Akialoa
| Akialoa Temporal range:
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| Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
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Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.
The ʻakialoa were all endemic to Hawaii.
Species
The Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Maui Nui ʻakialoa, and Kauaʻi ʻakialoa were previously considered a single species, called the greater ʻakialoa. Two ʻakialoa species are undescribed.
Akialoa contains the following species:
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana - extinct, 1940 (Oʻahu)
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis - extinct, 1892 (Maui, Lānaʻi, and Molokaʻi)
- Lesser ʻakialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct, 1940 (island of Hawaiʻi)
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri - extinct, 1969 (Kauaʻi)
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris - extinct, Holocene (Kauaʻi and Oʻahu)
- Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene (Maui)
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. - extinct, Holocene (island of Hawaiʻi)
See also
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