Laysan Honeycreeper (1 Viewer)

[Steve Lister]

I am tidying up my word list spreadsheets and am puzzled by Laysan Honeycreeper: IOC have it as extinct, Clements/Cornell still list it with no mention of extinct, though there was no mention of it in the last printed Clements. The MG Wells bible of bird names just lists it as an alternative name for Laysan Finch.

Anyone able to put me right?

 

[Fred Ruhe]

The Laysan Honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii) is extinct, it was filmed filmed in 1923, but introduced rabbits ate all the vegetation includung nectar sources for the Laysan honeycreeper.

The Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans) is still living.

Fred

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

eBird lists Laysan Honeycreeper as extinct.

 

[jts1882]

Birds of World also has it an extinct.

Laysan Honeycreeper - Himatione fraithii - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

birdsoftheworld.org

 

[Steve Lister]

Thanks all - if I had looked further right on the Clements/Cornell spreadsheet I would have found it as extinct since 1923 in columns H and I. Other extinct species get it mentioned in the range column (G) too but this one does not.

 

[AndrewEsposito]

I am tidying up my word list spreadsheets and am puzzled by Laysan Honeycreeper: IOC have it as extinct, Clements/Cornell still list it with no mention of extinct, though there was no mention of it in the last printed Clements. The MG Wells bible of bird names just lists it as an alternative name for Laysan Finch.

Anyone able to put me right?

 

[Paul Clapham]

The Clements spreadsheets I have identify it as extinct. The eBird website identifies it as extinct: https://ebird.org/species/apapan2.

Edit: Sorry, I just saw a copy of your post and didn't notice the original version with numerous answers.