Kauaʻi ʻamakihi
| Kauaʻi ʻamakihi | |
|---|---|
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| Kauaʻi ʻamakihi Hemignathus kauaiensis | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Hemignathus |
| Species: | H. kauaiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemignathus kauaiensis Pratt, 1989 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Viridonia stejnegeri Wilson, 1980 | |
The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Hemignathus kauaiensis) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauaʻi. Birds of both sexes are greenish-yellow with black lores and a large, sickle-shaped, downcurved beak. The beak is larger than that of the other three ʻamakihi species and occasionally leads to misidentification as a Kauaʻi nukupuʻu, which is thought to be extinct. Like other honeycreepers, the Kauaʻi ʻamakihi is threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, and avian malaria, but has not been affected as strongly as other species in the subfamily.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Hemignathus kauaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Videos, photos and sounds - Internet Bird Collection