Hemignathus lucidus Lichtenstein, 1839:451
Oahu nukupu'u, Nukupuu, Nukupu'u
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemignathus lucidus lucidus Lichtenstein, 1839:451; Heterorhynchus olivaceus Lafresnaye, 1839
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1837?; 1893 (Kittelberger et al., 2024); 1899 (BirdLife International, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=7]RMNH 110.010[/url] (male)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lichtenstein, M. H. K. (1839). Beitrag zur omithologischen Fauna von Californien nebst Bemerkungen über die Artkennzeichen der Pelicane und über einige Vögel von den Sandwich-Inseln.•Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1838: 417-451.
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