Akialoa
{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range= Quaternary
| image = Akialoa stejnegeri, Bishop Museum, Honolulu.JPG
| image_caption = Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri)
| taxon = Akialoa
| authority = Olson & James, 1995
| type_species = Akiola obscura{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=196 |title= Fringillidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1788
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
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.
There are 7 species in this genus, two of which are undescribed:
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana - extinct, 1837 (confirmed) or 1940 (unconfirmed){{cite iucn|title=Akialoa ellisiana|page=e.T103823212A119549725|author=BirdLife International|date=2017|volume=2017|access-date=14 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823212A119549725.en}}
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis - extinct, 1892{{cite iucn|title=Akialoa lanaiensis|page=e.T103823431A119549974|author=BirdLife International|date=2017|volume=2017|access-date=16 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823431A119549974.en}}
- Lesser ʻakialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct, 1940{{cite iucn|title=Akialoa obscura|page=e.T22728910A119550231|author=BirdLife International|date=2017|volume=2017|access-date=11 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728910A119550231.en}}
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri - extinct, 1969{{cite iucn|title=Akialoa stejnegeri|page=e.T103823250A119550506|author=BirdLife International|date=2017|volume=2017|access-date=16 November 2021|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103823250A119550506.en}}
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris - extinct, Holocene{{cite journal |last=James |first=Helen F. |author2=Olson, Storrs L |year=1991 |title=Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes |url=http://sora.unm.edu/node/170 |journal=Ornithological Monographs |publisher=American Ornithologists' Union |volume=46 |issue=46 |pages=39–43 |doi=10.2307/40166713 |jstor=40166713|url-access=subscription }}
- Akialoa sp., Maui - extinct, Holocene
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene
See also
- Asteroid 378002 ʻAkialoa
- {{C|Hawaiian honeycreepers}}
- {{C|Extinct birds of Hawaii}}
References
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Category:Hawaiian honeycreepers
Category:Extinct birds of Hawaii
Category:Bird extinctions since 1500
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