The accuracy of these dates for

bird extinction Out of the approximately 11,154 known bird species, 159 (1.4%) have become extinct, 226 (2%) are critically endangered, 461 (4.1%) are endangered, 800 (7.2%) are vulnerable and 1,018 (9.1%) are near threatened. There is a general consensus among ...

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15th century

c. 1400 *

Haast's eagle Haast's eagle (''Hieraaetus moorei'') is an extinct species of eagle that once lived in the South Island of New Zealand, commonly accepted to be the pouakai of Māori legend.Moa Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as Kale moa and Moa Samoa. Moa or MOA may also refe ...

(''Emeus huttoni'') *

Moa Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. The term has also come to be used for chicken in many Polynesian cultures and is found in the names of many chicken recipes, such as Kale moa and Moa Samoa. Moa or MOA may also refe ...

(''Pachyornis septentrionalis'')

17th century

1650 *

Broad-billed Parrot The broad-billed parrot or raven parrot (''Lophopsittacus mauritianus'') is a large extinct parrot in the family Psittaculidae. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It is unclear what othe ...

1680 * Mauritian Red Rail 1681 *

Dodo The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire. The ...

1690 *

Réunion Sheldgoose The Réunion sheldgoose or Kervazo's Egyptian goose (''Alopochen kervazoi'') is an extinct species of sheldgoose from Réunion. It was a close relative of the Egyptian goose and was about the same size. There is only one description remaining, th ...

Mascarene Teal The Mascarene teal (''Anas theodori''), also known as Sauzier's teal and Mauritian duck, is an extinct dabbling duck that formerly occurred on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion. Taxonomy The reports of Bernardin and (1710) Boucher ar ...

18th century

c. 1700 *

Elephant Bird Elephant birds are members of the extinct ratite family Aepyornithidae, made up of flightless birds that once lived on the island of Madagascar. They are thought to have become extinct around 1000-1200 CE, probably as a result of human activity. ...

* Leguat's Rail * Mauritian Barn Owl (''Tyco sauzieri'') * Réunion Solitaire 1722 * Labat's Conure 1750 *

Guadeloupe Amazon The Guadeloupe amazon (''Amazona violacea'') or Guadeloupe parrot, is a hypothetical extinct species of parrot that is thought to have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island region of Guadeloupe. Mentioned and described by 17th- and 18th- ...

Martinique Amazon The Martinique amazon (''Amazona martinicana'') is a hypothetical extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is not known from any material remains, but was said to be similar to the red-necked amazon (''A. arausiaca'') fro ...

1760 * Lesser Antillean Macaw 1765 * Jamaican Yellow-headed Macaw 1770 *

White Dodo The dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also-extinct Rodrigues solitaire. The t ...

1776 *

Réunion Fody The Réunion fody (''Foudia delloni'') is an extinct bird species from the family of weavers. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion. Taxonomy This bird was first mentioned in a report by traveller Gabriel DellonCheke & Hume p. 43 ...

1777 *

Society Parakeet The Raiatea parakeet or Society parakeet (''Cyanoramphus ulietanus''), also known as the Society kakariki or brown-headed parakeet, is an extinct parakeet of the genus ''Cyanoramphus''. Description The Raiatea parakeet averaged 25 cm (9.7 ...

1780 *

Bay Thrush The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta, is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea (formerly known as Ulietea, hence th ...

* Mysterious Starling * Rodriguez Solitaire 1793 *

Oceanic Eclectus Parrot The oceanic eclectus parrot (''Eclectus infectus'') is an extinct parrot species which occurred on Tonga, Vanuatu and possibly on Fiji. Its only living relative is the eclectus parrot (''Eclectus roratus''), which has proportionally larger wings ...

19th century

c. 1800 *

Amsterdam Island Duck The Amsterdam wigeon (''Mareca marecula'', formerly ''Anas marecula''), also known as the Amsterdam Island duck or Amsterdam duck, was a species of anatid waterfowl, endemic to Île Amsterdam (Amsterdam Island), the French Southern Territories. T ...

Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw The Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (''Ara atwoodi''), Atwood's macaw or Dominican macaw, is an extinct species of macaw that may have lived on the island of Dominica. It is known only through the writings of British colonial judge Thomas Atwoo ...

* Painted Vulture * Reunion Ring-necked Parakeet *

Rodrigues Parrot The Rodrigues parrot or Leguat's parrot (''Necropsittacus rodricanus'') is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. It is unclear to which other species it is ...

Moorea Sandpiper The Moorea Sandpiper (''Prosobonia ellisi'') is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Mo'orea in French Polynesia, where the locals called it ''te-te'' in the Tahitian language. Two specimens were collec ...

Tahiti Sandpiper The Tahiti sandpiper or Tahitian Sandpiper (''Prosobonia leucoptera'') is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia until its extinction sometime before 1819. It was discovered in 1 ...

Tanna Ground Dove The Tanna ground dove (''Pampusana ferruginea''), also known as Forster's dove of Tanna, is an extinct dove species. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified in ...

* Tonga Tabu Tahiti Flycatcher (subsp.) 1801 *

Norfolk Pigeon The Norfolk pigeon or Norfolk Island pigeon (''Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea''), sometimes called a wood quest, was a subspecies of the New Zealand pigeon (kererū) that inhabited Norfolk Island. This population probably colonized Norfolk I ...

1825 * Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.), a thrush 1826 * Pigeon Hollandaise 1827 * Kusaie Mountain Starling 1828 *

Kittlitz's Thrush The Bonin thrush (''Zoothera terrestris''), also known as Kittlitz's thrush or the Bonin Islands thrush, is an extinct species of Asian thrush. It is sometimes separated as the only species of the genus ''Cichlopasser''. The only place where this ...

1830 *

Bonin Grosbeak The Bonin grosbeak or Bonin Islands grosbeak (''Carpodacus ferreorostris'') is an extinct finch. It is one of the diverse bird taxa that are vernacularly called "grosbeaks", but it is not closely related to the grosbeaks ''sensu stricto''. Many ...

Kangaroo Island Emu Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ...

(subsp.) * White Gallinule 1837 * Oahu O-O, 1840 *

Dieffenbach's Rail Dieffenbach's rail (Moriori: ''meriki'' or ''mehoriki'', ''Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii'') is an extinct flightless species of bird from the family Rallidae. It was endemic to the Chatham Islands. The only recorded living specimen of Dieffenbach ...

Mascarene Parrot The Mascarene parrot or mascarin (''Mascarinus mascarinus'') is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean. The taxonomic relationships of this species have been subject to deb ...

1842 * Jamaican Green and Yellow Macaw 1844 *

Great Auk The great auk (''Pinguinus impennis'') is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus ''Pinguinus''. It is not closely related to the birds now known as penguins, wh ...

c. 1850 *

Black-fronted parakeet The extinct black-fronted parakeet or Tahiti parakeet (''Cyanoramphus zealandicus'') was endemic to the Pacific island of Tahiti. Its native name was simply ''’ā’ā'' ("parrot") according to Latham (1790) though White (1887) gives "''aa-mah ...

* Commerson's Scops Owl *

Kioea The kioea (''Chaetoptila angustipluma'') was a endemic Hawaiian bird that became extinct around the mid-19th century. Description The kioea was a large bird, about long, with a long, slightly curved bill. What distinguished the kioea from othe ...

, a honeyeater *

Kittlitz's Rail The Kosrae crake or Kusaie Island crake (''Zapornia monasa''), sometimes also stated as Kittlitz's rail, is an extinct bird from the family Rallidae. It occurred on the island of Kosrae and perhaps on Ponape in the south-western Pacific which bel ...

