The term "honeycreeper" was originally associated with two groups of birds, once thought to be related: the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepanidinae) and the Neotropical honeycreepers (Coerebidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: BANANAQUIT.] Reference

Several species, including the crested honeycreeper and ou, are near extinction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hawaiian Islands Province (Bailey)] Reference

Thirteen other species of a type of bird known as the Hawaiian honeycreeper had also become instinct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trivial Pursuits] Reference

ENVIRONMENTCritical ListThe snail darter had its 15 minutes; now the honeycreeper is ready for its close-up.    From Wordnik.com.  ['A Scandal Waiting To Blow'] Reference

One such is the po'ouli bird, a species of honeycreeper that lived in Hawaii and was only discovered in 1973.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink] Reference

One hot spot: Hawaii, where nonnative species have killed off some 100 plants, and the honeycreeper, a jungle bird, is down to single digits.    From Wordnik.com.  ['A Scandal Waiting To Blow'] Reference

Two honeycreeper birds, a fly, and 45 ferns, trees and shrubs were given federal protections Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

This red-legged honeycreeper dispersed from South America into North America over the completed land bridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muti] Reference

As they started down the trail, an amakihi (native green honeycreeper) flew in front of them, as if to lead the way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference

Of the 41 honeycreeper species and subspecies, 17 are probably extinct, 14 are endangered, and only three are in decent shape.    From Wordnik.com.  [USGS Newsroom] Reference

One of the newly listed birds is the akikiki or Kauai creeper, a small, dark gray and olive honeycreeper in the Alakai Wilderness Preserve that eats insects and spiders.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

This red-legged honeycreeper dispersed from South America into North America over the completed land bridge - Photo by Noel Ureña, copyright by Tropical Feathers www. costaricabirdingtours.com.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

"Unfortunately, the report also uplisted the Hooded Grebe to Endangered, and the newly discovered Gorgeted Puffleg, the Medium Tree-Finch -- one of Darwin's finches from the Galapagos -- and the Palila (a Hawaiian honeycreeper), to critically endangered," the ABC said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning] Reference

There are many species of honeycreeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: BANANAQUIT.] Reference

"There are birds: Hawaiian goose (nene), Aleutian goose, Tule white-fronted goose, laysan duck, Hawaiian duck, Hawaiian dark-rumped petrel, California condor, Florida Everglade kite, Hawaiian hawk (ii), bald eagle, Attawater's greater prairie chicken, masked bobwhite, whooping crane, Yuma clapper rail, Eskimo curlew, Puerto Rican parrot, ivory-billed woodpecker, dusky seaside sparrow, crested honeycreeper (akohekohe), etc., etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Roadside Attraction]