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List of bird extinctions by year

List of bird extinctions by year is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of bird extinctions by year rather than just read about it. In short: The accuracy of these dates for bird extinctions varies wildly between one entry and another. Hypothetical species, which cannot be proven to have existed due to a lack of physical evidence, are tagged with (H). 15th century North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) Bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) Broad-billed moa (Euryapteryx curtus) Heavy-footed moa (Pachyorni…

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Reference excerpt

15th century North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) Bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) Broad-billed moa (Euryapteryx curtus) Heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) c. 1400

Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) Eyles's harrier (Circus teauteensis) Eastern moa (Emeus crassus) c. 1396-1442

Crested moa (Pachyornis australis)

16th century Ascension night heron (Nycticorax olsoni) Chatham Island duck (Anas chathamica) New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri) Scarlett's duck (Malacorhynchus scarletti) c. 1500

Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) After c. 1502

Saint Helena petrel (Pterodroma rupinarum) Olson's petrel (Bulweria bifax) Possibly before 1555

Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi)

Sometime before European settlement of New Zealand

North Island adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis) South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor)

17th century

Bermuda saw-whet owl (Aegolius gradyi) Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) 1610

Bermuda night heron (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes) 1612

Bermuda towhee (Pipilo naufragus) 1650

New Zealand swan (Cygnus sumnerensis) 1662

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) Shortly after 1672

Réunion fody (Foudia delloni) After 1674

Réunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti) c. 1680s

Broad-billed parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus) c. ~1690s

Mauritius night heron (Nycticorax mauritianus) c. 1690

Réunion sheldgoose (Alopochen kervazoi) Shortly after 1693

Red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) 1696

Mascarene teal (Anas theodori) Late 17th century

Réunion scops owl (Otus grucheti) 1650-1700

Chatham penguin (Eudyptes warhami)

Before the 18th century Cheke's wood rail (Dryolimnas chekei)

18th century Saint Helena cuckoo (Nannococcyx psix) c. 1700

Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati) Mauritius scops owl (Otus sauzieri) Réunion pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri duboisi) Between 1710 and 1715

Réunion ibis (Threskiornis solitarius) After 1710

Réunion pochard (Aythya sp.) c. 1730

Réunion swamphen (Porphyrio caerulescens) (H) 1732

Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques) 1735

Mauritian wood pigeon (Columba thiriouxi) Mid-18th century

Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) Rodrigues scops owl (Otus murivorus) Rodrigues pigeon (Nesoenas rodericanus) After 1777

Tongatapu rail (Gallirallus hypoleucus) c. 1779

Guadeloupe amazon (Amazona violacea) (H) 1779

Martinique amazon (Amazona martinicana) (H) c. 1760

Lesser Antillean macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) (H) Soon after 1761

Rodrigues parrot (Necropsittacus rodricanus) 1765 or later

Jamaican red macaw (Ara gossei) (H) c. 1777

Raiatea parakeet (Cyanoramphus ulietanus) After 1777

Moorea sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) Late 1700s

Guadeloupe parakeet (Psittacara labati) Perhaps c. 1793

Oceanic eclectus (Eclectus infectus) After 1793

Vava'u rail (Hypotaenidia vavauensis) c. late 18th century

Pile-builder megapode (Megapodius molistructor) Probably before 1800

ʻEua rail (Gallirallus vekamatolu) Between 1774 and 1850

Raiatea starling (Aplonis? ulietensis)

19th century Imber's petrel (Pterodroma imberi) Late 18th or early 19th century

Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (Ara atwoodi) (H) Perhaps 19th century

Garrett's reed warbler (Acrocephalus musae) Perhaps early 19th century

Red-headed macaw (Ara erythrocephala) (H) Ascension crake (Mundia elpenor) 1800

Amsterdam wigeon (Mareca marecula) Norfolk ground dove (Pampusana norfolkensis) c. 1800

Tanna ground dove (Pampusana ferruginea) Christmas sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) Norfolk Island rail (Gallirallus sp.) 1819

Tahiti sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera) 1820s

Spotted green pigeon (Caloenas maculata) 1822

King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor) After 1823

Maupiti monarch (Pomarea maupitiensis) c. 1827

Kangaroo Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus) c. 1830s

Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus) Bonin thrush (Zoothera terrestris) 1830s

Bonin grosbeak (Carpodacus ferreorostris) c. 1834

White swamphen (Porphyrio albus) 1834

Mascarene parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus) Delalande's coua (Coua delalandei) 1839

Oʻahu ʻōʻō (Moho apicalis) After 1841

Oahu nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus) c. 1850

Mauritius scops owl (Otus sauzieri) Spectacled cormorant (Urile perspicillatus) Hoopoe starling (Fregilupus varius) 1850

Black-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus) Mid-19th century

Mauke starling (Aplonis mavornata) Kosrae starling (Aplonis corvina) Kosrae crake (Zapornia monasa) Mascarene booby (Papasula sp.) 1851

Norfolk kākā (Nestor productus) 1852

Great auk (Pinguinus impennis) 1853

Lord Howe pigeon (Columba vitiensis godmanae) 1859

Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma) 1860

Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana) Gould's emerald (Riccordia elegans) Perhaps 1860

New Caledonian gallinule (Porphyrio kukwiedei) 1865

Tasmanian emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis) 1870 or later

North Island snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis) 1872

Dieffenbach's rail (Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii) 1874

Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi) c. 1875

Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul) 1875

New Zealand quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae) 1876

Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa) 1877

Brace's emerald (Riccordia bracei) c. 1878

Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) Perhaps 1880

Macquarie rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis macquariensis) 1881

Jamaican wood rail (Amaurolimnas concolor concolor) c. 1884

Hawaiian rail (Zapornia sandwichensis) c. 1885

Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor) 1887-1899

Ryukyu kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis) c. 1888 (between 1870 and 1900)

Marianne white-eye (Zosterops semiflavus) 1889

Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor) c. 1890

Bonin nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris) Guadeloupe burrowing owl (A. c. guadeloupensis) After 1890

New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae) 1891

Macquarie parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis) Lesser koa-finch (Rhodacanthis flaviceps) 1892

ʻUla-ʻai-hāwane (Ciridops anna) After 1892

Maui Nui ʻakialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis) Oahu 'akialoa (Akialoa ellisiana) 1893

Seychelles parakeet (Psittacula wardi) 1894

Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) North Island takahē (Porphyrio mantelli) 1895

Hawkins's rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi) 1896

Greater koa-finch (Rhodacanthis palmeri) 1897

Guadalupe wren (Thryomanes bewickii brevicauda) 1898

Hawaiʻi mamo (Drepanis pacifica) Late 19th century

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