O'ahu 'akepa (Loxops wolstenholmei)

Query: laysan honeycreeper

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Subject:	O'ahu 'akepa (Loxops wolstenholmei)
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Description Oahu Akepa (Loxops coccineus wolstenholmei)
depiction by John Gerrard Keulemans from 'The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possession.' by Walter Rothschild from the years 1893 to 1900
Date 1893
Source http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/rothschild/CF/description-search-results-all.cfm
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oahu_Akepa.jpg

The Oʻahu ʻakepa (Loxops wolstenholmei) is an extinct species of ʻakepa that was endemic to the island of Oahu. It was commonly sighted throughout the 19th century. This brick red Hawaiian honeycreeper was found in the mountain peaks in densely forested areas. The females were mostly gray with a tinge of green. The birds had a slight crossbill just like the other Loxops species. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Species: Loxops wolstenholmei Rothschild, 1895
Synonyms:
Fringilla rufa Bloxam, 1827 (preoccupied)
Loxops coccineus wolstenholmei Rothschild, 1895

laysan honeycreeper
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