Hemignathus hanapepe Wilson, 1889:401
Kauaʻi nukupuʻu
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemignathus lucidus hanapepe Wilson, 1889:401
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1899 (Martin et al., 2023); 1970's (Olson & James, 1995:383)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wilson, S. B. (1889). On three undescribed species of the genus Hemignathus, Lichtenslein. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 4: 400-402.
Other references:
Anonymous. (1964). List of rare birds, including those thought to be so but of which detailed information is still lacking. IUCN Bulletin 10(Special Supplement): 4 pp.
BirdLife International. (2016). Hemignathus hanapepe. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103823616A104234801. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103823616A104234801.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
Hume J.P. & Walters M. (2012). Extinct birds. London: T & AD Poyser, 544 pp.
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. [pp. 247-248]
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.
Roberts, D. L. and Jarić, I. (2016). Inferring extinction in North American and Hawaiian birds in the presence of sighting uncertainty. PeerJ 4: e2426.
Scott, Peter (ed.). (1965). Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds, pp. 155-237. In: The Launching of a New Ark. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961-1964. London: Collins.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/8713/hemignathus-hanapepe-kaua-nukupu
https://globally-threatened-bird-forums.birdlife.org/nukupuu-hemignathus-lucidus-is-being-split-list-h-lucidus-as-extinct-and-h-affinis-and-h-hanapepe-as-critically-endangered-possibly-extinct/