiiastläufer Spanish: Akikiki de Hawai

Taxonomy: Himatione mana S. B. Wilson, 1891, Hawaii.
Long combined with the Paroreomyza species and Oreomystis bairdi as a single species, under the name Loxops maculatus or Paroreomyza maculata. Has been placed in Oreomystis and regarded as sister-species to O. bairdi, but recent DNA studies indicate that it is basal in a clade with Loxops and Chlorodrepanis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Hawaii, in E Hawaiian Is.

  • Endangered
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