Oreomystis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Oreomystis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Oreomystis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oreomystis
The ʻakikiki (pronounced ) (Oreomystis bairdi), also called the Kauaʻi creeper, is a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. It is the only member of the genus Oreomystis. Of the Hawaiian birds known to be extant, it is thought to be the most endangered, with only 454 wild individuals reported as of 2018. A survey report in 2021 estimated the population at 45 with a 5 percent annual decrease, in July 2023 the remaining number of wild birds was estimated to be just 5 individuals and on July 1, 2024 it was realized that they are now extinct in the wild.
...Oreomystis in languages:
- French
- Akikiki
- Portuguese
- Akikis
- Russian
- Акикики
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthis
- Agraphospiza
- Aidemedia
- Akialoa
- Bucanetes
- Callacanthis
- Carduelis
- Carduelis × Chloris
- Carduelis × Serinus
- Carpodacus
- Chloridops
- Chloris
- Chlorodrepanis
- Chlorophonia
- Chrysocorythus
- Ciridops
- Coccothraustes
- Crithagra
- Drepanis
- Dysmorodrepanis
- Eophona
- Euphonia
- Fringilla
- Haemorhous
- Hemignathus
- Himatione
- Leucosticte
- Linaria
- Linaria × Serinus
- Linurgus
- Loxia
- Loxioides
- Loxops
- Magumma
- Melamprosops
- Mycerobas
- Oreomystis
- Orthiospiza
- Palmeria
- Paroreomyza
- Pinicola
- Procarduelis
- Pseudonestor
- Psittirostra
- Pyrrhoplectes
- Pyrrhula
- Rhodacanthis
- Rhodopechys
- Rhodospiza
- Rhynchostruthus
- Serinus
- Spinus
- Telespiza
- Vangulifer
- Viridonia
- Xestospiza