List of bird extinctions by year
Appearance
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The accuracy of these dates for bird extinctions varies wildly between one entry and another.
15th century
[edit]c. 1400
16th century
[edit]c. 1500
17th century
[edit]1650
1680
1681
1690
18th century
[edit]c. 1700
1722
1750
1760
1765
1776
1777
1780
1793
19th century
[edit]c. 1800
- Amsterdam Island Duck
- Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw[1]
- Painted Vulture[1]
- Reunion Ring-necked Parakeet[1]
- Rodrigues Parrot[1]
- Moorea Sandpiper[1]
- Tahiti Sandpiper[1]
- Tanna Ground Dove[1]
- Tonga Tabu Tahiti Flycatcher (subsp.)[1]
1801
1825
- Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.),[1] a thrush
1826
1827
1828
1830
1837
1840
1842
1844
c. 1850
- Black-fronted parakeet[1]
- Commerson's Scops Owl[1]
- Kioea,[1] a honeyeater
- Kittlitz's Rail[1]
- Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus)[1]
- Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)[1]
- Rodriguez Little Owl[1]
- Steller's Spectacled Cormorant[1]
- Tasmanian Emu (subsp.)[1]
1851
- Norfolk kākā,[1] a parrot
1853
1859
- Jamaican Pauraque,[1] a nightjar
1860
1864
1868
1869
1870
1873
1874
- Coues's Gadwall,[1] a duck
1875
1879
1880
1881
1884
1887
1890
- Comoro Scops Owl[1]
- Macquarie Island Parakeet[1]
- Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.),[1]
- Tristan Gallinule,[1] a moorhen
1891
1892
- Guadalupe (Berwick's) Wren (subsp.)[1]
- Puerto Rican Conure, a parrot[1]
- ʻUla-ʻAi-hawane,[1]
1894
- Kona Grosbeak[1]
- Lana'i 'Akioloa (subsp. lanaiensis),[1]
- Lyall's Wren[1]
1895
1896
- Greater Koa-finch[1]
- Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. affinis),[1]
1898
1899
- Culebra Island Amazon,[1] a parrot
20th century
[edit]c. 1900
- Bonin Wood Pigeon[1]
- Antiguan Burrowing Owl (subsp.)[1]
- Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl (subsp.)[1]
- Guadalupe Rufous-sided Towhee (subsp. consobrinus),[1] a bunting
- North Island Laughing Owl (subsp. albifacies)[1]
- South Island Laughing Owl (subsp. rubifacies)[1]
- Modest Rail[1]
- North Island Bush Wren (subsp.)[1]
- Queleli,[1] a falcon
- Saint Kitts Puerto Rican Bullfinch (subsp.)[1]
- Tahiti Rail[1]
- Martinique Wren (subsp.)[1]
1901
1904
1906
- Chatham Island Bellbird[1]
- Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.),[1] a woodpecker
1907
1908
- Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown (subsp. leyboldi), a hummingbird
1910
- New Zealand merganser[1]
- Carolina Parakeet (subsp. ludoviciana)[1]
- Choiseul Crested Pigeon[1]
- Slender-billed grackle
1911
1914
1916
1918
- Carolina Parakeet (subsp. carolinensis)[1]
- Lānaʻi Hookbill, a honeycreeper
1920
- Delalande's Madagascar Coucal[1]
- Laysan Millerbird (subsp.)[1]
- Lord Howe Island Flycatcher[1]
- Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.)[1]
1923
- Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.)[1]
- Iwo Jima Rail[1]
- Lord Howe Island Fantail (subsp.)[1]
- Pink-headed Duck[1]
1925
- Lord Howe Island Starling (subsp.)[1]
1927
1928
1929
- Bering cackling goose (subsp.)
1930
- Oʻahu ʻAkepa (subsp.),[2] a honeycreeper
1931
- Lanai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.),[1] a thrush
1932
- Glaucous macaw
- Heath Hen (subsp.)[1]
1934
1936
- Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.),[1] a thrush
1937
1940
- Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa[1]
- Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.)[1]
1941
- Arabian Ostrich (subsp.)[1]
1944
1945
1950
- Grand Cayman Oriole (subsp. bairdi)
- Imperial Woodpecker[1]
- Madagascar Serpent Eagle[1]
- New Caledonian White-throated Eared-nightjar
1952
- Niceforo's Pintail (subsp.)
1959
- Rennell Island Teal (subsp. remissa)
1963
- Kākāwahie, a honeycreeper
1964
1965
- Fiji Bar-winged Rail[1]
- Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu (subsp.)[1]
- New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.)[1]
1969
- Kauai Akialoa (subsp.)[1]
1970
1971
- St. Lucia Wren (subsp.)[1]
1980
1985
1987
1988
- Maui 'Akepa (subsp.)[2]
1990
1995
1998
21st century
[edit]c. 2000
2004
2007
- South Island kōkako
- Cryptic treehunter, an ovenbird
- Cozumel thrasher
2011
See also
[edit]- List of extinct bird species since 1500
- Lists of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands
- List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
- List of extinct animals of Réunion
References
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- ^ a b "Akepa - Loxops coccineus - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2016-09-26.