Myadestes woahensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	TURDIDAE

Scientific Name:

Myadestes woahensis

Species Authority:

(Wilson & Evans, 1899)

Common Name/s:

English

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Amaui, 'Amaui

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species is known from the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, USA, but it was driven Extinct by the logging of its forest habitat. The only record is that of the type specimen, collected in 1825.

History:

2008	–	Extinct
2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Myadestes woahensis is known only from the type, collected on O'ahu, in Hawai'i, USA, by Bloxam in 1825, at which time he reported that the form was common (Greenway 1967). The specimen was lost, and subsequently relocated in Tring (Knox and Walters 1994). Fossil remains have also been collected on the island (James and Olson 1991).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	According to Bloxam, it occured in forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The cause of the species's extinction is unknown (Greenway 1967), but habitat destruction and avian malaria are likely causal factors.

Major Threat(s):

The cause of the species's extinction is unknown (Greenway 1967), but habitat destruction and avian malaria are likely causal factors.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Myadestes woahensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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