Chaetoptila angustipluma

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	MOHOIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chaetoptila angustipluma

Species Authority:

(Peale, 1848)

Common Name/s:

English

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Kioea

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Chaetoptila angustipluma is known historically only from the big island of Hawai`i, USA, although fossil remains are also known from Oahu and Maui². Only four specimens were ever collected, between 1840 and 1859¹.

Range Description:

Chaetoptila angustipluma is known historically only from the big island of Hawai`i, USA, although fossil remains are also known from Oahu and Maui². Only four specimens were ever collected, between 1840 and 1859¹.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was restricted to montane plateau forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation, introduced predators and the rapid spread of avian malaria are all likely to have contributed to this species's extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation, introduced predators and the rapid spread of avian malaria are all likely to have contributed to this species's extinction.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Chaetoptila angustipluma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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