▁E col ogy ▁It ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁tract ▁of ▁forest ▁where ▁it ▁cre pt ▁through ▁the ▁v ines ▁and ▁trees ▁for ▁insect s ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁di et . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁discovered ▁until ▁the ▁last ▁quarter ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁by ▁Henry ▁Pal mer , ▁who ▁collected ▁in ▁the ▁islands ▁between ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁and ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁apparently ▁unknown ▁to ▁n atives . ▁It ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁seen ▁si pping ▁ne ct ar ▁from ▁o ’ h ia ▁trees . ▁It ▁was ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁gone ▁ext inct ▁when ▁the ▁only ▁population ▁was ▁killed ▁when ▁the ▁land ▁they ▁lived ▁on ▁was ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁sugar c ane ▁plant ation . ▁After ▁the ▁land ▁around ▁H ilo ▁was ▁cleared ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁the ▁bird ▁was ▁never ▁sp otted ▁again . ▁ ▁Some what ▁iron ically , ▁large - scale ▁plant ations ▁like ▁the ▁one ▁established ▁on ▁the ▁greater ▁ ʻ am aki hi ' s ▁territory ▁were ▁eventually ▁abandoned . ▁The ▁species ▁appears ▁not ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁w ides p read , ▁and ▁was ▁rarely ▁found . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Card uel inae ▁Category : H aw ai ian ▁h oney c ree pers ▁Category : End em ic ▁fa una ▁of ▁Hawai i ▁Category : Ext inct ▁birds ▁of ▁Hawai i ▁Category : Bi ota ▁of ▁Hawai i ▁( is land ) ▁Category : B ird ▁ext