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Kauai Akialoa
Akialoa stejnegeri (Wilson, SB, 1889)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Kauai Akialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri, is a finch from Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It was endemic to that island and is now extinct. The bird was a Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae. Its most notable feature was a very long, downcurved bill that took up about a third of its length. Adult males were olive-yellow above and yellow below, with the throat, breast and flanks also olive-yellow. Females were green-grey on the upperparts and had a shorter bill.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Kauai (Hawaiian Is.)
