List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands
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This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands.
Mammals
One extinct undescribed species of a bat is known only from fossils.[1]
Birds
Pre-European extinctions
- Apteribis, Maui and Molokai, 200,000 years ago
- Giant amakihi, Big Island, Hawaii, 1000 BC
- Great Maui crake, Maui, 13th century AD
- High-billed crow, Maui, circa 1000 AD
- Kauaʻi finch, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, Hawaii, Early 16th century AD
- Kaua'i mole duck, Kaua'i, 4050 BC
- Kaua'i palila, Kaua'i, c. 1750s AD
- Maui Nui finch, Maui and Molokaʻi, Hawaii, Early 12th century
- Moa-nalo, Hawaii, 11th century AD
- Nēnē-nui, Hawaii, 11th century AD
- Oʻahu grosbeak, Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
- O'ahu petrel, Hawaii, Before 1778
- Pila's palila, Kauaʻi, Hawaii – possibly survived until early 18th century
- Primitive koa-finch, Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
- Scissor-billed koa-finch fossils on Kauaʻi, and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
- Stilt-Owl (Grallistrix) circa 1000 AD
- Stout-legged finch, Kauaʻi, Hawaii, Unknown
- Wood harrier, Maui and Molokai, Unknown
Post-European extinctions (1778)
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
ʻĀmaui Myadestes woahensis |
1850s |
Oahu | -- |
Bishop's ʻōʻō Moho bishopi |
1904 |
Molokai and Maui | Bishop's ʻōʻō |
Black mamo Drepanis funerea |
1907 |
Molokai and Maui | Black mamo |
Greater ʻamakihi Hemignathus sagittirostris |
1901 |
Hawaii/Big Island | ![]() |
Greater koa finch Rhodacanthis palmeri |
1896 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Greater koa finch |
Hawaiʻi ʻakialoa Hemignathus obscurus |
1940 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa |
Hawai'i mamo Drepanis pacifica |
July 1898 |
Hawaiian Islands | ![]() |
Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō Moho nobilis |
1934 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō |
Hawaiian rail Porzana sandwichensis |
1883 |
Hawaii/Big Island | ![]() |
Kāmaʻo Myadestes myadestinus |
1989 |
Kauaʻi | ![]() |
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa Hemignathus ellisianus stejnegeri |
1965 |
Kauaʻi | Kauaʻi ʻAkialoa |
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō Moho braccatus |
1987 |
Kauaʻi | Kauaʻi ʻōʻō |
Kioea Chaetoptila angustipluma |
1859 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Kioea |
Lana'i 'akialoa Hemignathus ellisianus lanaiensis |
1890s |
Lana'i | Lana'i 'akialoa |
Kona grosbeak Chloridops kona |
1894 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Kona grosbeak |
Lāna'i hookbill Dysmorodrepanis munroi |
1918 |
Lāna'i | Lāna'i hookbill |
Laysan rail Porzana palmeri |
1944 |
Laysan | ![]() |
Laysan honeycreeper Himatione fraithii[2] |
1923 |
Laysan | Laysan honeycreeper |
Laysan millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris |
1910s |
Laysan | Laysan millerbird |
Lesser koa finch Rhodacanthis flaviceps |
1891 |
Hawaii/Big Island | Lesser koa finch |
Maui ʻakepa Loxops coccineus ochraceus |
1988 |
M'aui | Maui Ākepa |
Molokaʻi creeper Paroreomyza flammea |
1963 |
Molokaʻi | Molokaʻi creeper |
Oʻahu ʻōʻō Moho apicalis |
1837 |
O‘ahu | Oʻahu ʻōʻō |
Oahu 'akialoa Hemignathus ellisianus ellisanus |
1940 |
O‘ahu | Oahu 'Akialoa |
Oʻahu ʻakepa Loxops coccineus wolstenholmei |
1990s |
O'ahu | ![]() |
Oʻahu nukupuʻu Hemignathus lucidus lucidus |
1837 |
O‘ahu | ![]() |
Ula-'ai-hawane, Ciridops anna |
1892 |
Hawaii/Big Island | ![]() |
Possibly extinct
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Nukupu‘u Hemignathus lucidus |
1998 |
Kaua'I, Maui and O'ahu | Nukupu‘u |
