''Telespiza'' is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper. All species in it are or were

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to the

Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost ...

Species

*†''Telespiza persecutrix'' James &

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, 1991 - Kauai finch (

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) *†''Telespiza ypsilon'' James &

, 1991 - Maui Nui finch (

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References

Hawaiian honeycreepers Endemic fauna of Hawaii Bird genera Carduelinae Taxa named by Scott Barchard Wilson Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Australasia-Pacific region {{fringillidae-stub