Chloridops kona

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:

Chloridops kona

Species Authority:

Wilson, 1888

Common Name/s:

English

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Grosbeak Finch, Kona Grosbeak

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:	Chloridops kona was endemic to Hawai`i, USA⁴. The species was already very rare when discovered, being restricted to only about four square miles, and was last collected in 1894². The genus is known from fossils from Kauai, Oahu and Maui³.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabited naio forest on lava flows at 1,000-1,800 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Reasons for its extinction are unknown¹, though habitat destruction and avian malaria are likely to have been responsible.

Major Threat(s):

Reasons for its extinction are unknown¹, though habitat destruction and avian malaria are likely to have been responsible.

Bibliography [top]

	Grant, P. R. 1995. In remembrance: Chloridops kona, died ca.1985. The Linnean 11: 14-23. 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. 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.

Grant, P. R. 1995. In remembrance: Chloridops kona, died ca.1985. The Linnean 11: 14-23.

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.

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. Chloridops kona. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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