Oʻahu ʻalauahio Paroreomyza maculata |
1985 |
O‘ahu | Oʻahu ʻAlauahio |
Olomaʻo Myadestes lanaiensis |
1980 |
O‘ahu | Olomaʻo |
ʻŌʻū Psittirostra psittacea |
1987 |
Hawaiian Islands | ʻŌʻū |
Poʻouli Melamprosops phaeosoma |
November 26, 2004 |
Maui | Poʻouli |
Insects
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Blackburn's weevil Pentarthrum blackburni[3] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Black-veined agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis melanoneura |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Clavicoccus erinaceus[4] | Unknown |
O'ahu | -- |
Confused moth Helicoverpa confusa[5] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Drosophila lanaiensis[6] | Unknown |
Lana'i | -- |
Dryophthorus distinguendus[7] | Unknown |
Lana'i | -- |
Emperoptera mirabilis[8] | Unknown |
Hawaii | Emperoptera mirabilis |
Hilo noctuid moth Hypena newelli [9] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Genophantis leahi[10] | Unknown |
Maui, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii | -- |
Kaholuamano noctuid moth Hypena senicula[11] |
Unknown |
Kauai | -- |
Kerr's noctuid moth Agrotis kerri[12] |
Unknown |
French Frigate Shoals | -- |
Kauai agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis tephrias |
Unknown |
Kauai | -- |
Kona agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis panoplias |
Unknown |
Hawaii | Kona agrotis noctuid moth |
Kona giant looper moth Scotorythra megalophylla[13] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | Kona giant looper moth |
Koʻolau giant looper moth Scotorythra nesiotes[14] |
Unknown |
Oahu | -- |
Laysan dropseed noctuid moth Hypena laysanensis[15] |
Unknown |
Laysan | -- |
Laysan noctuid moth Agrotis laysanensis[16] |
Unknown |
Laysan | Laysan noctuid moth |
Laysan weevil Oodemas laysanensis[17] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Light-loving noctuid moth Agrotis photophila[18] |
1900 |
Oahu | -- |
Lovegrass noctuid moth Hypena plagiota[19] |
Unknown |
Kauai, Oahu and Maui | -- |
Macrancylus linearis[20] | Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Maui agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis cremata |
Unknown |
Maui | -- |
Maui upland dameselfy Megalagrion jugorum[21] |
Unknown |
Maui | -- |
Microreas agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis microreas |
Unknown |
Hawaii | Microreas agrotis noctuid moth |
Midway noctuid moth Agrotis fasciata[22] |
Unknown |
Midway | Midway noctuid moth |
Minute noctuid moth Helicoverpa minuta[23] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Oedemasylus laysanensis[24] | Unknown |
Laysan | -- |
ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth Tritocleis microphylla[25] |
Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Phyllococcus oahuensis[26] | Unknown |
O'ahu | -- |
Poko noctuid moth Agrotis crinigera[27] |
1927 |
Maui, Hawaii and Oahu | -- |
Procellaris grotis noctuid moth Agrotis procellaris[28] |
Unknown |
Laysan | -- |
Rhyncogonus bryani[29] | Unknown |
Hawaii | -- |
Mollusks
See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of Asia
- List of extinct animals of Africa
- List of extinct animals of Australia
- List of extinct animals of Europe
- List of extinct animals of New Zealand
- List of extinct animals of North America
- List of extinct animals of Oceania
- List of extinct animals of South America
- List of extinct birds
- Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands
- Endemic birds of Hawaii
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
References
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- ↑ Hawaii's Extinct Species -- Snails
- IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 February 2007.