Greater ʻamakihi
Extinct species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The greater ʻamakihi (Viridonia sagittirostris) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.
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Greater ʻamakihi | |
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Specimen at the Bishop Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | †Viridonia Rothschild, 1892 |
Species: | †V. sagittirostris |
Binomial name | |
†Viridonia sagittirostris Rothschild, 1892 | |
Synonyms | |
Hemignathus sagittirostris (Rothschild, 1892) |
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It was endemic to the Island of Hawaii. The species was last recorded in 1901.