Drepanis pacifica

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:

Drepanis pacifica

Species Authority:

(Gmelin, 1788)

Common Name/s:

English

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Hawai'i Mamo, Hawaii Mamo

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:	Drepanis pacifica was endemic to the big island of Hawai`i, USA, and was last recorded in 1898 above Hilo¹ and in 1899 near Kaunana².
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabited forest (especially `ohi`a forest⁴), where it was observed feeding on insects, although it probably fed mainly on nectar.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It was heavily trapped by Hawaiians for their feathers³, but it is more likely that habitat destruction and disease were the ultimate causes of the species's extinction¹.

Major Threat(s):

It was heavily trapped by Hawaiians for their feathers³, but it is more likely that habitat destruction and disease were the ultimate causes of the species's extinction¹.

Bibliography [top]

	Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. Pratt, H. D.; Bruner, P. L.; Berrett, D. G. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton. Rose, R.; Conant, S.; Kjellgren, E. 1993. Hawaiian standing kahili in the Bishop Museum: an ethnological analysis. Journal of the Polynesian Society 102: 273-304. 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.

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

Pratt, H. D.; Bruner, P. L.; Berrett, D. G. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Rose, R.; Conant, S.; Kjellgren, E. 1993. Hawaiian standing kahili in the Bishop Museum: an ethnological analysis. Journal of the Polynesian Society 102: 273-304.

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. Drepanis pacifica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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