Paroreomyza flammea

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Aves	Passeriformes	Fringillidae

Scientific Name:

Paroreomyza flammea (Wilson, 1889)

Common Name(s):

English

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Kakawahie, Molokai Creeper

Taxonomic Source(s):

Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published:	2017
Date Assessed:	2016-10-01
Assessor(s):	BirdLife International
Reviewer(s):	Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Facilitator/Compiler(s):	Brooks, T., Harding, M., Khwaja, N., Mahood, S.
Justification: This species is known from the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, USA, but is now Extinct, probably as a result of habitat destruction and introduced diseases. The last records date from 1961-1963, and a survey in 1979 failed to find the species.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2016 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 2012 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 2008 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 2004 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 2000 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 1996 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 1994 – Extinct (EX) Download assessment 1988 – Threatened (T) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

Paroreomyza flammea was endemic to Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA (Stattersfield et al. 1998). The last record was in the Kamako'u Preserve in 1961-1963 (Collar et al. 1994).

Countries occurrence:

Regionally extinct:

United States (Hawaiian Is.)

Additional data:

♦ Continuing decline in area of occupancy (AOO):	Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in area of occupancy (AOO):	No	♦ Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) - km2:
♦ Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO):	Unknown	♦ Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO):	No
♦ Continuing decline in number of locations:	Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations:	No

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Population [top]

Population:

It was common in 1907, but declined rapidly afterwards and was rare by the 1930s (Gorresen et al. 2009), finally disappearing between 1961 and 1963 (Collar et al. 1994). Surveys from 1979 onwards have failed to locate the species (Gorresen et al. 2009).

Additional data:

♦ Continuing decline of mature individuals:	Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations:	No	♦ Population severely fragmented:	No
♦ Continuing decline in subpopulations:	Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in subpopulations:	No	♦ All individuals in one subpopulation:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species was an insectivore, foraging in wet `ohi`a forests above 500 m (USFWS 2003).
Systems:	Terrestrial
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:	Unknown
Generation Length (years):	9.7
Movement patterns:	Not a Migrant

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its extinction was presumably due to habitat destruction and disease (Collar et al. 1994). It is not thought to have been collected for ornament (Amante-Helweg and Conant 2009).

Major Threat(s):

Its extinction was presumably due to habitat destruction and disease (Collar et al. 1994). It is not thought to have been collected for ornament (Amante-Helweg and Conant 2009).

Amended [top]

Amended reason:	Edited Red List Rationale text.

Amended reason:

Edited Red List Rationale text.

Citation:	BirdLife International. 2017. Paroreomyza flammea (amended version of assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22720823A119118273. . Downloaded on 21 April 2018.
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