Akialoa

Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. The ʻakialoa species are all extinct, but they formerly occurred throughout Hawaii.

Akialoa Temporal range: Quaternary PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	†Akialoa Olson & James, 1995
Type species
Akiola obscura[1] Gmelin, 1788
Species
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Species

The Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Maui Nui ʻakialoa, and Kauaʻi ʻakialoa were previously considered a single species, called the greater ʻakialoa.

There are 7 species in this genus, two of which are undescribed:

• Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana - extinct, 1837 (confirmed) or 1940 (unconfirmed)^[2]
• Maui Nui ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis - extinct, 1892^[3]
• Lesser ʻakialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct, 1940^[4]
• Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri - extinct, 1969^[5]
• Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris - extinct, Holocene^[6]
• Akialoa sp., Maui - extinct, Holocene
• Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene

See also

• Asteroid 378002 ʻAkialoa
• Hawaiian honeycreepers
• Extinct birds of Hawaii