* Giant

(''Dinornis maximus'') *

(''Megalapteryx didinus'') * Rodriguez Little Owl * Steller's Spectacled Cormorant *

Tasmanian Emu The Tasmanian emu (''Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis'') is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was found in Tasmania, where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene. As opposed to the other insular emu taxa, the King Island emu and th ...

(subsp.) 1851 *

Norfolk Kaka Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

, a parrot 1853 * Lord Howe Island Pigeon 1859 *

Jamaican Pauraque The Jamaican poorwill (''Siphonorhis americana''), also known as the Jamaican pauraque or Jamaican least pauraque, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is (or was) endemic to Jamaica and has not been recorded since 1860.Dree ...

, a nightjar 1860 * New Caledonean Lorikeet 1864 *

Cuban Red Macaw The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (''Ara tricolor'') is an extinct species of macaw native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby Isla de la Juventud. It became extinct in the late 19th century. Its relationship with other macaws in its ge ...

1868 *

New Zealand Quail The New Zealand quail (''Coturnix novaezelandiae''), or ''koreke'' in Māori, is an extinct quail species endemic to New Zealand. The male and female were similar, except the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it was Sir Joseph ...

* Réunion Crested Starling 1869 *

Red-fronted Parakeet The red-crowned parakeet (''Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae''), also known as red-fronted parakeet and by its Māori name of kākāriki,Parr, M., Juniper, T., D'Silva, C., Powell, D., Johnston, D., Franklin, K., & Restall, R. (2010). Parrots: A Guid ...

1870 * Himalayan Mountain Quail 1873 * Samoan Wood Rail 1874 *

Coues's Gadwall Coues's gadwall (''Mareca strepera couesi'') or the Washington Island gadwall, is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from the Pacific island of Teraina,formerly known as Washington Island — Luther mentions a ...

, a duck 1875 *

Labrador Duck The Labrador duck (''Camptorhynchus labradorius'') was a North American bird; it has the distinction of being the first known endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last known sighting occurri ...

1879 * Bonin Night Heron 1880 * Macquarie Island Banded Rail * Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet 1881 *

Jamaican Wood Rail The Jamaican wood rail, also called the Jamaican uniform rail was the nominate subspecies of the uniform crake found on Jamaica. It became extinct around 1881. Appearance The Jamaican wood rail was a reddish-brown bird some 10 inches in l ...

Seychelles Parakeet The Seychelles parakeet or Seychelles Island parrot (''Psittacula wardi'') is an extinct species of parrot that was endemic to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. It was scientifically named ''Palaeornis wardi'' by the British ornithologist Edw ...

1884 * Sandwich Rail 1887 *

Ryukyu Kingfisher The Ryukyu kingfisher (''Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis'') is an enigmatic taxon of tree kingfisher. It is extinct and is only known from a single specimen. Its taxonomic status is doubtful; it is most likely a subspecies of the Guam kin ...

1890 * Comoro Scops Owl *

Macquarie Island Parakeet The Macquarie parakeet (''Cyanoramphus erythrotis''), also known as the Macquarie Island parakeet, is an extinct parrot from subantarctic Macquarie Island, an outlying part of Tasmania, Australia, in the Southern Ocean. Taxonomy The Macquarie pa ...

* Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.), * Tristan Gallinule, a moorhen 1891 *

Lesser Koa-finch The lesser koa finch (''Rhodacanthis flaviceps'') is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. Description The only specimens of the lesser koa finch ever caught were a family group with members of different ages and genders, ideal for stu ...

1892 * Guadalupe (Berwick's) Wren (subsp.) *

Puerto Rican Conure The Puerto Rican parakeet or Puerto Rican conure (''Psittacara maugei'') is an extinct species of parrot that was found on Mona Island and possibly in Puerto Rico. Description The bird was similar to the Hispaniolan parakeet (''Psittacara chl ...

, a parrot * ʻUla-ʻAi-hawane, 1894 *

Kona Grosbeak The Kona grosbeak (''Chloridops kona'') is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. The Kona grosbeak was endemic to naio (''Myoporum sandwicense'') forests on ʻaʻā lava flows at elevations of near the Kona District on the island of Hawa ...

