Akialoa
| Akialoa Temporal range:
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| Lesser ʻakialoa (Akialoa obscura) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | †Akialoa Olson & James, 1995 |
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Akialoa is an extinct genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae.
The birds were endemic to Hawaii.
Species
It contains the following species:
- Lesser ʻakialoa or Hawai'i 'akialoa, Akialoa obscura - extinct (1940)
- Greater ʻakialoa - extinct
- Oʻahu ʻakialoa, Akialoa ellisiana — extinct (1940, Oahu)
- Maui Nui ʻakialoa or Lanaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis — extinct (1892, Lana'i)
- Kauaʻi ʻakialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri — extinct (1969, Kauai)
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric) (Kaua'i, Oahu)
- Akialoa sp. - extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric) (Maui)
- Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. — extinct Late Quaternary (prehistoric)
See also
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