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Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction and Evolution in Hawaii. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. ISBN 978-0-3002-2964-6.. Chapter 2 of the book is about the ʻōʻō, including the work of John Sincock, who rediscovered the bird in the early 1970s. Kauaʻi ʻōʻō; ML: Macaulay Library Archived February 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
Last collected in 1896. The causes of extinction are unknown, but habitat destruction and introduced avian malaria are likely responsible. [51] Kauaʻi finch: Telespiza persecutrix: Oahu and Kauai Most recent remains were found in cave deposits dated to 1425-1660. [11] Maui Nui finch: Telespiza ypsilon: Maui and Molokai Prehistoric [21] Maui finch
Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...
Moho apicalis and Chaetoptila angustipluma. The males reached a length of 30.5 centimeters. The wing length was 10.5 to 11.4 centimeters, the culmen was between 3.5 and 3.8 centimetres and the tarsus was between 3.4 and 3.8 centimeters.
Aptian extinction: 117 Ma: Unknown, but may be due to volcanism of the Rajmahal Traps [15] Jurassic: End-Jurassic (Tithonian) 145 Ma: No longer regarded as a major extinction but rather a series of lesser events due to bolide impacts, eruptions of flood basalts, climate change and disruptions to oceanic systems [16]
Organisms that once lived on these higher seafloors are now fossilized and exposed on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, and Maui. [2] The islands' sparse local fossil record is dominated by corals and mollusks. [3] The Waianae coast of Oahu preserves Pleistocene reef communities including organisms like algae, coral, foraminiferans ...
Nearly one-third of Oahu’s beaches are hardened, according to a 2020 study by the Climate Resilience Collaborative. Using computer models, the researchers predicted that by 2050, nearly 40% of ...
The Kauai finch (Telespiza persecutrix) is an extinct bird in the genus Telespiza of the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu . It is only known from fossil remains and likely became extinct before the first Europeans visited Hawaii in 1778.