Spot-winged Rosefinch vs Black Mamo

Carpodacus rodopeplus compared with Drepanis funerea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Spot-winged Rosefinch Black Mamo
Scientific Name Carpodacus rodopeplus Drepanis funerea
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Fringillidae Fringillidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Extinct
Length
Wingspan 15.8 cm (6.2 in)
Weight 23.0 g (0.81 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Spot-winged Rosefinch only

Black Mamo only

None

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Spot-winged Rosefinch

Extinct

Black Mamo

About These Birds

Black Mamo

The Black Mamo was an extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper known from Molokai, with entirely black plumage and a long, sharply downcurved bill used to extract nectar from tubular flowers. It inhabited the native ohia-lehua and koa forests of Molokai and was last seen in 1907, driven to extinction by habitat destruction and introduced diseases spread by mosquitoes. It fed primarily on nectar and likely insects.

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