Extinct

The bright golden-yellow feathers of the Hawai`i mamo were the most prized for the featherwork for the Hawaiian royalty. The famous yellow cloak of King Kamehameha I was made entirely of mamo feathers. This cape alone, would have required the death of many thousands of mamo, and they were found only on the island of Hawai`i. Besides loss of habitat and introduced diseases, over-hunting probably contributed to the extinction of this species. The last recorded sighting of a Hawai`i mamo was in 1898.