Kauaʻi ʻamakihi
Kauaʻi ʻamakihi | |
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Kauaʻi ʻamakihi Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Chlorodrepanis |
Species: | C. stejnegeri
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Binomial name | |
Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri Wilson, 1890
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Synonyms | |
Viridonia stejnegeri Wilson, 1980 |
The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri) 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[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22720756A94682058. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720756A94682058.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links[]
- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
- Videos, photos and sounds - Internet Bird Collection
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Chlorodrepanis
- Biota of Kauai
- Endemic birds of Hawaii
- Birds described in 1989
- Taxa named by Scott Barchard Wilson
- Fringillidae stubs