
ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane
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The ula-ai-hāwane (Ciridops anna) is an extinct species of small Hawaiian honeycreeper. The term ula-ai-hāwane is a Hawaiian phrase translating to "red [bird] that eats hāwane". It was only ever reported from the forested mountains of the Kohala, Hilo and Kona districts on the island of Hawaii. Fossil remains reveal that it (and at least one closely related species, Ciridops tenax) also existed at one time on other Hawaiian islands. The species is named after Anna Dole, wife of Sanford B. Dole.
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ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane is indexed among the 964 entries in Vinony's Extinct Species collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane is referenced by 21 other articles, and connects out to Fringillidae, Sanford B. Dole and Animalia.
It sits within the topics Bird extinctions since 1500, Birds described in 1879 and Ciridops.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Ciridops
- Image
- Ciridops anna Dole (Ulaaihawane), Bishop Museum, Honolulu.JPG
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- extinct species
- taxon name
- Ciridops anna
- Commons category
- Ciridops anna
- taxon common name
- bjeloglava havajka
- short name
- C. anna
- extinction date
- 1892-00-00
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- Description
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The ula-ai-hāwane (Ciridops anna) is an extinct species of small Hawaiian honeycreeper. The term ula-ai-hāwane is a Hawaiian phrase translating to "red [bird] that eats hāwane". It was only ever reported from the forested mountains of the Kohala, Hilo and Kona districts on the island of Hawaii. Fossil remains reveal that it (and at least one closely related species, Ciridops tenax) also existed at one time on other Hawaiian islands. The species is named after Anna Dole, wife of Sanford B. Dole.
==Description== thumb|left|Ula-ai-hāwane The average length of the bird was around . With respect to coloring, the adult was patterned red overall, while the head, throat, and upper back were silvery gray. The crown, wings, breast, shoulder, and tail were black, and the tertials a white color. The legs and bill were yellowish. Immature birds were brownish overall with a bluish-gray breast, black wings and tail, and a greenish-brown back.
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