List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands facts for kids

This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands.

Mammals

• Synemporion keana

Birds

Pre-European extinctions

The moa-nalo

• Apteribis, Maui and Molokai, 200,000 years ago
• Giant amakihi, Big Island, Hawaii, 1000 BC
• Giant Hawaii goose, Hawaii, 11th century AD
• Great Maui crake, Maui, 13th century AD
• High-billed crow, Maui, circa 1000 AD
• Kauaʻi finch, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, Hawaii, Early 16th century AD
• Kaua'i mole duck, Kaua'i, 4050 BC
• Kaua'i palila, Kaua'i, c. 1750s AD
• Maui Nui finch, Maui and Molokaʻi, Hawaii, Early 12th century
• Moa-nalo, Hawaii, 11th century AD
• Nēnē-nui, Hawaii, 11th century AD
• Oʻahu grosbeak, Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
• O'ahu petrel, Hawaii, Before 1778
• Pila's palila, Kauaʻi, Hawaii – possibly survived until early 18th century
• Primitive koa-finch, Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
• Scissor-billed koa-finch fossils on Kauaʻi, and Maui, Hawaii, Before 1778
• Stilt-Owl (Grallistrix) circa 1000 AD
• Stout-legged finch, Kauaʻi, Hawaii, Unknown
• Wood harrier, Maui and Molokai, Unknown

Post-European extinctions (1778)

Common name\scientific name	Extinction date	Range	Image
ʻĀmaui Myadestes woahensis	1850s	Oahu	--
Bishop's ʻōʻō Moho bishopi	1904	Molokai and Maui
Black mamo Drepanis funerea	1907	Molokai and Maui
Greater ʻamakihi Hemignathus sagittirostris	1901	Hawaii/Big Island
Greater koa finch Rhodacanthis palmeri	1896	Hawaii/Big Island
Hawaiʻi ʻakialoa Hemignathus obscurus	1940	Hawaii/Big Island
Hawai'i mamo Drepanis pacifica	July 1898	Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō Moho nobilis	1934	Hawaii/Big Island
Hawaiian rail Porzana sandwichensis	1883	Hawaii/Big Island
Kāmaʻo Myadestes myadestinus	1989	Kauaʻi
Kauaʻi ʻakialoa Hemignathus ellisianus stejnegeri	1965	Kauaʻi
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō Moho braccatus	1987	Kauaʻi
Kioea Chaetoptila angustipluma	1859	Hawaii/Big Island
Lana'i 'akialoa Hemignathus ellisianus lanaiensis	1890s	Lana'i
Kona grosbeak Chloridops kona	1894	Hawaii/Big Island
Lāna'i hookbill Dysmorodrepanis munroi	1918	Lāna'i
Laysan rail Porzana palmeri	1944	Laysan
Laysan honeycreeper Himatione fraithii	1923	Laysan
Laysan millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris	1910s	Laysan
Lesser koa finch Rhodacanthis flaviceps	1891	Hawaii/Big Island
Maui ʻakepa Loxops coccineus ochraceus	1988	M'aui
Molokaʻi creeper Paroreomyza flammea	1963	Molokaʻi
Oʻahu ʻōʻō Moho apicalis	1837	O‘ahu
Oahu 'akialoa Hemignathus ellisianus ellisanus	1940	O‘ahu
Oʻahu ʻakepa Loxops coccineus wolstenholmei	1990s	O'ahu
Oʻahu nukupuʻu Hemignathus lucidus lucidus	1837	O‘ahu
Ula-'ai-hawane, Ciridops anna	1892	Hawaii/Big Island

Possibly extinct

Common name\scientific name	Extinction date	Range	Image
Nukupu‘u Hemignathus lucidus	1998	Kaua'I, Maui and O'ahu
Oʻahu ʻalauahio Paroreomyza maculata	1985	O‘ahu
Olomaʻo Myadestes lanaiensis	1980	O‘ahu
ʻŌʻū Psittirostra psittacea	1987	Hawaiian Islands
Poʻouli Melamprosops phaeosoma	November 26, 2004	Maui

Insects

Common name\scientific name	Extinction date	Range	Image
Blackburn's weevil Pentarthrum blackburni	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Black-veined agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis melanoneura	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Clavicoccus erinaceus	Unknown	O'ahu	--
Confused moth Helicoverpa confusa	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Drosophila lanaiensis	Unknown	Lana'i	--
Dryophthorus distinguendus	Unknown	Lana'i	--
Emperoptera mirabilis	Unknown	Hawaii
Hilo noctuid moth Hypena newelli	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Genophantis leahi	Unknown	Maui, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii	--
Kaholuamano noctuid moth Hypena senicula	Unknown	Kauai	--
Kerr's noctuid moth Agrotis kerri	Unknown	French Frigate Shoals	--
Kauai agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis tephrias	Unknown	Kauai	--
Kona agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis panoplias	Unknown	Hawaii
Kona giant looper moth Scotorythra megalophylla	Unknown	Hawaii
Koʻolau giant looper moth Scotorythra nesiotes	Unknown	Oahu	--
Laysan dropseed noctuid moth Hypena laysanensis	Unknown	Laysan	--
Laysan noctuid moth Agrotis laysanensis	Unknown	Laysan
Laysan weevil Oodemas laysanensis	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Light-loving noctuid moth Agrotis photophila	1900	Oahu	--
Lovegrass noctuid moth Hypena plagiota	Unknown	Kauai, Oahu and Maui	--
Macrancylus linearis	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Maui agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis cremata	Unknown	Maui	--
Maui upland dameselfy Megalagrion jugorum	Unknown	Maui	--
Microreas agrotis noctuid moth Agrotis microreas	Unknown	Hawaii
Midway noctuid moth Agrotis fasciata	Unknown	Midway
Minute noctuid moth Helicoverpa minuta	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Oedemasylus laysanensis	Unknown	Laysan	--
ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth Tritocleis microphylla	Unknown	Hawaii	--
Phyllococcus oahuensis	Unknown	O'ahu	--
Poko noctuid moth Agrotis crinigera	1927	Maui, Hawaii and Oahu	--
Procellaris grotis noctuid moth Agrotis procellaris	Unknown	Laysan	--
Rhyncogonus bryani	Unknown	Hawaii	--

Mollusks

The Carelia cochlea

The Carelia dolei

The Carelia turricula

Images for kids

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  The moa-nalo