# pacificbird extinctionisforever

The Black Mamo is today’s It was restricted to wet rainforest dominated by ‘öhi‘a-lehua and was an understory bird. It was last collected in 1907 in Moloka’i. Fossils are known from Maui.

Pic: J.G. Keulemans/CC

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2021-09-11

The O’ahu ‘Akepa is today’s Now extinct for over 120 years, it fed on invertebrates in wet forests at a range of altitudes. Habitat destruction and disease including avian malaria, feral pigs and invasive predators are blamed for their demise.

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2021-09-01

The Maui nukupuʻu is today’s Now presumed extinct, it inhabited dense wet forest between 1450 and 2000m. The loss and degradation of its habitat and avian malaria are blamed.

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2021-07-23

The Maui ʻakepa is today’s It was first collected in 1779 but was not really studied until after being listed as endangered. Broadscale surveys over several decades have confirmed it’s likely extinction due to rats and avian malaria.

Pic: J G Keulemans

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2021-07-18

The Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) is the last endemic Hawaiian honeyeater to be featured as a It has not been recorded since the last specimen was collected in 1859. Logging of it’s forest habitat is blamed.

Pic: Brooke Keeney/HBW

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2021-06-04

The New Caledonian Lorikeet is a presumed extinct It inhabited forest but little else is known. Unconfirmed records continued to 1976 but extensive surveys, public engagement and wanted campaigns have not rediscovered it.

Pic: John G. Keulemans/ Wikimedia Commons

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2021-03-06