Black Mamo (Drepanis funerea)

Posted on 31 December, 1907 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1907

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian island of Moloka`i, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1907 and is now Extinct. Predation and habitat destruction by invasive species were the major factors causing its extinction.

Habitat:

It inhabited the understory of wet …


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Bishop's O'o (Moho bishopi)

Posted on 31 December, 1904 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-MOHOIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1904

Comments:

This species was formerly found in the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but there have been no confirmed records since 1904 and is now considered Extinct. A single bird thought to be this species was observed in 1981 on the north-east slope of Haleakala but there have …


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Molokai O'o (Moho nobilis)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-MOHOIDAE, extinct-1900s

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 …


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Sharp-beaked Greenfinch (Viridonia sagittirostris)

Posted on 31 December, 1901 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1901

Comments:

This species is known from Hawaii's Big Island, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1901 and is now Extinct. Most of its habitat was cleared for agriculture, which is likely to have caused the extinction.

Habitat:

It was restricted to dense, moist ohi'a …


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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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