* Lana'i 'Akioloa (subsp. ''lanaiensis''), *

Lyall's Wren Lyall's wren or the Stephens Island wren (''Traversia lyalli'') is a small, extinct, flightless passerine belonging to the family Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand wrens. It was once found throughout New Zealand, but when it came to the attention ...

1895 * Chatham Island Fernbird 1896 *

Greater Koa-finch The greater koa finch (''Rhodacanthis palmeri'') was a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It was found only in the Hawaiian Islands. It has been extinct since the late 19th century. Description The bird was about 7–8 in (18–20&n ...

* Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. ''affinis''), 1898 *

Hawaii Mamo The Hawaii mamo (''Drepanis pacifica'') is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It was endemic to Hawaii. It became extinct due to habitat loss, mosquitoes, introduced predators such as mongoose, and overcollecting. Description This bi ...

, 1899 * Culebra Island Amazon, a parrot

20th century

c. 1900 * Bonin Wood Pigeon * Antiguan Burrowing Owl (subsp.) * Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl (subsp.) * Guadalupe Rufous-sided

Towhee A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus ''Pipilo'' or ''Melozone'' within the family Passerellidae (which also includes American sparrows, and juncos). Towhees typically have longer tails than other Passerellidae. Most ...

(subsp. ''consobrinus''), a bunting * North Island Laughing Owl (subsp. ''albifacies'') * South Island Laughing Owl (subsp. ''rubifacies'') * Modest Rail * North Island Bush Wren (subsp.) * Queleli, a falcon * Saint Kitts Puerto Rican Bullfinch (subsp.) *

Tahiti Rail The Tahiti rail, Tahitian red-billed rail, or Pacific red-billed rail (''Hypotaenidia pacifica'') is an extinct species of rail that lived on Tahiti. It was first recorded during James Cook's second voyage around the world (1772–1775), o ...

* Martinique Wren (subsp.) 1901 * Greater Amakihi, 1904 * Molokai ‘ō‘ō, 1906 * Chatham Island Bellbird * Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.), a woodpecker 1907 *

Huia The huia ( ; ; ''Heteralocha acutirostris'') is an extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907, although there was a credible sighting in 1924. It ...

Black Mamo The black mamo (''Drepanis funerea''), also known as the hoa, is an extinction, extinct species of bird once Endemism, endemic to the island of Molokai; there is also subfossil evidence of it having lived on Maui. Description It measured fr ...

1908 * Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown (subsp. ''leyboldi''), a hummingbird 1910 *

New Zealand merganser The New Zealand merganser (''Mergus australis''), also known as Auckland merganser or Auckland Islands merganser, was a typical merganser which is now extinct. Description This duck was similar in size to the red-breasted merganser (''Mergus s ...

Carolina Parakeet The Carolina parakeet (''Conuropsis carolinensis''), or Carolina conure, is an extinct species of small green neotropical parrot with a bright yellow head, reddish orange face and pale beak that was native to the eastern, Midwest and plains stat ...

(subsp. ''ludoviciana'') *

Choiseul Crested Pigeon The Choiseul pigeon (''Microgoura meeki'') is an extinct species of bird in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae. It was endemic to the island of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands, although there are unsubstantiated reports that it may once hav ...

Slender-billed grackle The slender-billed grackle (''Quiscalus palustris'') was a species of grackle in the Icteridae (New World blackbirds) family of birds. The species was closely related to the western clade of the great-tailed grackle, from which it diverged quite r ...

1911 *

Guadalupe Storm Petrel The Guadalupe storm petrel (''Hydrobates macrodactylus'') is a small seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. It has been assessed as Critically Endangered or possibly extinct. Taxonomy It was formerly defined in the genus ''Oceanodr ...

