Hemignathus sagittirostris

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	FRINGILLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hemignathus sagittirostris

Species Authority:

Rothschild, 1892

Common Name/s:

English

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Greater Amakihi, Greater 'Amakihi

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:	Hemignathus sagittirostris was only found along the Wailuku river above Hilo on Hawai`i, USA³. It was discovered in 1892², and last recorded in 1901⁴.

Range Description:

Hemignathus sagittirostris was only found along the Wailuku river above Hilo on Hawai`i, USA³. It was discovered in 1892², and last recorded in 1901⁴.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was restricted to dense, moist ohi'a forest at 152-1220 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This forest was cleared for sugar cane, causing the species's extinction¹.

Major Threat(s):

This forest was cleared for sugar cane, causing the species's extinction¹.

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