Hemignathus ellisiana ellisiana Gray, 1859:9
Greater akialoa
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemignathus ellesiana Gray, 1859:9; Hemignathus ellisianus Gray, 1859:9; Hemignathus obscurus ellisianus Gray, 1859:9; Akialoa ellisianus ellisianus Gray, 1859:9; Drepanis (Hemignathus) ellisiana Gray, 1859:9; Hemignathus lichtensteini Wilson, 1889: 401
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: January 1837 (specimens collected; Olson & James, 1994); 1937 and 1940 (unverified reports; Greenway, 1967)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gray, G. R. (1859). Catalogue of the birds of the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London. 72 pp.
Other references:
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