Kona grosbeak

The Kona Grosbeak is an extinct species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. The Kona Grosbeak was endemic to naio forests on ʻaʻā lava flows at elevations of 1,400–1,500 metres near the Kona District on the island of Hawaii. The species was already very rare when it was first discovered, being found in only about 10 square kilometres , and was last collected in 1894. Reasons for its extinction are not very well known. The genus is known from fossils from Kauai, Oahu and Maui.

The Kona grosbeak is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

exposure to the Kona Grosbeak (Wilson 1888, Wilson and Evans 1890–1899); from Walter Rothschild’s collectors Henry Palmer (Rothschild 1892, 1893–1900) and George C. Munro (1944); and from the naturalist R. C. L. Perkins (Perkins 1893, 1903). Although these published sources have been cited time and again, because all the species are extinct there is no recourse but to turn to them once more. More

The Kona Grosbeak (Chloridops kona) is an extinct species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. The Kona Grosbeak was endemic to naio (Myoporum sandwicense) forests on ʻaʻā lava flows at elevations of 1,400–1,500 metres (4,600–4,900 ft) near the Kona District on the island of Hawaii. The species was already very rare when it was first discovered, being found in only about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and was last collected in 1894. Reasons for its extinction are not very well known. More

The Kona Grosbeak (Chloridops kona) was a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. Psittirostra kona was endemic to naio forest on lava flows at 1,000???1,800 m on Hawaii, USA. The species was already very rare when it was first discovered, being found in only about four square miles, and was last collected in 1894. Reasons for its extinction are not very well known. The genus is known from fossils from Kauai, Oahu and Maui. It was endemic to Hawaii. More

Already rare when Wilson visited Hawaii, the Kona grosbeak was found at elevations of about 5,000 feet in the Kona district amid the koa forest. In 1887 Wilson was one of the last to observe the bird in life, for it was last reliably sighted in 1894. He saw only three specimens in a four-week stay, and so rare was the bird that it apparently had no name in the Hawaiian language. More

The Kona Grosbeak was found only in the Kona District of the Hawai`i Island at elevations of about 5000 feet. It was not a common bird, and apparently had no name in the Hawaiian language. The Grosbeak was about 6" long, of a green color, and had a huge pink bill. The powerful beak was used to crack the hard seeds of the fruit of the naio tree (Myoporum sandwicense). More