Telespiza

Telespiza
Pair of Nihoa finches (Telespiza ultima)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Telespiza Wilson, 1890
Species
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Telespiza is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper. All species in it are or were endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Species[]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Telespiza cantans Wilson, 1890	Laysan finch	Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
	Telespiza ultima Bryan, 1917	Nihoa finch	Hawaiian island Nihoa

• †Telespiza persecutrix James & Olson, 1991 - Kauaʻi finch (prehistoric)^{[citation needed]}
• †Telespiza ypsilon James & Olson, 1991 - Maui Nui finch (prehistoric)^{[citation needed]}

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