Giant Amakihi

Giant Amakihi

Taxobox
name = Giant Amakihi
status = Extinct
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Drepanididae
genus = "Hemignathus"
species = "H. vorpalis "
binomial = "Hemignathus vorpalis"
binomial_authority = James & Olson, 2003
synonyms =

The Giant Amakihi ("Hemignathus vorpalis"), sometimes fancifully (and incorrectly) referred to as "Oval-billed Nukupuʻu", is an extinct species of finch in the Fringillidae family, which only is known from fossil remains. It was endemic to Hawai'i. Its extinction is believed to have occurred within the last 3000 years, but exact timing and reasons remain unclear. It was larger and with a different bill morphology than the remaining members of the genus "Hemignathus".

References

* James, Helen F., & Olson, Storrs L. (2003). "A giant new species of nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii." The Auk. 120(4): 970-981.


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