Greater Akialoa

Taxobox
name = "Greater Akialoa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Fringillidae
subfamilia = Drepanidinae
genus = "Akialoa" (but see text)
genus_authority = Lichtenstein, 1839
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
3 species now recently extinct
synonyms="Maui Nui Akialoa" "Oahu Akialoa" "Kauai Akialoa" (but see text)

The Greater Akialoa was a large bird growing up to 19 cm long. Its bill took up to a third of the body length. The species had three forms, confined to Lanai, Oahu and Kauai respectively. It did not include the much smaller Hawaii Akialoa, which was considered a full species. The Lanai and Oahu forms are extinct, while there is a remote possibility that the Kaui form survives.