List of Extinct Birds That Have Recently Gone Extinct
Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution | Ex-Date |
Kangaroo Island Black Emu | Dromaius diemenianus | Kangaroo Is. S. Australia | 1803 |
Great Elephantbird | Apyornis maximus | Madagasca | 1650 |
Atitlan Grebe | Podilymbus gigas | Guatemala | 1980 |
Columbian Grebe | Podiceps andinus | Columbia | 1977 |
Burley Lesser Moa | Eurapteryx gravis | New Zealand | 1640 |
Brawny Great Moa | Dinornis torosus | New Zealand | 1670 |
South Island Tokoweka | Megalapteryx didinus | New Zealand | ca. 1785 |
Gaudalupe Storm-petrel | Oceanodroma macrodactyla | Guadalupe | 1912 |
Speckled Cormorant | Phalocrocorax perspicillatus | Beringa Is. USSR | 1852 |
Reunion Flightless Ibis | Borbonibis latipes | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1773 |
New Zealand Little Bittern | Ixobrychus novaezelandiae | New Zealand | 1900 |
Mauritius Night-heron | Nycticorax mauritianus | Mauritius | pre 1700 |
Rodrigues Night-heron | Nycticorax megacephalus | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1761 |
Chatham Island Swan | Cygnus sumnerensis | Chatham Is. New Zealand | pre 1690 |
Mauritian Shelduck | alopochen mauritianus | Mauritius | 1698 |
Crested Sheldrake* | Tadorna cristata | Korea, Japan | 1971 |
Mauritian Duck | anas theodori | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1696 |
Labrador Duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius | Canada USA | 1875 |
Pink-headed Duck | Rhodonessa caryophyllacea | India | 1935 |
Auckland Island Merganser | Mergus australis | New Zealand | 1905 |
Gaudalupe Caracara | Polyborus lutosus | Guadalupe | 1900 |
New Zealand Quail | Coturnix novaezelandiae | New Zealand | 1875 |
Himalayan Mountain Quail | Ophrysia superciliosa | Himalayas | 1868 |
Wake Island Rail | Rallus wakensis | Wake Is. USA | 1945 |
Chatham Island Banded Rail | Rallus dieffenbachii | Chatham Is. New Zealand | 1840 |
Chatham Island Rail | Rallus modestus | Chatham Is. New Zealand | 1900 |
ascension Flightless Crake | Atlantisia elpenor | Ascension Is. | 1656 |
New Caledonia Wood Rail | Tricholimnas lafresnayanus | New Caledonia | 1904 |
Laysan Rail | Porzanula palmeri | Laysan, Hawaii | 1944 |
Hawaiin Rail | Porzana sandwichensis | Hawaii | 1884 |
Kosrae Crake | Aphanolimnas monasa | Caroline Is. | 1827 |
Tristan Moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis | Tristan da Cunha | pre 1900 |
Samoan Woodhen | Gallinula pacifica | Samoan Is. | 1908 |
Lord Howe Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio albus | Lord Howe Is. Australia | 1834 |
Red Rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia | Mauritius | 1693 |
Rodrigues Rail | aphanapteryx leguati | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1761 |
Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtoni | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1693 |
Canarian Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus meadewaldoi | Canary Is. | 1931 |
Thahiti Sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera | Tahiti | 1773 |
Great Auk | Alca impennis | North Atlantic Is. | 1844 |
Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | Mauritius | 1665 |
Reuinon Dodo | Raphus solitarius | Reuinion Is. | 1715 |
Rodrigues Solitaire | Pezophaps solitarius | Rodrigues Is. | 1765 |
Bonin Wood Pigeon | Columba versicolor | Bonin Is. Japan | 1889 |
Ryukyu Wood Pigeon | Columba jouyi | Ryukyu Is. Japan | 1936 |
Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | USA | 1914 |
