Maui nukupu'u (Hemignathus affinis)

Query: carduelinae

Result: 42^nd of 49

Subject:	Maui nukupu'u (Hemignathus affinis)
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Description
Illustration from Avifauna of Laysan By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) (Dutch bird illustrator), which was issued from 1893--1900.
Date 8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937
Source http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/rothschild/cf/description-search-results-all.cfm
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hemignathus_lucidus_affinis.jpg

The Maui nukupuʻu (Hemignathus affinis) is a species of nukupu‘u that was endemic to the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. This species existed in the Hanawi Area Reserve at ground levels from 3,000 feet up to 4,500 feet above sea level. It formally survived at lower elevations and even in West Maui. It has only been sighted a few times in the 20th century. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Subfamily: Carduelinae, Species: Hemignathus affinis (Rothschild, 1893), Synonyms: Hemignathus lucidus affinis.

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