Amaui (Myadestes woahensis)

Year Last Seen:

1825

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, USA, but it was driven Extinct by the logging of its forest habitat. The only record is that of the type specimen, collected in 1825.

Habitat:

According to Bloxam, it occured in forest.

Causes:

The cause of the species's extinction is unknown (Greenway 1967), but habitat destruction and avian malaria are likely causal factors.

Distribution:

Myadestes woahensis is an Extinct taxon known only from the type, collected on O'ahu, in Hawai'i, USA, by Bloxam in 1825, at which time he reported that the form was common (Greenway 1967). The specimen was lost, and subsequently relocated in Tring (Knox and Walters 1994). Fossil remains have also been collected on the island (James and Olson 1991).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data