Dysmorodrepanis munroi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES PASSERIFORMES FRINGILLIDAE

Scientific Name: Dysmorodrepanis munroi
Species Authority: Perkins, 1919
Common Name/s:
English Lana'i Hookbill, Lanai Hookbill

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: Dysmorodrepanis munroi is known from only a single specimen collected in 1913, and from single sightings in 1916 and 1918, on Lana`i, Hawai`i, USA4.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It inhabited in montane dry forest at 600-800 m.

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Much of Lana'i was cleared for pineapple plantations in the 1910s, and this, along with predation by cats and rats, presumably drove the species to extinction5.

Citation: BirdLife International 2008. Dysmorodrepanis munroi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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