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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