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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Extinct.
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Heavily built, 15-cm bird, with oversized head and large grey beak.  Adult plumage drab olive green overall.
  
Large pink beak, green-yellow plumage.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Hawaii]]
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[[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 Koa-Finch|Greater]] and [[Lesser Koa-Finch]]es were known.
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Dryland forest
 
Dryland forest
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
Diet included the hard seeds of the Naio tree.
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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.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Chloridops+kona}}
 
{{GSearch|Chloridops+kona}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chloridops]]  [[Category:Missing Images]]

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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.

External Links

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