Tufted ear moho
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The Ohrbüschelmoho ( Moho bishopi ) or Molokai Krausschwanz is an extinct songbird from the genus of the Krausschwanz . Walter Rothschild named it after Charles Bishop, the founder of the Bishop Museum .
description
The ear-tufted moho reached a length of 29 cm. The tail was about 10 cm long. The plumage was mostly black, on the chin, under the wings and under the tail-coverts there were yellow tufts of feathers.
distribution
It was endemic to the mountain forests to the east of the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i . There are also subfossil bone finds from the island of Maui .
Way of life
Little is known about his way of life. As far as we know, he fed on nectar and preferred flowers of Bellflower Family .
die out
The reasons for its extinction were habitat destruction through deforestation, the reenactment by introduced mammals and epidemics that were brought in by mosquitoes. Hunting may have played a subordinate role because of the coveted yellow feathers that were used to make the cloaks for the nobility. Thousands of birds were caught for this purpose. Many were released after the feathers were plucked, but many others ended up in the cooking pots because the meat of these birds was considered a delicacy. In 1904 it was last detected by the ornithologist George Campbell Munro . In 1915 Munro followed up on individual reports from the Wailau Trail area, but could not find any more copies. In 1981 there should have been a sighting on Maui , which was never confirmed.
literature
- Tim Flannery, Peter Schouten: A Gap in Nature, Discovering the World's Extinct Animals . Atlantic Monthly Press, New York 2001, ISBN 0-87113-797-6 .
- Errol Fuller: Extinct Birds . 2000, ISBN 0-8160-1833-2 .
- David Day: The Doomsday Book of Animals. A Natural History of Vanished Species . Viking Press, New York NY 1981, ISBN 0-670-27987-0 .
- James C. Greenway: Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World . Dover Publications Inc., New York 1967, ISBN 0-486-21869-4 .
- Dieter Luther: The extinct birds of the world . Westarp Sciences, Magdeburg 1986, ISBN 3-89432-213-6 .
Web links
- Data sheet from the State Government of Hawaii (PDF file; 25 kB)
- Moho bishopi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2013.