Solomon Island Crowned Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | Solomon Is. | 1904 |
Red-moustached Fruit-dove | Ptilinopus mercierii | Marquesas IS. | 1922 |
Hollandais Pigeon | Alectroenas nitidissima | Mauritius | 1835 |
Rodrigues Pigeon | Alectroenas rodericana | Rodrigues Is. | 1726 |
New Caledonia Lorikeet | Charmosyna diadema | New Caledonia | 1860 |
Norfolk Island Kaka | Nestor productus | Phillip Is. Australia | 1851 |
Black-fronted Parakeet | Cyanoramphus zealandicus | Tahiti | 1844 |
Raiatea Parakeet | Cyanoramphus ulietanus | Raiatea Is. Tahiti | 1773 |
Mauritius Parrot | Lophopsittacus mauritianus | Mauritius | 1680 |
Mauritius Grey Parrot | Lophopsittacus bensoni | Mauritus | 1765 |
Rodrigues Parrot | Necropsittacus rodericanus | Rodrigues Is. | 1761 |
Mascarene Parrot | mascarinus mascarius | Reunion Is. | 1834 |
Seychelles Alexandrine Parrot | Psittacula wardi | Seychelles | 1870 |
Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula exsul | Rodrigues Is. | 1876 |
Glaucous Mawcaw | Andorhynchus glaucus | Brazil, Uraguay | 1955 |
Cuban Red Mawcaw | Ara tricolor | Cuba | 1885 |
Carolina Parakeet | Conurposis carolinensis | USA | 1914 |
Snail-eating Coua | Coua delandei | Madagascar | 1834 |
Rodrigues Little Owl | Athene murivora | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1726 |
New Caledonian Owlet-frogmouth | Aegotheles savesi | New Caledonia | 1880 |
Jamaican Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis americanus | Jamaica | 1859 |
RyuKyu Kingfisher | Halcyon miyakoensis | Ryukyu Is’. Japan | 1841 |
New Zealand Bush Wren | Xenicus longipes | New Zealand | 1972 |
Stephen Island Wren | Xenicus lyalli | New Zealand | 1874 |
Kittlitz’s Thrush | Zoothera terrestris | Bonin Is. Japan | 1828 |
Grand Cayman Thrush | Turdus ravidus | Grand Cayman Is. | 1938 |
Laysan Millerbird | Acrocephalus familiaris | Laysan Is. Hawaii | 1923 |
Pipio or New Zealand Thrush | Dicaeum quadracolor | New Zealand | 1906 |
Four-coloured Flowerpecker | Turnagra capensis | Cebu Is’ Philippines | 1963 |
Lord Howe White-eye | Zosterops strenua | Lord Howe Is. Australia | |
Oahu Oo | Moho apicalis | Oahu Is. Hawaii | 1837 |
Hawaii Oo | Moho nobilis | Hawaii | 1934 |
Kioea | Chaetoptila angustipluma | Hawaii | 1860 |
Kakawihie | Paroreomyza flammea | Hawaii | 1963 |
Greater Amakihi | Hemignathus sagittirostris | Hawaii | 1900 |
Layson Honeyeater | Himatiore sanquinea | Hawaii | 1923 |
Greater Koa-finch | Rhodocanthis palmeri | Hawaii | 1896 |
Lesser Koa-finch | Rhodocanthis flaviceps | Hawaii | 1891 |
Kona Grosbeak | Chloridops kona | Hawaii | 1894 |
Ula-ai-hawane | Ciridops ana | Hawaii | 1892 |
Hawaii Mamo | Drepanis pacifica | Hawaii | 1899 |
Black Mamo | Drepanis funerea | Molokai Is. Hawaii | 1907 |
Townsend’s Finch | Spiza townsendi | USA | 1833 |
Slender-billed Grackle | Quiscalus palustris | Mexico | 1910 |
Bonin Grosbeak | Chaunoproctus ferreorostris | Bonin Is. Japan | 1890 |
Pohnpei Mountain Starling | Aplonis pelzelni | Caroline Is. | 1956 |
Kosrae Mountain Starling | Aplonis corvina | Caroline Is. | 1828 |
Mysterious Starling | Aplonis mavornata | Raiatea (Society Is.) | 1774 |
Norfolk Island Starling | Aplonis fusca | Norfolk IS. Australia | 1925 |
Rodrigues Island Starling | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1726 | |
Reunion Island Starling | Fregilupus various | Reunion Is. | 1860 |
Huia | Heteralocha acutirostris | New Zealand | 1907 |
Alaotra Grebe | Tachybaptus rufolavatus | Madagascar | 2010 |