1914 * Forest Spotted Owlet *

Passenger pigeon The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius'') is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word ''passager'', meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits ...

1916 * Korean Crested Shelduck 1918 *

(subsp. ''carolinensis'') * Lānaʻi Hookbill, a honeycreeper 1920 * Delalande's Madagascar Coucal *

Laysan Millerbird The Laysan millerbird (''Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris'') was a subspecies of the millerbird, similar in appearance to the remaining subspecies, the Nihoa millerbird. Its dorsal side was brown, and its belly was grayish. Its name derives fr ...

(subsp.) * Lord Howe Island Flycatcher * Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.) 1923 * Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.) * Lord Howe Island White Eye 1924 *

Iwo Jima Rail The Iwo Jima rail or white-browed crake (''Poliolimnas cinereus brevipes'') was a rail native to the island of Iwo Jima. The last reported sightings were in 1924, and the species is believed to be extinct. It was a subspecies of the white-brow ...

* Lord Howe Island Fantail (subsp.) *

Pink-headed Duck The pink-headed duck (''Rhodonessa caryophyllacea'') is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. ...

1925 * Lord Howe Island Starling (subsp.) 1927 * Paradise parrot 1928 *

Spotted green pigeon The spotted green pigeon or Liverpool pigeon (''Caloenas maculata'') is a species of pigeon which is most likely extinct. It was first mentioned and described in 1783 by John Latham, who had seen two specimens of unknown provenance and a drawin ...

1929 * Bering cackling goose (subsp.) 1930 *

Oʻahu ʻAkepa The Oʻahu ʻakepa (''Loxops wolstenholmei'') is an extinct species of ʻakepa that was endemic to the island of Oahu. It was commonly sighted throughout the 19th century. This brick red Hawaiian honeycreeper was found in the mountain peaks in de ...

(subsp.), a honeycreeper 1931 * Lanai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), a thrush 1932 * Glaucous macaw *

Heath Hen The heath hen (''Tympanuchus cupido cupido'') is an extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken (''Tympanuchus cupido''), a large North American bird in the grouse family. It became extinct in 1932. Heath hens lived in the scrubby heath ...

(subsp.) 1934 *

Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō The Hawaii ōō (''Moho nobilis'') is a member of the extinct genus of the ōōs ('' Moho'') within the extinct family Mohoidae. It was previously regarded as member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters (''Meliphagidae''). Description The H ...

1936 * Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), a thrush 1937 * Lana'i 'Alauahio * ʻUla-ʻai-hawane 1940 * Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa * Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.) 1941 *

Arabian Ostrich The Arabian ostrich (''Struthio camelus syriacus''), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century. Distribution Its range s ...

(subsp.) 1944 *

Laysan Rail The Laysan rail or Laysan crake (''Zapornia palmeri'') was a flightless bird endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan. This small island was and still is an important seabird colony, and sustained a number of endemic species, includ ...

1945 *

Wake Island Rail The extinct Wake Island rail (''Hypotaenidia wakensis'') was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, but not on Peale, which is separated from the others by a ...

1950 * Grand Caymen Oriole (subsp. ''bairdi'') *

Imperial Woodpecker The imperial woodpecker (''Campephilus imperialis'') is a woodpecker species endemic to Mexico. If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species, at long. Researchers have discovered that the imperial woodpecker has slow climb ...

Madagascar Serpent Eagle The Madagascar serpent eagle (''Eutriorchis astur'') is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is placed in the monotypic genus ''Eutriorchis''. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist l ...

* New Caledonian White-throated Eared-nightjar 1952 *

Niceforo's Pintail Niceforo's pintail (''Anas georgica niceforoi'') is an extinct subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (''Anas georgica''), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and du ...

(subsp.) 1959 * Rennell Island Teal (subsp. ''remissa'') 1963 *

Kākāwahie The kākāwahie or Molokai creeper (''Paroreomyza flammea'') was a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It is Holocene extinction, extinct, but was found on the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian island of Molokai, Molokai in Hawaii. Description The kā ...

