Kauaʻi nukupuʻu

Kauaʻi nukupuʻu
Illustration by Keulemans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Hemignathus
Species:
H. hanapepe
Binomial name
Hemignathus hanapepe
Black: Extinct
Green: Current range
Synonyms

Hemignathus lucidus hanapepe

The Kauaʻi nukupuʻu (Hemignathus hanapepe) is an extinct species of nukupuʻu once found throughout parts of the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It was an insect eater that picked out its tiny prey from tree bark. The males were yellowish with brown wings, while the females were grayish brown with a yellow throat streak.