Hemignathus affinis Rothschild, 1893:112
Maui nukupu'u
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemignathus lucidus affinis Rothschild, 1893:112
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1896 (Martin et al., 2023); 1989 (BirdLife International, 2016); 1995 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
One of numerous species rediscovered, but now thought to be extinct again.
Distribution
Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=8]RMNH 110.002[/url] (male)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1893). Descriptions of Three new Birds from the Sandwich Islands. Ibis (6) 5(17): 112-114.
Other references:
Banko, Winston E. (1968). Rediscovery of Maui nukupuu, Hemignathus lucidus affinis, and sighting of Maui parrotbill, Pseudonestor xanthophrys, Kipahulu Valley, Maui, Hawaii. The Condor 70(3): 265-266.
BirdLife International. 2016. Hemignathus affinis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103823664A104234257. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823664A104234257.en. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
Elphick, Chris S., Roberts, David L. and Reed, J. Michael. (2010). Estimated dates of recent extinctions for North American and Hawaiian birds. Biological Conservation 143: 617-624.
Fisher, Diana O. and Humphreys, Aelys M. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation 298: 110772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110772
Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [p. 248]
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. (1995). Nomenclature of the Hawaiian Akialoas and Nukupuus (Aves: Drepanidini). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 373-387.
Pratt, T. K. and Pyle, R. L. 2000. Nukupu'u in the twentieth century: endangered species or phantom presence? 'Elepaio 60: 35-41.
Lawrence P. Richards and Paul H. Baldwin (Condor, 55, 1953: 222)
Roberts, D. L. and Jarić, I. (2016). Inferring extinction in North American and Hawaiian birds in the presence of sighting uncertainty. PeerJ 4: e2426.
Warner, R. E. (ed.). (1968). Scientific report of the Kipahulu Valley Expedition: Maui, Hawaii, 2 August–31 August, 1967. Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands: The Nature Conservancy, 184 pp.