Oahu Akepa
Loxops wolstenholmeiRothschild, LW, 1893
English (US) Oahu Akepa
The Oahu Akepa (Loxops wolstenholmei) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: formerly montane ohia and koa forest on Oahu; extinct ca. 1900Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Loxops wolstenholmei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Oahu Akepa
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1893
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1893
- Type locality
- Oahu Island, Hawaii
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.10 p.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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