Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu

Taxobox
name = Kauai Nukupu'u
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Nukupu'u "Hemignathus lucides"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Drepanididae
genus = "Hemignathus"
species = "H. lucidus hanapepe"
binomial = "Hemignathus lucidus hanapepe"
binomial_authority = Lichtenstein, 1839
synonyms =

The Kauai Nukupu’u was a species of "Hemignathus" that was found throughout parts of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It was common in the 1800s. It was an insect eater, picking them out from the bark. The males were a yellowish birds with brown wings, while the females were greyish brown with a yellow throat streak. It was affected the loss of its lowland forests to the slash and burn farming methods. By 1889, this bird was very rare, however, it was still found in small flocks in the higher forests. It was believed to exist in the 1890s. It was then rediscovered and seen until Hurricane Inki arrived, and none have been seen after 1996.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9886/all Hemignathus lucidus hanapepe] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 10 July 2007.