Palila

Palila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Loxioides
Species:
L. bailleui
Binomial name
Loxioides bailleui
Oustalet, 1877
Black: Extinct
Green: Current range
Synonyms
  • Psittacirostra psittacea (partim)
    Perkins (non Gmelin), 1983 (lapsus)
  • Psittirostra bailleui

The palila (Loxioides bailleui) is a critically endangered finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It has a golden-yellow head and breast, with a light belly, gray back, and greenish wings and tail. The bird has a close ecological relationship with the māmane tree (Sophora chrysophylla), and became endangered due to destruction of the trees and accompanying dry forests. The first specimen of the palila was collected in 1876 at the Greenwell Ranch on the Big Island by Pierre Étienne Théodore Ballieu (1828–1885), who was French consul in Hawai‘i from 1869 to 1878. The type specimen (No. 1876-645) is housed at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Loxioides bailleui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22720742A94680871. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720742A94680871.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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