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The species Kona Grosbeak is extinct. |
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- Chloridops kona
Identification
Heavily built, 15-cm bird, with oversized head and large grey beak. Adult plumage drab olive green overall.
Distribution
Hawaii. Historically known for less than a decade, from only a tiny area of North Kona, between Hualalai and Mauna Loa. This is the same region from which the Greater and Lesser Koa-Finches were known.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Dryland forest
Behaviour
Its diet was primarily naio seeds, which it extracted from the extremely hard seed pods with its crushing bill. They were most easily located by the loud cracking of the seed pods.
