Biology:Akialoa

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Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Akialoa
Temporal range: Quaternary
Akialoa stejnegeri, Bishop Museum, Honolulu.JPG
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri)
Scientific classification e
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
Species

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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.

Species

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:

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4540417 entry