Hawaii Mamo (Drepanis pacifica)

Year Last Seen:

1898

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1898 and is now Extinct. Habitat destruction was probably the major cause of its extinction.

Habitat:

It inhabited forest, especially ohia forest (Stattersfield et al. 1998), where it was observed feeding on insects, although it probably fed mainly on nectar.

Causes:

It was heavily trapped by Hawaiians for its feathers (Rose et al. 1993), but it is more likely that habitat destruction and disease were the ultimate causes of the species's extinction (Greenway 1967).

Distribution:

Drepanis pacifica was endemic to the big island of Hawai`i, USA, and was last recorded in 1898 above Hilo (Greenway 1967) and in 1899 near Kaunana (Pratt et al. 1987).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data