ʻĀmaui

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ʻĀmaui
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Myadestes
Species: M. woahensis
Binomial name
Myadestes woahensis
(Bloxam, 1899)

The ʻĀmaui or Oʻahu Thrush, (Myadestes woahensis, often given as oahensis) was an extinct bird of Oʻahu, Hawaii. It is known from a single specimen taken in 1825 (now lost) and subfossil bones.

The name derives from manu a Māui: "Māui's bird.