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Several Hawaii birds declared extinct by U.S. government

By Associated Press and courtesy photos

Sept. 29, 2021

Hawaii Photos

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology via AP

This undated still image taken from video and provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology shows an ivory-billed woodpecker. The U.S. government is declaring the ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species extinct. Hawaii has the most species on the list — eight woodland birds and one plant. That’s in part because the islands have so many plants and animals that many have extremely small ranges and can blink out quickly.
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Courtesy Jeremy Snell

Maui ‘akepa or Loxops ochraceus.
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Courtesy Jeremy Snell

Kauai o‘o or Moho braccatus.
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Courtesy Jeremy Snell

Kauai akialoa or Akialoa stejnegeri.
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Courtesy Jeremy Snell

Molokai creeper (kakawahie) or Paroreomyza flammea.
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Courtesy Jeremy Snell

Maui nukupuu or Hemignathus affinis.
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A poouli is seen in 2002.
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A poouli is seen in 2002.
9/19
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COURTESY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO

An adult male 'akepa.
10/19
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Associated Press

In this 2005 photo, shells from tubercled-blossom pearly mussels (Epioblasma torulosa) collected from the Ohio River are held at Chase Studio in Cedarcreek, Mo.
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Associated Press

Examples of the Bachman's warbler lie in a specimen tray at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
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Associated Press

An ivory-billed woodpecker specimen is on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
13/19
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Associated Press

Moe Flannery, senior collections manager for ornithology & mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, holds an ivory-billed woodpecker, one of the species in their specimen collection, in San Francisco.
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Associated Press

Moe Flannery, senior collections manager for ornithology & mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, holds a tray containing Bachman's warblers in their specimen collection in San Francisco.
15/19
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A poouli is seen in 2002.
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Courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

An undated photo of a poouli.
17/19
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Courtesy Leonard Freed

The akepa honeycreeper.
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Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey

An akepa honeycreeper.
19/19
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COURTESY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO

A one-day old 'akepa chick, thought to be smallest bird of any species ever hatched and reared in captivity using artificial incubation and rearing techniques.

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