Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species is known from the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, USA, but it was driven Extinct likely due to habitat destruction and disease. The only record is that of the type specimen, collected in 1825.
Population justification
None remain.
Trend justification
The species was reported as common when it was first collected in 1825 (Greenway 1967). However, this is the only record of the species, and nothing is known about the cause or timing of its extinction (Hume 2017).
Myadestes woahensis is an Extinct taxon known only from the type, collected on O'ahu, in Hawai'i, USA, by Bloxam in 1825. The specimen was lost, and subsequently relocated in Tring (Knox and Walters 1994). Fossil remains have also been collected on the island (James and Olson 1991).
Presumably, this species occupied wet forested habitats (Olson 1996).
The cause of the species' extinction is unknown (Greenway 1967), but habitat destruction and disease are likely causal factors.
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Amaui Myadestes woahensis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/amaui-myadestes-woahensis on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.