Laysan honeycreeper
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The Laysan honeycreeper, also known as the Laysan ʻapapane or Laysan honeyeater, is an extinct species of finch that was endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The bird
Laysan honeycreeper in 1923
Bills of Hawaiian honeycreepers by Frederick W. Frohawk, 1893–1900; 23 (lower left) is the Laysan honeycreeper, with the variant spelling H. freethii
The ʻapapane, the closest relative of the Laysan honeycreeper
Adult male Laysan honeycreeper (A), adult female (B), juvenile (C), and ʻapapane (D), by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1893–1900
Laysan rail
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The Laysan rail or Laysan crake is an extinct species of flightless rail endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan. In Hawaiian, the common name for this species is moho, which it shares with
Laysan honeycreeper
…reported that the Laysan millerbird had disappeared entirely by his 1923 visit (probably during another sandstorm only months earlier) and only two Laysan rails (Zapornia palmeri) remained, while about 20 Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) had survived. Laysan finches were still singing and hopping about, and the…
Xx Laysan Rail
Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans
Laysan rail feeding on a seabird's egg.
Breeding Laysan rail