Nuku pu’u
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(New page: '''Hawaiian Name:''' ‘nuku pu’u<br> '''Common Name:''' nuku pu’u<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Hemignathus lucidus affinis ''''''Size:''' 6 inches (14cm) Habitat:''' Oceania; endemic ...) |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Hemignathus lucidus affinis | '''Scientific Name:''' Hemignathus lucidus affinis | ||
| - | + | '''Size:''' 6 inches (14cm) | |
| - | Habitat:''' Oceania; endemic to eastern Maui, where it is dependent on high-elevation mesic and wet forests of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) and koa (Acacia koa). | + | '''Habitat:''' Oceania; endemic to eastern Maui, where it is dependent on high-elevation mesic and wet forests of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) and koa (Acacia koa). |
'''Status:''' Probably Extinct (1998). '''Global Population:''' 0 mature individuals. The last sightings - both on Kauaʻi and Maui - were in 1998, though it is possible some of the sighting in the 1990s actually involve the Kauaʻi ʻAmakihi. Later sightings remain unconfirmed. Recent surveys have failed to locate the species and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that it in all probability is extinct or functionally extinct. BirdLife International (and thereby IUCN) have chosen to retain its status as critically endangered until additional surveys have confirmed its extinction beyond reasonable doubts. As with several other Hawaiian honeycreepers, the decline of the nuku puʻu is connected to habitat loss (both due to man and hurricanes), introduced predators and disease-carrying mosquitoes. | '''Status:''' Probably Extinct (1998). '''Global Population:''' 0 mature individuals. The last sightings - both on Kauaʻi and Maui - were in 1998, though it is possible some of the sighting in the 1990s actually involve the Kauaʻi ʻAmakihi. Later sightings remain unconfirmed. Recent surveys have failed to locate the species and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that it in all probability is extinct or functionally extinct. BirdLife International (and thereby IUCN) have chosen to retain its status as critically endangered until additional surveys have confirmed its extinction beyond reasonable doubts. As with several other Hawaiian honeycreepers, the decline of the nuku puʻu is connected to habitat loss (both due to man and hurricanes), introduced predators and disease-carrying mosquitoes. | ||
