It was a yellowish bird with a two-inch-long thin whitish-yellow bill. It had small olive green wings which it used to flit from tree to tree to look for insects like beetles and caterpillars.
Behavioredit
It was seen gleaning the trees in search of insects. The bill of the akialoa was also designed for more than bug extraction. The akialoa also fed on nectar in the flowers of lobeliads and o’hia blossoms. Its long bill could easily fit into petals of long flowers and took pollen from flower to flower on its forehead. It was collected at several places. It was once thought to be the same species as the Maui and Oahu form, but when specimens were compared all together the scientist saw that all three were different species.[citation needed]
Extinctionedit
With the loss of the trees and the flowers it depended on, the bird had no shelter or food and disappeared in 1940.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abBirdLife International (2017). "Akialoa obscura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22728910A119550231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728910A119550231.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^"Akialoa obscura. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". Retrieved 1 May 2023.
External linksedit
of specimens RMNH 110.013 and RMNH 110.014 at Naturalis, Leiden (requires QuickTime browser plugin)
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lesser, ʻakialoa, lesser, ʻakialoa, akialoa, obscura, extinct, species, hawaiian, honeycreeper, subfamily, carduelinae, family, fringillidae, endemic, island, hawaiʻi, became, extinct, habitat, loss, disappeared, around, same, time, oʻahu, relative, specimenco. The lesser ʻakialoa Akialoa obscura is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae It was endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi It became extinct due to habitat loss and disappeared at around the same time as its Oʻahu relative Lesser ʻakialoaSpecimenConservation statusExtinct 1940 IUCN 3 1 1 Presumed Extinct 1940 NatureServe 2 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeSubfamily CarduelinaeGenus AkialoaSpecies A obscuraBinomial name Akialoa obscura JF Gmelin 1788 SynonymsHemignathus obscurus Contents 1 Description 2 Behavior 3 Extinction 4 References 5 External linksDescription edit nbsp IllustrationIt was a yellowish bird with a two inch long thin whitish yellow bill It had small olive green wings which it used to flit from tree to tree to look for insects like beetles and caterpillars Behavior editIt was seen gleaning the trees in search of insects The bill of the akialoa was also designed for more than bug extraction The akialoa also fed on nectar in the flowers of lobeliads and o hia blossoms Its long bill could easily fit into petals of long flowers and took pollen from flower to flower on its forehead It was collected at several places It was once thought to be the same species as the Maui and Oahu form but when specimens were compared all together the scientist saw that all three were different species citation needed Extinction editWith the loss of the trees and the flowers it depended on the bird had no shelter or food and disappeared in 1940 1 References edit a b BirdLife International 2017 Akialoa obscura IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017 e T22728910A119550231 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2017 3 RLTS T22728910A119550231 en Retrieved 11 November 2021 Akialoa obscura NatureServe Explorer 2 0 Retrieved 1 May 2023 External links edit3D view of specimens RMNH 110 013 and RMNH 110 014 at Naturalis Leiden requires QuickTime browser plugin nbsp This Fringillidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lesser ʻakialoa amp oldid 1168518513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
