Maui-nui Akialoa / Akialoa lanaiensis
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Maui-nui Akialoa
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hemignathus lanaiensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 1 p.24
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Akialoa
Taxonomy Code: greaki3
Type Locality: Lanai.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1893
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
AKIALOA
‡ (Fringillidae; Ϯ Hawaii Akialoa A. obscura) Hawaiian name ‘Akialoa long-billed green bird, for the Hawaii Akialoa; "Héoro-taire akaiearoa ... cet oiseau est connu sous le nom d'akaiearoa à Owhyhee, une des îles Sandwich" (Vieillot 1817); "Akialoa, new genus Type species. — Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789. Etymology. — The Hawaiian name for these birds. Hawaiian words do not have gender but as the present name ends in "a" we arbitrarily treat it as feminine" (Olson & James 1995); "Akialoa Olson and James, 1995, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 108 (3), p. 384. Type, by original designation, Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2020).
lanaiensis
Lanai, Hawaiian Is.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
