Recent records of some Hawaiian honeycreepers

Author:

Paul H. Baldwin, Richards, Lawrence P.

Title:

Recent records of some Hawaiian honeycreepers

Periodical:

Condor

Year:

1953

Volume:

55

Pages:

221-222

Subject:

Birds monitoring Drepanididae Hawaiian honeycreepers

Summary:

For a number of years, it was believed that many species of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepaniidae) had become extinct due to the foreign, avian diseases that were introduced to the Hawaiian Islands and through the destruction of much of the native forest habitat on the main Hawaiian Islands where people live or engage in agricultural industry. While a considerable reduction of endemic species occurred on the islands of Oahu and Lanai, it was difficult to determine whether or not originally rare species on the islands of Hawaii and Maui survive today due to the inaccessibility of large tracts of virgin forests. Upon having the opportunities to independently search for the rarer species of birds on the islands of Hawaii and Maui at various times from 1943-1953, the authors of this paper found that some of the birds were still thriving in restricted localities such as the Crested Honeycreeper (Palmeria dolei), Parrot-billed Koa "Finch" (Pseudonestor xanthophrys), Oʻu (Psittirostra psittacea), Palila (Psittirostra bailleui), ʻAkepa (Loxops coccinea coccinea and Loxops coccinea ochracea), and the ‘Akiapola‘au (Hemignathus wilsoni). However, no traces of the Mamo (Drepanis), Ula ai hawane (Ciridops anna), Akialoa (Hemignathus obscurus obscurus), Nukupuʻu (Hemignathus lucidus affinis), Greater ʻAmakihi (Loxops sagittirostris), Greater Koa "Finch" (Psittirostra palmeri), Lesser Koa "Finch" (Psittirostra flaviceps), and the Kona "Finch" (Psittirostra kona) were found.

Label:

Birds - General

URL:

https://sora.unm.edu/node/100520

Date:

1953

Collection:

Periodicals