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)
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.
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.