Biology:Akialoa

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Akialoa
Temporal range: Quaternary
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri)
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Passeriformes
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Carduelinae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Akialoa
Olson & James, 1995
Type species
Certhia obscura[1]
Gmelin, 1788
Species

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Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The ʻakialoa species are all extinct, but they formerly occurred throughout Hawaii.

Species

The Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Maui Nui ʻakialoa, and Kauaʻi ʻakialoa were previously considered a single species, called the greater ʻakialoa.

There are 7 species in this genus, two of which are undescribed:

See also

References

  1. "Fringillidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=196. 
  2. BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa ellisiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103823212A119549725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823212A119549725.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103823212/119549725. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 
  3. BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa lanaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103823431A119549974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823431A119549974.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103823431/119549974. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  4. BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22728910A119550231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728910A119550231.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22728910/119550231. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  5. BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103823250A119550506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823250A119550506.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103823250/119550506. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  6. James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes". Ornithological Monographs (American Ornithologists' Union) 46 (46): 39–43. doi:10.2307/40166713. http://sora.unm.edu/node/170. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4540417 entry