| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AVES | PASSERIFORMES | FRINGILLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Ciridops anna | |||
| Species Authority: | (Dole, 1879) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Assessor/s: | BirdLife International | ||||||||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Bird, J., Butchart, S. | ||||||||||||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Ciridops anna was endemic to Hawai`i, USA1. It is only known from five specimens, in Harvard, Honolulu, New York and Tring1 (the latter has two3), with a possible sight record in 19374, although fossils of the genus have been found on Kaua'i, Molokai and Oahu2. The last specimen was collected in 18921. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | It inhabited `ohi`a and loulu palm Pritchardia forest on both the windward (Hilo District and the Kohala mountains) and leeward (Kona District) sides of Hawai`i. Tongue morphology suggests thatit fed on nectar. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Nothing is known about the causes of its extinction1, although deforestation and avian malaria are likely to have been contributing factors. |
| Citation: | BirdLife International 2008. Ciridops anna. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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