Chaetoptila angustipluma

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	MOHOIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chaetoptila angustipluma

Species Authority:

(Peale, 1848)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Kioea

Taxonomic Notes:

The genera Chaetoptila and Moho were formerly placed in Meliphagidae but have been moved to a newly-created family Mohoidae following AOU (2009).

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 was known from the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but it has not been recorded since a specimen was collected in 1859. It was driven Extinct by the logging of its forest habitat.

History:

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

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Chaetoptila angustipluma is known historically only from the Big Island of Hawaii, USA, although fossil remains are also known from Oahu and Maui (James and Olson 1991). Only four specimens were ever collected, between 1840 and 1859 (Greenway 1967).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was restricted to montane plateau forest and fed on nectar (Amante-Helweg et al. 2009).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation, introduced predators and the rapid spread of avian malaria are all likely to have contributed to this species's extinction.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation, introduced predators and the rapid spread of avian malaria are all likely to have contributed to this species's extinction.

Bibliography [top]

	Amante-Helweg, V.L.U., Pratt, L.W. and Pratt, T.K. 2009. Hawaiian pronunciation guide and glossary. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna, pp. 581-590. Yale University Press, New Haven. Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012). 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.

Amante-Helweg, V.L.U., Pratt, L.W. and Pratt, T.K. 2009. Hawaiian pronunciation guide and glossary. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna, pp. 581-590. Yale University Press, New Haven.

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

IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).

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.

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