, a honeycreeper 1964 * Korean Crested Shelduck 1965 * Fiji Bar-winged Rail *

Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu The Kauai nukupuu (''Hemignathus hanapepe'') was a species of nukupuʻu once found throughout parts of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It was an insect eater that picked out its tiny prey from tree bark. The males were yellowish with brown wings, ...

(subsp.) * New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.) 1969 * Kauai Akialoa (subsp.) 1970 * Molokai 'Alauahio (subsp. ''flammea'') 1971 * St. Lucia Wren (subsp.) 1974 * Spix's macaw 1980 * Bachman's Warbler *

Eskimo Curlew The Eskimo curlew (''Numenius borealis''), also known as northern curlew, is a species of curlew in the family Scolopacidae. It was one of the most numerous shorebirds in the tundra of western Arctic Canada and Alaska. Thousands of birds were th ...

Mariana Mallard The Mariana mallard or Oustalet's duck (''Anas oustaleti'') is an extinct species of duck of the genus ''Anas'' that was endemic to the Mariana Islands. Its taxonomic status is debated, and it has variously been treated as a full species, a subsp ...

1985 *

Alaotra Grebe The Alaotra grebe (''Tachybaptus rufolavatus''), also known as Delacour's little grebe or rusty grebe, is an extinct grebe that was endemic to Lake Alaotra and its surrounding lakes in Madagascar. Description The grebe was about long. Its abili ...

1987 * Kauai Oo 1988 * Maui 'Akepa (subsp.) 1990 * Borreo's Cinnamon Teal *

Hooded Seedeater The yellow-bellied seedeater (''Sporophila nigricollis'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae. Taxonomy and systematics Hooded seedeater The hooded seedeater was a propose ...

* 'O'u * O'ahu 'Alauahio * Dusky Seaside Sparrow *

Atitlán grebe The Atitlán grebe (''Podilymbus gigas''), also known as giant grebe, giant pied-billed grebe, or poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the pied-billed grebe. It was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m ...

1995 *

Maui Nukupu'u The island of Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th largest island in the United S ...

1998 * Kauai Nukupu'u

21st century

c. 2000 *

Siau scops owl The Siau scops owl (''Otus siaoensis'') is a critically endangered owl species. They live on Siau Island, north of Sulawesi, Indonesia and are (were) forest dwellers. The species is only known from a single holotype from 1866 although there have ...

Hawaiian crow The Hawaiian crow or alalā (''Corvus hawaiiensis'') is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae, that is currently extinct in the wild, though reintroduction programs are underway. It is about the size of the carrion crow at in length, b ...

Cape Verde kite The red kite (''Milvus milvus'') is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species currently breeds in the Western Palearctic region o ...

2004 * Po'ouli * Slender billed curlew *

Pernambuco pygmy owl The Pernambuco pygmy owl (''Glaucidium mooreorum'') is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. This species, Bird species new to science described in the 2000s, first described in 2002, is endemic to Pernambuco state in Brazil. Taxonomy and ...

2007 *

South Island kōkako The South Island kōkako (''Callaeas cinereus'') is a possibly extinct forest bird endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Unlike its close relative, the North Island kōkako (''C. wilsoni''), it has largely orange wattles, with only a small ...

Cryptic treehunter The cryptic treehunter (''Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti'') is or was a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Its status, and even its existence as a species, are disputed. It is or was endemic to Brazi ...

, an ovenbird *

Cozumel thrasher The Cozumel thrasher (''Toxostoma guttatum'') is a bird from the mockingbird family ( Mimidae), which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. It is believed to be the most critically endangered species of bird in M ...

2011 *

Alagoas foliage-gleaner The Alagoas foliage-gleaner (''Philydor novaesi'') is an extinct passerine bird which was endemism, endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy This species was first discovered in 1979 at Murici in Alagoas, although there have been few sightings in that area ...

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