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The species Kioea is extinct. |
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Disambiguation: For the species Numenius tahitiensis, see Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Chaetoptila angustipluma
Identification
Extinct. Last seen around the 1860's.
Distribution
Formerly Hawaii
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
In Culture
Note on the Hawaiian name confusion
The "kioea" of this database entry is a large brown species of honeyeater, closely related to the 'o'o. It was among the first endemic forest birds to become extinct on the island of Hawai'i after western contact. (last seen in 1859) "Kioea" is the only name I've seen for this bird. However, in Hawai'i names are primarily descriptive in nature, and tend to be recycled many times over, so there is more than one species called "kioea". I have seen at least two sources which use "kioea" as the Hawaiian name of the bristle-thighed curlew.
"Kioea" means "long legged" or "standing tall".
Originally posted by bkrownd
