Moho braccatus Cassin, 1855
Kaua'i 'o'o, Kauai o-o, 'o'o'a'a
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Moho braccathus Cassin, 1855
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1987
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
One of numerous species rediscovered prior to it's second putative extinction (last record 1945-rediscovered 1960).
Distribution
Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=25]RMNH 110.028[/url]
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=25]RMNH 110.029[/url] (male)
Media
Sound recordings, video recordings and a photo are available on the Macaulay Library website: https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=kauoo
Above: photograph by Robert Shallenberger /USFWS. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Cassin, J. (1855). The 'o'o of Kauai. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 440.
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