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
c. 1400
16th century
c. 1500
17th century
1650
1680
1681
1690
18th century
c. 1700
1722
1750
1760
1765
1770
1776
1777
1780
1793
19th century
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 Kaka,[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
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
c. 2000
2004
2007
- South Island kōkako
- Cryptic treehunter, an ovenbird
- Cozumel thrasher
2011
See also
- 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.