Hemignathus sagittirostris

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:

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 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:	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.
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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.

Bibliography [top]

	Amadon, D. 1950. The Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Aves: Dendrepaniidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95: 151-262. Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. Lindsey, G. D.; Vanderwerf, E. A.; Baker, H.; Baker, P. 1998. Hawai'i (Hemignathus virens), Kaua'i (Hemignathus kauaiensis), O'ahu (Hemignathus chloris) and Greater 'Amakihi (Hemignathus sagittirostris). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 360, pp. 1-28. The Academy of Natural Sciences and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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

Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York.

Lindsey, G. D.; Vanderwerf, E. A.; Baker, H.; Baker, P. 1998. Hawai'i (Hemignathus virens), Kaua'i (Hemignathus kauaiensis), O'ahu (Hemignathus chloris) and Greater 'Amakihi (Hemignathus sagittirostris). In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America, No. 360, pp. 1-28. The Academy of Natural Sciences and The American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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