Black mamo

Black mamo
Black mamo (Drepanis funerea)

Extinct (1907)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Drepanis
Species:
†D. funerea
Binomial name
†Drepanis funerea
Newton, 1894
Synonyms
  • Drepanorhynchus funereus[2]


The black mamo (Drepanis funerea), also known as the hoa, is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper once endemic to the island of Molokai; there is also subfossil evidence of it having lived on Maui.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Drepanis funerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22720852A94686803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720852A94686803.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ American Museum of Natural History Research Library (2016). "Drepanorhynchus funereus. page 165, in Avifauna of Laysan, Part 1, by the Hon. Walter Rothschild". Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hume310 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).