Aug 25, 2025
Day 25 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: ʻōʻōʻāʻā or Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Moho braccatus)
The ʻōʻōʻāʻā was one of five nectarivorous species in the Mohoidae (Hawaiian honeyeater) family of birds. All were endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, and all are now extinct. The ʻōʻōʻāʻā was the last member of the family to disappear, its call last recorded in 1987.
Many flowering plants, such as the Alakaʻi swamp lobelia (Lobelia villosa), relied on Hawaiian honeyeaters as pollinators. Without their historical partners, many of these flowers are now dependent on generalist species or wind pollination, leaving their future uncertain as well.
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