Laysan honeycreeper

Laysan honeycreeper
	Laysan honeycreeper photographed by Donald R. Dickey in 1923, a few days before the species became extinct
Conservation status
	; Extinct (1923) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Himatione
Species:	†H. fraithii
Binomial name
	†Himatione fraithii; Rothschild, 1892
	Map of Hawaii showing Laysan in the lower left inset box
Synonyms
	List Himatione fraithi; ; Himatione freethii; ; Himatione freethi; ; Himatione sanguinea fraithii; ; Himatione sanguinea fraithi; ; Himatione sanguinea freethii; ; Himatione sanguinea freethi; ;

The Laysan honeycreeper, Laysan honeyeater, or Laysan ʻapapane (Himatione fraithii) is an extinct species of finch that was endemic to the island of Laysan in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

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