Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species is known from the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1898 and is now Extinct. Habitat destruction was probably the major cause of its extinction.
Population justification
None remain.
Trend justification
Very little is known about this species. It was last recorded in 1898 (Hume 2017).
Drepanis pacifica was endemic to the big island of Hawai`i, USA (Hume 2017).
It inhabited forest, especially `ohi`a forest (Stattersfield et al. 1998), where it was observed feeding on insects, although it probably fed mainly on nectar.
It was heavily trapped by Hawaiians for its feathers (Rose et al. 1993), but it is more likely that habitat destruction and disease were the ultimate causes of the species' extinction (Greenway 1967, Hume 2017).
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Hawaii Mamo Drepanis pacifica. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/hawaii-mamo-drepanis-pacifica on 27/12/2024.
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 27/12/2024.