Oahu Nukupuu (Hemignathus lucidus)

Posted on 31 December, 1899 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1899

Comments:

This species was found in O'ahu, Hawaii but it went extinct around the end of the 19th century. Perkins found evidence that many individuals existed in the forests of Oahu in 1860, but no collectors found any trace of it in the 1890s (Munro 1960 …


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Hawaii Mamo (Drepanis pacifica)

Posted on 31 December, 1898 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

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 …


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Greater Koa Finch (Rhodacanthis palmeri)

Posted on 31 December, 1896 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1896

Comments:

This species was known from Hawaii's Big Island, USA, but it is now Extinct due to logging of its forest habitat. It was last recorded in 1896, and collectors visiting in 1906 failed to find it.

Habitat:

It inhabited koa forest above 1,000 m …


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Kona Grosbeak (Chloridops kona)

Posted on 31 December, 1894 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1894

Comments:

This species was known from the Hawaiian island of Lana'i, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1894 and is now Extinct. Logging of its forest habitat coupled with the impacts of introduced predators is likely to have caused the loss of this species …


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Lanai Akialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis)

Posted on 31 December, 1892 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1892

Comments:

This species was found in the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but it is now Extinct as a result of forest clearance and introduced disease.

Habitat:

It inhabited all forest up types above 200 m (Gorresen et al. 2009), feeding on insects and nectar (Amante-Helweg et al …


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Lesser Koa Finch (Rhodacanthis flaviceps)

Posted on 31 December, 1891 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1891

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaii's Big Island, USA, but has been driven Extinct by the logging of its forest habitat. It was last recorded in 1891 and collectors visiting in 1893 failed to find it.

Habitat:

It inhabited montane koa forest.

Causes:

The …


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Oahu Akialoa (Akialoa ellisiana)

Posted on 31 December, 1837 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1830s

Year Last Seen:

1837

Comments:

This species was found in the Hawaiian Island of Oahu, USA, but it is now Extinct as a result of forest clearance and introduced disease.

Habitat:

It inhabited all forest up types above 200 m (Gorresen et al. 2009), feeding on insects and nectar (Amante-Helweg …


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Bonin Grosbeak (Carpodacus ferreorostris)

Posted on 31 December, 1828 in Extinct • Tagged with Japan (Ogasawara Islands), family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1820s

Year Last Seen:

1828

Comments:

This species was known from Japan's Ogasawara Islands, but it is now Extinct and has not been certainly reported since 1828. Forest destruction and predation by introduced species are thought to have been responsible.

Habitat:

Nothing is known of its ecology (Morioka 1992) apart from …


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