Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Passeroidea
               Family Fringillidae Leach, 1820 - finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers
                 Subfamily Drepanidinae
                   Genus Hemignathus Lichtenstein, 1839
                     1 Hemignathus virens (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) - common 'amakihi
                     2 ‡Hemignathus flavus (Bloxam, 1827)
                     3 ‡Hemignathus kauaiensis H.D. Pratt, 1989
                     4 Hemignathus parvus (Stejneger, 1887)
                     5 ‡Hemignathus sagittirostris (Rothschild, 1892) - greater 'amakihi
                     6 ‡Hemignathus obscurus (J.F. Gmelin, 1788) - hawaiian 'akialoa see Akialoa obscura (J.F. Gmelin, 1788)
                     7 ‡Hemignathus ellisianus (G.R. Gray, 1860) see Akialoa ellisiana (Gray, 1859)
                     8 ‡Hemignathus lucidus M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1839 - honeycreeper
                     9 Hemignathus munroi H.D. Pratt, 1979 - akiapolaau