`Akikiki

(1996 DK )
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NOW @ 26 LEO 44

Discovery Chart

16.2.1996 00:00 Haleakala 156w15 20n43 observations 1


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The `Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi), or Kaua`i creeper, is a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, now found only in high-elevation rainforests on Kaua`i. Name suggested by Indian high-school teacher P. Vaithyanathan, on the occasion of the 2015 IAU General Assembly.


Discovered on 16-2-1996 in Haleakala by NEAT

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