Akialoa
Akialoa | |
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Lesser ʻakialoa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
Species | |
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Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the Carduelinae subfamily of the Fringillidae family.
The birds were endemic to Hawaii.
Species
It contains the following species:
- Lesser ʻakialoa or Hawai'i 'akialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct (1940)
- Greater ʻakialoa
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana — extinct (1940)
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa or Lanaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis — extinct (1892)
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri — extinct (1969)
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric)
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric)
See also
- Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Extinct birds of Hawaii
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