last collected by A. Bryan in June 1907 at Moanui, Molokai
"To my joy I found the mangled remains hanging in the tree in a thick bunch of leaves, six feet or more beyond where it had been sitting. It was, I feared, very badly mutilated. However, it was made into a very fair cabinate skin..."
A. Bryan, commenting about shooting the very last Black Mamo ever seen
very tame and inquinsitive island montane forest underbrush nectivore endemic to Molokai, Hawaiian Islands
specimens in Bremen, Boston, Honolulu, London, and New York
disappeared after introduction of cattle, deer, mongoose, and cats; also declined with collector hunting
References:
Ehrlich, P. R. et al. Birds in Jeopardy QL676.55.E38 1992 ISBN 0-8047-1967-5 p.210
Fuller, E. Extinct Birds of the World QL676.8.F85 1987 ISBN 0-8160-1833-2 p.220
Greenway, J. C. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World QL676.7.G7 1967 p.418
King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8
Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.212
Williams, J. and Nowak, R. chapter in The Last Extinction QH75.L36 1993 pp. 107-139
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