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Kauaʻi finch, the Glossary

Index Kauaʻi finch

The Kauai finch (Telespiza persecutrix) is an extinct bird in the genus Telespiza of the family Fringillidae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 14 relations: Cellulose, Endemism, Extinction, Finch, Fossil, Hawaii, Helen F. James, Introduced species, Kauai, Metrosideros polymorpha, Oahu, Polynesians, Storrs L. Olson, Telespiza.

  2. Taxa named by Helen F. James
  3. Telespiza

Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Finch

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Helen F. James

Helen Frances James (born May 22, 1956) is an American paleontologist and paleornithologist who has published extensively on the fossil birds of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Introduced species

An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.

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Kauai

Kauai, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands.

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Metrosideros polymorpha

Metrosideros polymorpha, the ōhia lehua,; is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaiokinai. Kauaʻi finch and Metrosideros polymorpha are Biota of Kauai.

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Oahu

Oahu (Hawaiian: Oʻahu) is the most populated and third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.

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Polynesians

Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean.

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Storrs L. Olson

Storrs Lovejoy Olson (April 3, 1944 – January 20, 2021) was an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career at the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008.

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Telespiza

Telespiza is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper. Kauaʻi finch and Telespiza are Hawaiian honeycreepers.

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See also

Taxa named by Helen F. James

Telespiza

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauaʻi_finch

Also known as Kaua'i finch, Kaua`i Finch, Telespiza persecutrix.