Laysan Honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii)

Posted on 31 December, 1923 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii (Laysan), family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1923

Comments:

This Laysan endemic honeycreeper became Extinct in 1923 due to the almost complete destruction of vegetation cover on the island following the introduction of rabbits as a food supply for guano miners in the 1890s.The final act was a violent storm, in which what …


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