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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyFringillidae
Observations recorded285

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Fringillidae
Collections
BPBM
Recorded in
United States

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taxon name
Akialoa
taxon rank
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Category:Akialoa
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akialoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.