Akialoa
Extinct genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Akialoa | |
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Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
Type species | |
Certhia obscura[1] Gmelin, 1788 | |
Species | |
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