last three filmed in 1923 by D. Dickey on Laysan Island
island steppe/shrub ground-nesting insectivore endemic to Laysan, Hawaiian Islands
specimens in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Denver, Boston, New York, London, and elsewhere
disappeared after introduction of rabbits; final three lost in dust storm just after filming
References:
Ehrlich, P. R. et al. Birds in Jeopardy QL676.55.E38 1992 ISBN 0-8047-1967-5 p.213
Fuller, E. Extinct Birds of the World QL676.8.F85 1987 ISBN 0-8160-1833-2 p.187
Greenway, J. C. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World QL676.7.G7 1967 p.408
King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8
Williams, J. and Nowak, R. chapter in The Last Extinction QH75.L36 1993 pp. 107-139
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