Oahu Akialoa

Here the details of the Oahu Akialoa named bird below:

SCI Name:  Akialoa ellisiana
Protonym:  Drepanis (Hemignathus) ellisianus Cat.BirdsTrop.Isl.Pac.O.(1859) -1859 p.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Akialoa
Taxonomy Code:  greaki2
Type Locality:  Oahu.
Author:  Gray, GR
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  Extinct

DEFINITIONS

AKIALOA
‡ (Fringillidae; Ϯ Hawaii Akialoa A. obscura) Hawaiian name ‘Akialoa  long-billed green bird, for the Hawaii Akialoa; "Héoro-taire akaiearoa  ...  cet oiseau est connu sous le nom d'akaiearoa à Owhyhee, une des îles Sandwich" (Vieillot 1817); "Akialoa, new genus   Type species. — Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789.   Etymology. — The Hawaiian name for these birds. Hawaiian words do not have gender but as the present name ends in "a" we arbitrarily treat it as feminine" (Olson & James 1995); "Akialoa Olson and James, 1995, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 108 (3), p. 384.  Type, by original designation, Certhia obscura Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2020).

ellisiana / ellisianus
● William Wade Ellis (1751-1785) English surgeon-naturalist, artist on Cook's third voyage (‡Akialoa).
● “The only specimen I have seen of this species was received by Lady Ellis in a collection of birds from Bogota.  At the request of Mr G. R. Gray, I have named it after the donor” (P. Sclater 1855) (syn. Hafferia immaculata).