Hemignathus ellisiana stejnegeri Wilson, 1889:400
Kaua'i akialoa
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemignathus ellisianus stejnegeri Wilson, 1889:400; Hemignathus stejnegeri Wilson, 1889:400; Akialoa stejnegeri Wilson, 1889:400; Hemignathus procerus Cabanis, 1889:331; Hemignathus obscurus procerus Cabanis, 1889:331
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: July 1960 (specimen collected; Richardson & Bowles, 1964); 1965 (Kittelberger et al., 2024); 1965 (1969?) (sighting; Olson & James, 1995:385)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=6]RMNH 110.021[/url] (male)
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=6]RMNH 110.022[/url] (female
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=6]RMNH 110.023[/url] (male)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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