Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The ʻakialoa species are all extinct, but they formerly occurred throughout Hawaii.
| Akialoa Temporal range:
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| Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Certhia obscura[1] Gmelin, 1788
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Species edit
The Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Maui Nui ʻakialoa, and Kauaʻi ʻakialoa were previously considered a single species, called the greater ʻakialoa.
There are 7 species in this genus, two of which are undescribed:
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana - extinct, 1837 (confirmed) or 1940 (unconfirmed)[2]
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis - extinct, 1892[3]
- Lesser ʻakialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct, 1940[4]
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri - extinct, 1969[5]
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris - extinct, Holocene[6]
- Akialoa sp., Maui - extinct, Holocene
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa ellisiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823212A119549725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823212A119549725.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa lanaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823431A119549974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823431A119549974.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22728910A119550231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728910A119550231.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa stejnegeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103823250A119550506. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823250A119550506.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ James, Helen F.; Olson, Storrs L (1991). "Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes". Ornithological Monographs. 46 (46). American Ornithologists' Union: 39–43. doi:10.2307/40166713. JSTOR 40166713.
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