Tube-tongued bird, also known as tube-tongued finch, is a general term for the unique and precious birds distributed in the Hawaiian Islands, with a large difference in appearance, a total of 12 genera of about 23 species, such as the yellow-breasted tube-tongued finch, which is the only species of yellow-breasted tube-tongued finches, which depends on the local yellow-leaved locust. The pipe-tongue finches are a group of Hawaiian birds that evolved from the same native species of finches that spread to the most isolated archipelago about five million years ago.
Tube tongue finches are small songbirds with a variety of beak shapes, such as the parrot-billed tube-tongued finch, which has a thick and unique beak, different parrots, and is a specialized pot-eating bird. Tube-tongued finches have long and robust legs and feet, and most of the body feathers are pure olive, brown or gray, and some species have bright colors, such as the crowned honeyfinch (see figure above), a unique species of the genus Crowned Honeyfinch , with unique plumage and more unusual curved crown feathers.
Tubular finch is a specific island bird, body length 10-20 cm, weight 20-50 g, ancestors of a local finch, morphological and habits are very different, including almost all finches characteristics, after five hundred years of evolution, the rapid evolution of many highly variable species has become the most prominent example of bird adaptive radiation, such as the unique species of the genus Maodao parrot finch (see figure above).
Category: Songbirds
Family: Genus Finches of the family Pterophoridae
Country of Origin: Hawaii Protection Level: ProgressiveLy Endangered
Pretty Index : ★★★★
Red Index: ★★★★★
Thirteen species, including the large and small Hawaiian green finch in this family, are extinct, and many species are on the verge of extinction, such as the Hawaiian spiny wood finch (see image above). The Mao Island HoneyFinch of the genus Mao Island, the famous Hawaiian Honey Spiny Wood Finch (see picture above), also known as the Black-faced Honey Spiny Wood Finch, Maui Honey Finch, Poori Bird, etc., inhabits the Hawaiian Islands of the United States, and is known for its unique black cheeks, is one of the rarest birds in the world, is unique, inhabits the cliffs in the south of Mount Haleakala Volcano Mountain, due to habitat destruction and the introduction of some carnivorous animals, etc. The number has been decreasing sharply, in 2003 there were only 3 birds left, and people tried to make the remaining wood finches mate. In the end, it was still impossible to stop the extinction of this species.