| 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Extinct Family/Sub-family Fringillidae Species name author Perkins, 1919 Taxonomic source(s) AOU checklist (1998 + supplements), Brooks (2000), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) |
Summary Dysmorodrepanis munroi is known from only a single specimen collected in 1913, and from single sightings in 1916 and 1918, on Lana`i, Hawai`i, USA4.
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Ecology: It inhabited in montane dry forest at 600-800 m.
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Threats Much of Lana'i was cleared for pineapple plantations in the 1910s, and this, along with predation by cats and rats, presumably drove the species to extinction5.
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References 1. Amadon (1950). 2. Greenway (1939). 3. James et al. (1989). 4. Munro (1944). 5. Snetsinger et al. (1998).
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Text account compilers Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Simon Mahood (BirdLife International) |
IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Alison Stattersfield (BirdLife International) |
| Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Dysmorodrepanis munroi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/2/2010 |
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List. To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums |
