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| name = Nukupu{{okina}}u
| image = Zzznukupuulucidus.jpg
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| image_caption = ] (''H. lucidus'')
| regnum = ]ia
| phylum = ]
| classis = ]
| ordo = ]
| familia = ]
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| tribus = ]
| genus = '']''
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The '''nukupu{{okina}}u''' (genus ''Hemignathus'') is a group of ] species of ] in the ] family. There are no recent confirmed records for any of the species and they may be ] or ]. Habitat was dense ] and ] of {{okina}}ōhi{{okina}}a lehua ('']'') and koa ('']'') at altitudes of {{convert|3300|-|6600|ft|m}}.
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==Description==
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Males have yellow underparts and head. The upperparts are duller, darker and greenish. Females are overall duller, with most of the underparts whitish. The lores, eye-ring and long decurved bill are blackish. It is {{convert|5.5|in|cm}} long.

The last sightings - both on ] and ] - were in 1998, though it is possible some of the sighting in the 1990s actually involve the ]. Later sightings remain unconfirmed. Recent surveys have failed to locate any of the species and the ] concluded that it in all probability are extinct or functionally extinct. As several other Hawaiian honeycreeper, the decline of the nukupu{{okina}}u group is connected to habitat loss (both due to man and ]s), introduced predators and disease-carrying ]es.

The Maui nukupu{{okina}}u is one of the species a project of the East Maui Watershed has been aimed at. Other birds from this area included the ] and the ]. The project involved fencing in the area and eradicating introduced predators. The entire project took out 22 ]s, 209 ], 1,596 ]s, 1,205 ]s, and 1,948 ]. On Kaua{{okina}}i, comparable projects exists around the Koai{{okina}}e Stream.

== Species ==
* ], ''Hemignathus vorpalis'' - ]
* ] (''Hemignathus affinis'') extinct - 1995-1998
* ] (''Hemignathus hanapepe'') extinct - 1998
* ] (''Hemignathus lucidus'') extinct - 1837

==Historical record==
In addition, some evidence from the fossil record has suggested that an extinct species, the ] (''Hemignathus vorpalis'') existed prior to European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands.

==References==<!-- Condor55:221 -->
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* James, Helen F., & Olson, Storrs L. (2003). ''A giant new species of nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii.'' The Auk. 120(4): 970-981.

==External links==
* - BirdLife International
* of specimen RMNH 110.002 at ], Leiden (requires ] browser plugin)

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