Kauaʻi palila
Extinct species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kauaʻi palila or Pila's palila (Loxioides kikuchi) is an extinct species of Hawaiian finch that was much larger than the palila (Loxioides bailleui). It was described from subfossil remains discovered at the Makauwahi Cave on the south coast of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Kauaʻi palila | |
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Extinct (Early 1700s) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Loxioides |
Species: | †L. kikuchi |
Binomial name | |
†Loxioides kikuchi | |
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