Moho braccatus (Kaua'i 'O'o)

[argentavis]

Study skin of Kauai Oo in the collection of MSU Zoological Museum. Photo by me.
A very nice bird that looks like a starling with yellow "pants" and elongated beak.

[surroundx]

ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27677511

[surroundx]

Jouanin, Christian. (1962). Inventaire des oiseaux éteints ou en voie d’extinction conservés au Muséum de Paris. Terre et Vie 109: 275-301.

[surroundx]

Anmarkrud, Jarl Andreas and Lifjeld, Jan T. (In Press, 2016). Complete mitochondrial genomes of eleven extinct or possibly extinct bird species. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12600 [Abstract]

[Melanie]

How a YouTube video brought an extinct bird back from the dead

www.engadget.com/2018/05/25/kauai-oo-honeyeater-youtube-memorial-ghost-media/?guccounter=1

[alexanderlang]

Hi there!

Here is a photo that I've never seen before (unfortunately it is rotated 45 degrees to the right):

dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/birds/kauai-oo/

[another specialist]

This bird was just declared extinct. You can hear its final song.

mashable.com/article/extinct-animals-2023-bird?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0EjCusS5cm4ZI1bBHvukt367HC98ySmaA_92qNG30OtJQZN8UzwPDhkp8

[Sebbe]

Removal of 21 Species From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

In the absence of early historical surveys, the extent of the geographical range of the Kauai 1o1o cannot be reconstructed. The comprehensive surveys of Hawaiian forest birds are described above under ‘‘Survey Effort’’ for the Kauai akialoa. Several recent surveys and searches, including the VCP and RBS, have been unsuccessful in detecting Kauai 1o1o despite intensive survey efforts by wildlife biologists from 1968 to 1973, and in 1981, 1989 1993, 1994, 2000, 2005, and 2011 to 2018 (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources unpubl. data; Reynolds and Snetsinger 2001, entire; Crampton et al. 2017, entire; Crampton 2018 pers. comm.). During the RBS, coverage of the search area was extensive; therefore, there was a high probability of detecting a Kauai 1o1o. None were detected, and it was concluded the Kauai 1o1o was likely extinct (P ≥ 0.95) (Reynolds and Snetsinger 2001, p. 142). Extensive time has been spent by qualified observers in the historical range of the Kauai 1o1o searching for the small Kauai thrush, akekee, and akikiki. HFBSs were conducted in 1981, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, and 2018 (Paxton et al. 2016, entire; Paxton et al. 2020, entire). During the HFBSs in 2012 and 2018, occupancy surveys and nest searches did not yield any new detections of Kauai 1o1o. The KFBRP conducted mist-netting in various locations within the historical range for Kauai 1o1o from 2006 through 2009 and 2011 through 2018, and no Kauai 1o1o were caught or encountered (Crampton 2018, pers. comm.). The last credible sighting was in 1987.

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-17/pdf/2023-22377.pdf