Giant Nukupuʻu

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae

Subfamily: Carduelinae

Genus: Hemignathus

Species: †Hemignathus vorpalis

Descendant: Finches

Named by: Helen Frances James and Storrs Lovejoy Olson

Year Published: 2003

Lifespan: ugh

Activity: Diurnal 🌅 

Thermoregulate: Ectotherm 

Size: ???

Type: 

• Reptiles (Archosaurs)

• Birds (Finches)

Title: none

Other Name(s)/Alias(es): none

Pantheon: 

• Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳

  • Hawaiian 🇺🇲

Time Period: Holocene

Alignment: Good

Threat Level: ★

Diet: Omnivorous 🥩🌿

Elements: Air 🌬️

Inflicts: n/a

Weaknesses: Rock 🪨, Electric ⚡

Casualties: none

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Extinct (EX) – IUCN Red List

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It was larger and had a different bill morphology than the remaining members of the genus Hemignathus.

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It was endemic to Hawaii. Its extinction is believed to have occurred within the last 3000 years, but exact timing and reasons remain unclear. This species became extinct in prehistoric times when Polynesian settlers deforested the lowlands for agriculture.

• Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant

• Individual Type: Extinct

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: 0

• Locomotion: Airborne

• Habitat: Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Radiated Vale; Radiated Citadel; Volcano; Lava Trench; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Hawaii

• Berbania: none

• Reinachos: none

• Delphia: none

• Sawintir: none

• Agarathos: none

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_nukupu%CA%BBu

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