Paroreomyza flammea

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	FRINGILLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Paroreomyza flammea

Species Authority:

(Wilson, 1889)

Common Name(s):

English

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Kakawahie, Molokai Creeper

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published:	2012
Date Assessed:	2012-05-01
Assessor(s):	BirdLife International
Reviewer(s):	Symes, A. & Butchart, S.
Facilitator/Compiler(s):	Brooks, T., Harding, M., Khwaja, N., Mahood, S.
Justification: This species is known from the Hawaiian island of Lana'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.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Paroreomyza flammea was endemic to Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA (Stattersfield et al. 1998). It was common in 1907, but declined rapidly afterwards and was rare by the 1930s (Gorresen et al. 2009). The last record was in the Kamako'u Preserve in 1961-1963 (Collar et al. 1994). Surveys from 1979 onwards have failed to locate the species (Gorresen et al. 2009).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States
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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

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).

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Paroreomyza flammea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 July 2014.
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