Sharp-beaked Greenfinch (Viridonia sagittirostris)

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 forest at 152-1220 m.

Causes:

This forest was cleared for sugar cane, causing the species's extinction (Amadon 1950).

Distribution:

Hemignathus sagittirostris was only found along the Wailuku river above Hilo on Hawai`i, USA (Lindsey et al. 1998). It was discovered in 1892 (Greenway 1967), and last recorded in 1901 (Stattersfield et al. 1998).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data