Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona)

Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona)

Adult (above) and immature (below)
Bill color was actually more pinkish, as in the image below.

Description Chloridops kona (Wils.) (above) adult (below) immature
Date 1893-1900
Source Walter Rothschild: The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possession. R.H.Porter, London. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/rothschild/CF/index.cfm
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chloridops_kona.jpg

The Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. The Kona grosbeak was endemic to the Kona District on the island of Hawaii. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Subfamily: Carduelinae, Species: Chloridops kona (S.B.Wilson, 1888), Synonyms: Psittirostra kona (Wilson, 1888)


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Description		Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) Adult (above) and immature (below) Bill color was actually more pinkish, as in the image below. Description Chloridops kona (Wils.) (above) adult (below) immature Date 1893-1900 Source Walter Rothschild: The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possession. R.H.Porter, London. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/nhrarebooks/rothschild/CF/index.cfm Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912) Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chloridops_kona.jpg The Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. The Kona grosbeak was endemic to the Kona District on the island of Hawaii. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Subfamily: Carduelinae, Species: Chloridops kona (S.B.Wilson, 1888), Synonyms: Psittirostra kona (Wilson, 1888)

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