Species profile

Akohekohe

Palmeria dolei

Quick answer

Himatione dolei S. B. Wilson, 1891 MZUT AV 11653; mount; adult male; USA, Hawaii, Moloka’i Island (4,000 – 5,000 ft.), 22 September 1893; collected by R. C. L. Perkins. Remarks. — The species still occurs on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands, but is extinct on Moloka’i, where the last record was in 1907 (BirdLife International 2018).

Scientific name
Palmeria dolei
Family
Fringillidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Palmeria
Conservation status
Critically Endangered

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