| Lānaʻi ʻalauahio | |
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| Paroreomyza montana montana | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Paroreomyza |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Paroreomyza montana montana (S.B. Wilson, 1890) | |
TheLānaʻi ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana montana) is an extinct subspecies ofHawaiian honeycreeper, found on much of the island ofLana'i in the Hawaiian archipelago. It apparently was common until the early 1900s, when there appeared to have been a steep decline in birds on the island. It was similar to theMaui alauahio and this species may have reacted similarly to its existing relative, to which it was considered conspecific. This bird was one of several to vanish from Lana'i, along with others such as theLanai hookbill.
The extinction of this species was primarily driven byhabitat degradation. Apparently the many forest plants of Lana'i had become displaced, rare or even extinct as a result of human activity. With settlers came a host ofinvasive plants from Europe and other continents. The nail in the coffin for the 'alauahio may have been the destruction of forest associated with the construction of the island's main city,Lanai City.
Though not much of its natural history is known, its song was recorded to be a simplechip that was sung at an interval of one chip every three seconds. It disappeared in 1937, the same year as theʻula-ʻai-hawane disappeared on Hawaii.
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