Postulated extinct species without evidence
A 1722 illustration by Jean-Baptiste Labat of three parrots on Guadeloupe . There are no remains of these parrots and so accurate taxonomic classification is impossible.
Several species have been assumed to exist, but due to a lack of physical evidence they can only be regarded as potential species . Hypothetical species are usually believed to be extinct. They have caused confusion, as they may have been a separate species , a subspecies , an introduced species or a misidentification.[ 1]
List of hypothetical species [ edit ]
Albin's Macaw
Arkansaw siskin , Fringilla spaltria [ 2]
Barraband's mystery black-breasted twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
Bird of Washington , Haliaetus washingtoni [ 2]
Blue-browed fig parrot
Blue Mountain warbler , Sylvia montana [ 2]
Blue-thighed lory , Lorius tibialis
Dominican green-and-yellow macaw , Ara atwoodi
Carbonated warbler , Sylvia carbonata [ 2]
Cuvier's kinglet , Regulus cuvieri [ 2]
Geoffroyus aureus
Guadeloupe amazon , Amazona violacea
Guadeloupe parakeet , Psittacara labati
Hypothetical relatives of the Rodrigues parrot
Jago fowl , Gallus giganteus
Jamaican red macaw , Ara gossei
Lesser Antillean macaw , Ara guadeloupensis
Madeira finch , Goniaphea leucocephala
Martinique amazon , Amazona martinicana
Martinique macaw , Ara martinicus
Meidum geese
Painted vulture , Sarcoramphus sacra /Sarcoramphus papa ssp.
Orange-breasted penguin
Raiatea starling , Aplonis ? ulietensis
Red-headed macaw , Ara erythrocephala
Roper River scrub robin , Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi
Réunion stork , Leguatia gigantea [ 3]
Réunion swamphen , Porphyrio caerulescens
Small-headed flycatcher , Muscicapa minuta [ 2]
Sushkin's goose , Anser neglectus
Tahiti crake , Zapornia nigra
Townsends' dickcissel , Spiza townsendi
Townsend’s finch , Emberiza townsendi [ 2]
Unicolored lory , Eos unicolor
Unidentified Jamaican parrot
Zhenniao
Non-avian dinosaurs [ edit ]
Other invertebrates [ edit ]
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^ a b c d e Beebe, William (1934). Half Mile Down (PDF) . New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.
^ https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/lepidoptera-butterflies-moths/neptis-guamensis
^ https://collector-secret.proboards.com/thread/109/african-enigma-barns-papilio-antizox