List of Bird Extinctions by Year
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17th century
1681- DodoDodoThe dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground....
- Eastern Swan
1690
- Reunion Sheldrake
18th century
1700- Guadeloupe AmazonGuadeloupe AmazonThe Guadeloupe Parrot was a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It was endemic to Guadeloupe. It was hunted, and by 1779 was already rare. Today it is extinct....
1722
- Martinique AmazonMartinique AmazonThe Martinique Amazon, Amazona martinicana, was a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It was endemic to Martinique. It became extinct due to habitat loss as Martinique was cleared for agriculture. It has not been recorded since 1722...
1760
- Lesser Antillean MacawLesser Antillean MacawThe Lesser Antillean Macaw also known as Guadeloupe Macaw is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw species from the Antilles island of Guadeloupe. It was first described in detail by Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre in 1654 and 1657 and later in 1742 by Jean Baptiste Labat...
- Society ParakeetSociety ParakeetThe Society Parakeet is an extinct parakeet of the genus Cyanoramphus.-Description:It reached a length of 25 cm. Its head was chocolate brown. The bill showed a pale bluish grey hue and had a black tip. The back and the wings were coloured brown. The lower back and the tail exhibited a...
1770
- Réunion ParakeetRéunion ParakeetThe Réunion Parakeet was a little-known and extinct subspecies, sometimes considered a full species, of parakeet which used to inhabit Réunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. It is only known from descriptions, as well as illustrations of which it is unknown whether they were drawn from live...
1793
- Oceanic Eclectus ParrotOceanic Eclectus ParrotThe Oceanic Eclectus Parrot is an extinct parrot species which occurred on Tonga, Vanuatu and possibly on Fiji. The only living relative in the genus is the Eclectus Parrot which has proportionally larger wings than the Oceanic Eclectus Parrot...
- New Zealand Puffin
19th century
1800- Amsterdam Island DuckAmsterdam Island DuckThe Amsterdam Duck or Amsterdam Island Duck was a species of waterfowl in the Anatidae family. It was endemic to Île Amsterdam , French Southern Territories. This flightless species is only known from bones and was presumably driven to extinction by whalers visiting the island..During his visit to...
- Dominican Green-and-yellow MacawDominican Green-and-yellow MacawThe Dominican Green-and-Yellow Macaw or Atwood's Macaw, also called the Dominican Macaw, is extinct, and only known through the writings of zoologist Thomas Atwood in 1791...
- Jamaican Green-and-yellow MacawJamaican Green-and-yellow MacawThe Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw may have been a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family that lived in Jamaica, but its existence is hypothetical.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....
- Jamaican Red MacawJamaican Red MacawThe Jamaican Red Macaw may have been a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family that lived on Jamaica, but its existence is hypothetical.It is based on the following description of a specimen by Gosse:-References:...
1822
- King Island EmuKing Island EmuThe King Island Emu or Black Emu is an extinct sub-species of emu which occurred on King Island between mainland Australia and Tasmania. It is known from 19th century descriptions of live birds, as well as subfossil bones and one museum specimen...
1827
- Kangaroo Island EmuKangaroo Island EmuKangaroo Island Emu or Dwarf Emu is an extinct member of the bird family Casuariidae. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland Emu mainly in its smaller size...
1830
- Bonin GrosbeakBonin GrosbeakThe Bonin Grosbeak or Bonin Islands Grosbeak is an extinct finch, the only species of the genus Chaunoproctus. It is one of the diverse bird taxa that are vernacularly called "grosbeaks", but it is not closely related to the grosbeaks sensu stricto. It was a retiring, although not shy bird, and...
- Arctic Gull
1837
- Oahu Nukupu'u
1845
- Lisianski Duck
- Red-bellied Penguin
- Duncan's Rockhopper Penguin
1850
- Tasmanian EmuTasmanian EmuThe Tasmanian Emu is an extinct subspecies of the Emu. It was found on Tasmania where it had become isolated during the Late Pleistocene...
- Black-fronted ParakeetBlack-fronted ParakeetThe extinct Black-fronted Parakeet or Tahiti Parakeet was endemic to the Pacific island of Tahiti. Its native name was simply ’ā’ā according to Latham though White gives "aa-maha"....
1859
- Norfolk Island KākāNorfolk Island Kaka| name = Norfolk Kaka| image = Nestor productus.jpg| image_width = 250px| image_caption = Specimen in La Specola| status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1| extinct = 1851?| regnum = Animalia| phylum = Chordata| classis = Aves| ordo = Psittaciformes...
- KioeaKioeaThe Kioea was a Hawaiian bird that became extinct around 1859. The kioea was in decline even before the discovery of Hawaii by Europeans. Even native Hawaiians are seemingly unfamiliar with this bird. The feathers of the kioea were not used in Hawaiian featherwork, nor is it mentioned in any...
Honeyeater
1875
- Newton's ParakeetNewton's ParakeetThe Newton's Parakeet was a parrot that was endemic to the forests of the island of Rodrigues, a dependency of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean...
1883
- Seychelles ParakeetSeychelles ParakeetThe Seychelles Parakeet occurred in the Indian ocean islands of the Seychelles group. It resembled the Alexandrine Parakeet but was smaller and lacked the pink colour in its collar...
