Molokai O'o (Moho nobilis)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct

Year Last Seen:

1902

Comments:

This species was known from the Big Island of Hawai`i, but was last collected in 1902 with one unconfirmed record in 1934. It is now Extinct. Habitat destruction, hunting and introduced disease were probably the major causes.

Habitat:

It was found in moist montane forest.

Causes:

Its decline to extinction was presumably caused by habitat destruction, disease and hunting (Hume 2017).

Distribution:

Moho nobilis was only found in forest on the Big Island of Hawai`i, USA (Pratt et al. 1987). It was last collected in 1902 but there was an unconfirmed record in 1934 (Munro 1944, Hume 2017).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data