| 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 (Dole, 1879) Taxonomic source(s) AOU checklist (1998 + supplements), Brooks (2000), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) |
Summary Ciridops anna was endemic to Hawai`i, USA1. It is only known from five specimens, in Harvard, Honolulu, New York and Tring1 (the latter has two3), with a possible sight record in 19374, although fossils of the genus have been found on Kaua'i, Molokai and Oahu2. The last specimen was collected in 18921.
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Ecology: It inhabited `ohi`a and loulu palm Pritchardia forest on both the windward (Hilo District and the Kohala mountains) and leeward (Kona District) sides of Hawai`i. Tongue morphology suggests thatit fed on nectar.
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Threats Nothing is known about the causes of its extinction1, although deforestation and avian malaria are likely to have been contributing factors.
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References 1. Greenway (1967). 2. James and Olson (1991). 3. Knox and Walters (1994). 4. Munro (1944).
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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: Ciridops anna. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/2/2010 |
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 |
