Kakawahie (Paroreomyza flammea)

Year Last Seen:

1963

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, USA, but is now Extinct, probably as a result of habitat destruction and introduced diseases. The last records date from 1961-1963, and a survey in 1979 failed to find the species.

Habitat:

This species was an insectivore, foraging in wet ohia forests above 500 m (USFWS 2003).

Causes:

Its extinction was presumably due to habitat destruction and disease (Collar et al. 1994). It is not thought to have been collected for ornament (Amante-Helweg and Conant 2009).

Distribution:

Paroreomyza flammea was endemic to Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA (Stattersfield et al. 1998). The last record was in the Kamako'u Preserve in 1961-1963 (Collar et al. 1994).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data