News Headline

Extinction obituary: why experts weep for the quiet and beautiful Hawaiian po’ouli

Source
Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2022-05-04

The last po’ouli died in an unusual nest. Too weak to perch, the brownish-greyish songbird rested in a small towel twisted into a ring. He was the last of his species, the last in fact of an entire group of finches, and occurred nowhere on Earth outside its native Hawaii.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/04/extinction-obituary-hawaiian-poouli-bird-aoe