- Coues' GadwallCoues' GadwallCoues' Gadwall or Washington Island Gadwall is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from the Pacific island of Teraina Line Islands, Kiribati...
1891
- Lesser Koa-Fich
1892
- Maui Nui 'AkialoaMaui Nui 'AkialoaThe Maui Nui 'Akialoa or Lana'i 'Akialoa is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It was endemic to the island of Lanai, Hawaii in modern times, but seems to have occurred on all major islands of former Maui Nui before human settlement. The Maui Nui Akialoa was one of the birds that made...
1894
- Kona GrosbeakKona GrosbeakThe Kona Grosbeak is an extinct species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. The Kona Grosbeak was endemic to naio forests on ʻaʻā lava flows at elevations of near the Kona District on the island of Hawaii...
1885
- Cuban Red MacawCuban Red MacawThe Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor, is an extinct species of parrot that was native to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud, an island off the coast of west Cuba. At about long it was one of the smaller members of the Ara genus of macaws. It was the last species of macaw native to the Caribbean...
1896
- Greater Koa-Finch
1898
- Hawaii Mamo
- Jamaican PauraqueJamaican PauraqueThe Jamaican Poorwill, Jamaican Pauraque, or Jamaican Least Pauraqué is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland...
20th century
1901- Greater Amakihi
1907
- HuiaHuiaThe Huia was the largest species of New Zealand wattlebird and was endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Its extinction in the early 20th century had two primary causes. The first was rampant overhunting to procure Huia skins for mounted specimens, which were in worldwide demand by...
- Black MamoBlack MamoThe Black Mamo is an extinct bird species once endemic to the island of Molokai, although there is fossil evidence of it having lived on Maui....
1908
- Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown Typical Hummingbird
1910
- Slender-billed GrackleSlender-billed GrackleThe Slender-billed Grackle was a species of bird in the icterid family Icteridae. The species was closely related to the western clade of the Great-tailed Grackle, from which it diverged around 1.2 million years ago....
1914
- Passenger PigeonPassenger PigeonThe Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon was a bird, now extinct, that existed in North America and lived in enormous migratory flocks until the early 20th century...
1918
- Lanai Hookbill
1920
- Paradise ParrotParadise ParrotThe Paradise Parrot was a colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands of the Queensland - New South Wales border area of northeastern Australia. Once moderately common within its fairly restricted range, the last live bird was seen in 1927...
1923
- Laysan Apapane
1929
- Bering Cackling Goose
1932
- Glaucous MacawGlaucous MacawThe Glaucous Macaw, Anodorhynchus glaucus, is a large South American parrot. This macaw is critically endangered or possibly extinct. It is closely related to the Lear's Macaw A. leari and the Hyacinth Macaw A. hyacinthinus. In Guaraní, it was called guaa-obi after its...
1937
- Lanai AlauahioLanai AlauahioThe Lana'i 'Alauahio was a small yellowish finch that was four and a quarter inches long. It was found on much of Lanai’s land. It apparently was common until the early 1900s when there appeared to have been a steep decline in birds on the island. It was similar to the Maui Nui Alauahio and say...
- [[ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane]]
1939
- Carolina ParakeetCarolina ParakeetThe Carolina Parakeet was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico, and lived in old forests along rivers. It was the only species at the time classified in the genus Conuropsis...
- Subantarctic Penguin
1940
- Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa
- Oahu 'AkialoaOahu 'AkialoaThe Oahu Akialoa was a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. The Oahu Akialoa was a species of Akialoa, or long-billed insectivorous bird that was that was found in the high elevation forest. It was a dull colored species, dull green on the belly, bright green on tail on rump and tail, dark...
1950
- Niceforo's PintailNiceforo's PintailNiceforo's Pintail , is an extinct subspecies of the Yellow-billed Pintail , a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae...
- Grand Caymen Oriole
- New Caledonian White-Throated Eared-Nightjar
1959
- Renell Island Teal
1963
- Kakawahie
1964
- Creasted Sheldrake
- Mauritian Sheldrake
1966
- Arabian OstrichArabian OstrichThe Middle Eastern Ostrich or Arabian Ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich which once lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East. Its range seems to have been continuous in prehistoric times, but with the drying-up of the Arabian Peninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable...
1969
- Kauai Akialoa
1981
- Bachman's WarblerBachman's WarblerThe Bachman's Warbler, Vermivora bachmanii, is a small passerine bird that inhabits the swamps and lowland forests of the southeast United States. This warbler is a migrant, wintering in Cuba. The Bachman’s Warbler is small for a warbler and is unique for its thin and decurved bill. It has strong...
- Mariana MallardMariana MallardThe Mariana Mallard or Oustalet's Duck is an extinct type of duck of the genus Anas that was endemic to the Mariana Islands...
1988
- Maui Akepa
1990
- Borreo's Cinnamon Teal
- Hooded SeedeaterHooded SeedeaterThe Hooded Seedeater is a mysterious bird from Brazil from the genus of typical seedeaters . It is only known by the male holotype from 1823....
- 'O'u
- Oahu Alauahio
- Oahu Akepa
- Imperial WoodpeckerImperial WoodpeckerThe Imperial Woodpecker is – or was – a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species at 56-60 cm long...
1995
- Maui Nukupu'u
1998
- Kauai Nukupu'u