Akialoa
Extinct genus of birds
| Akialoa Temporal range: Quaternary PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Certhia obscura[1] Gmelin, 1788 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The ʻakialoa species are all extinct, but they formerly occurred throughout Hawaii.
Species
The Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Maui Nui ʻakialoa, and Kauaʻi ʻakialoa were previously considered a single species, called the greater ʻakialoa.
There are 7 species in this genus, two of which are undescribed:
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana - extinct, 1837 (confirmed) or 1940 (unconfirmed)[2]
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis - extinct, 1892[3]
- Lesser ʻakialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct, 1940[4]
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri - extinct, 1969[5]
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris - extinct, Holocene[6]
- Akialoa sp., Maui - extinct, Holocene
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene
See also
- Asteroid 378002 ʻAkialoa
- Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Extinct birds of Hawaii
References
- ^ "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa ellisiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823212A119549725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823212A119549725.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa lanaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823431A119549974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823431A119549974.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22728910A119550231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728910A119550231.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823250A119550506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823250A119550506.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes". Ornithological Monographs. 46 (46). American Ornithologists' Union: 39–43. doi:10.2307/40166713. JSTOR 40166713.
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