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Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Aug 2026
Campana Michael G, Venkatraman Madhvi X, Tsuchiya Mirian T N, Kearns Anna M, VanTassel Nichelle M, Henschen Amberleigh E, Przelomska Natalia A S, McInerney Nancy Rotzel, Ochirbat Margad-Erdene, Lerner Heather R L, Callicrate Taylor E, Hagemann Molly, Paxton Eben H, Cassin-Sackett Loren, James Helen F, Fleischer Robert C
Abstract excerpt
The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world's most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Islands. Only 17 Hawaiian honeycreeper taxa are known to be extant, of which only the common 'amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens) and 'apapane...
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