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The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (/ k ɑː ˈ w ɑː. iː ˈ oʊ. oʊ /) or ʻōʻōʻāʻā (Moho braccatus) was the last member of the ʻōʻō genus within the Mohoidae family of birds from the islands of Hawaiʻi. The entire family is now extinct. It was previously regarded as a member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters (family Meliphagidae). [7]
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[4] [5] The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was the last species of this genus to become extinct, likely a victim of avian malaria. [ 6 ] Until recently, the birds in this genus were thought to belong to the family Meliphagidae ( honeyeaters ) because they looked and acted so similar to members of that family, including many morphological details.
The ʻōʻū was restricted to the mid-elevation ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) forests of the Big Island and the Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve on Kauaʻi. More recently it became restricted to ʻōhiʻa lehua forest. Illustration by William Ellis. The ʻōʻū is one of the most mobile species of Hawaiian honeycreepers.
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (bird, last confirmed sighting in 1987) Large Kauai thrush (bird, last confirmed sighting in 1987) Maui ākepa (bird, last confirmed sighting in 1988)
Mohoidae, also known as the Hawaiian honeyeaters, was a family of Hawaiian species of now recently extinct, nectarivorous songbirds in the genera Moho (ʻōʻō) and Chaetoptila (kioea). These now extinct birds form their own family, representing the only complete extinction of an entire avian family in modern times, [ 1 ] when the disputed ...
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Kauaʻi ʻōʻō. Order: Passeriformes Family: Mohoidae. Honeyeaters prefer to flit quickly from perch to perch in the outer foliage, stretching up or sideways or hanging upside down at need. They have a highly developed brush-tipped tongue, which is frayed and fringed with bristles which soak up liquids readily.