Dysmorodrepanis munroi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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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

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Lana'i Hookbill, Lanai Hookbill

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

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.
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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.

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.

Bibliography [top]

	Amadon, D. 1950. The Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Aves: Dendrepaniidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95: 151-262. Greenway, J. C. 1937. Dysmorodrepanis munroi probably not a valid form. The Auk 56: 479-480. James, H. F.; Zusi, R. L.; Olson, S. L. 1989. Dysmorodrepanis munroi (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), a valid genus and species of Hawaiian Finch. Wilson Bulletin 101: 159-179. Munro, G. C. 1944. Birds of Hawai'i. Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu. Snetsinger, T. J.; Reynolds, M. H.; Herrmann, C. M. 1998. 'O'u (Psittirostra psittacea) and Lana'i Hookbill (Dysmorodrepanis munroi). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 335-336, pp. 1-20. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia.

Amadon, D. 1950. The Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Aves: Dendrepaniidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95: 151-262.

Greenway, J. C. 1937. Dysmorodrepanis munroi probably not a valid form. The Auk 56: 479-480.

James, H. F.; Zusi, R. L.; Olson, S. L. 1989. Dysmorodrepanis munroi (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), a valid genus and species of Hawaiian Finch. Wilson Bulletin 101: 159-179.

Munro, G. C. 1944. Birds of Hawai'i. Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu.

Snetsinger, T. J.; Reynolds, M. H.; Herrmann, C. M. 1998. 'O'u (Psittirostra psittacea) and Lana'i Hookbill (Dysmorodrepanis munroi). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 335-336, pp. 1-20. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Dysmorodrepanis munroi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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