Family: Fringillidae (Finches)

Authority: Rothschild, 1893

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
Endemic to Maui, the last confirmed record of Maui Akepa was two birds seen in 1988 (Engilis 1990) with later unconfirmed records of birds sound recorded in 1994 and 1995 (Reynolds and Snetsinger 2001). There have been no records since, despite extensive searches. Following methods developed in a series of papers published in 2017 (Akcakaya et al. 2017, Keith et al. 2017, Thompson et al. 2017), the probability that the species is extinct based on records and surveys is 0.93, and the probability it is extinct based on threats is 0.94. Accordingly, it is classified as Extinct. 

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no