Laysan honeycreeper
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The Laysan honeycreeper, Laysan honeyeater, or Laysan ʻapapane (Himatione fraithii) is an extinct species of finch that was endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Laysan honeycreeper | |
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Laysan honeycreeper photographed by Donald R. Dickey in 1923 (probably taken from his footage), a few days before the species' extinction[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Himatione |
Species: | †H. fraithii |
Binomial name | |
†Himatione fraithii Rothschild, 1892 | |
Map of Hawaii showing Laysan in the lower left inset box | |
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