Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species was found on Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA, but it is now Extinct as a result of forest clearance and introduced disease. The last well-documented report of the species was in 1965.
Population justification
No extant population remains.
Trend justification
The species persisted in Kaua'i's Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve for some time, but has not been recorded with certainty since 1965 despite intensive surveys in the region and is presumed extinct (Olson and James 1995, Gorresen et al. 2009, Hume 2017).
Akialoa stejnegeri was found on Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA (Olson and James 1995, Stattersfield et al. 1998).
It inhabited all forest up types above 200 m (Gorresen et al. 2009), feeding on insects and nectar (Amante-Helweg et al. 2009).
The species is believed to have been driven to extinction by habitat destruction and disease (Collar et al. 1994). Introduced mammals and hurricane damage are likely to have been important contributory factors (Woodworth et al. 2009).
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Kauai Akialoa Akialoa stejnegeri. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/kauai-akialoa-akialoa-stejnegeri on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.