Himatione fraithii Rothschild, 1892
Laysan honeycreeper, Laysan creeper, Laysan honeyeater, Laysan apapane, Apapane
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Himatione freethii Rothschild, 1892; Himatione sanguinea freethii Rothschild, 1892; Himatione sanguinea freethi Rothschild, 1892
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1923 (Bailey, 1956; Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb/?w=PBIN&srch=a&pt=t&lst=o&cols=8&rpp=500&pge=1&tID=723661925
Media
Above: nest and eggs photographed by Walter K. Fisher in May 1902. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1892). Descriptions of seven new species of birds from the Sandwich Islands. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 6, vol. 10: 108-112.
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