Ciridops anna

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:

Ciridops anna

Species Authority:

(Dole, 1879)

Common Name/s:

English

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Ula-'ai-hawane, Ula-ai-hawane

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:	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.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Nothing is known about the causes of its extinction¹, although deforestation and avian malaria are likely to have been contributing factors.

Major Threat(s):

Nothing is known about the causes of its extinction¹, although deforestation and avian malaria are likely to have been contributing factors.

Bibliography [top]

	Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. James, H. F.; Olson, S. L. 1991. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1-88. Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K. Munro, G. C. 1944. Birds of Hawai'i. Tongg Publishing Company, Honolulu.

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

James, H. F.; Olson, S. L. 1991. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46: 1-88.

Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K.

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

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