Laysan honeycreeper

id: laysan-honeycreeper-179-8423668
title: Laysan honeycreeper
text: The Laysan honeycreeper, also known as the Laysan ʻapapane or Laysan honeyeater, is an extinct species of finch that was endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The bird was first recorded in 1828 and in 1892 received its scientific name from Walter Rothschild, who placed it in the genus Himatione along with the ʻapapane. The specific name, fraithii, refers to George D. Freeth, the self-appointed governor of Laysan, but was misspelled. Rothschild attempted to emend
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description: Extinct species of bird
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laysan_honeycreeper
date created: 2007-11-22T11:59:49Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T01:01:03Z
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