List of bird extinctions by year

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The accuracy of these dates for bird extinctions varies wildly between one entry and another. Hypothetical species, which cannot be proven to have existed due to a lack of physical evidence, are tagged with (H).

## Contents

* 1 15th century
* 2 16th century
* 3 Sometime before European settlement of New Zealand
* 4 17th century
* 5 Before the 18th century
* 6 18th century
* 7 19th century
* 8 c. 20th century
* 9 20th century
* 10 21st century
* 11 See also
* 12 Notes
* 13 References

## 15th century

* North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae)
* South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus)
* Bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)
* Broad-billed moa (Euryapteryx curtus)
* Heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus)
* Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides)

c. 1400

* Haast's eagle (Hieraaetus moorei)
* Eyles's harrier (Circus teauteensis)
* Eastern moa (Emeus crassus)

c. 1396-1442

* Crested moa (Pachyornis australis)

## 16th century

* Ascension night heron (Nycticorax olsoni)
* Chatham Island duck (Anas chathamica)
* New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri)
* Scarlett's duck (Malacorhynchus scarletti)

c. 1500

* Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)

After c. 1502

* Saint Helena petrel (Pterodroma rupinarum)
* Olson's petrel (Bulweria bifax)

Possibly before 1555

* Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi)

## Sometime before European settlement of New Zealand

* North Island adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis)
* South Island adzebill (Aptornis defossor)

## 17th century

Dodo

* Bermuda saw-whet owl (Aegolius gradyi)
* Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi)

1610

* Bermuda night heron (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes)

1612

* Bermuda towhee (Pipilo naufragus)

1650

* New Zealand swan (Cygnus sumnerensis)

1662

* Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)[1]

Shortly after 1672

* Réunion fody (Foudia delloni)

After 1674

* Réunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti)

c. 1680s

* Broad-billed parrot (Lophopsittacus mauritianus)[1]

c. ~1690s

* Mauritius night heron (Nycticorax mauritianus)

c. 1690

* Réunion sheldgoose (Alopochen kervazoi)

Shortly after 1693

* Red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia)

1696

* Mascarene teal (Anas theodori)

Late 17th century

* Réunion scops owl (Otus grucheti)

1650-1700

* Chatham penguin (Eudyptes warhami)

## Before the 18th century

* Cheke's wood rail (Dryolimnas chekei)

## 18th century

* Saint Helena cuckoo (Nannococcyx psix)

c. 1700

* Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati)[1]
* Mauritius scops owl (Otus sauzieri)[1]
* Réunion pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri duboisi)

Between 1710 and 1715

* Réunion ibis (Threskiornis solitarius)[2]

After 1710

* Réunion pochard (Aythya sp.)

c. 1730

* Réunion swamphen (Porphyrio caerulescens) (H)

1732

* Réunion parakeet (Psittacula eques eques)

1735

* Mauritian wood pigeon (Columba thiriouxi)

Mid-18th century

* Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria)
* Rodrigues scops owl (Otus murivorus)
* Rodrigues pigeon (Nesoenas rodericanus)

After 1777

* Tongatapu rail (Gallirallus hypoleucus)

c. 1779

* Guadeloupe amazon (Amazona violacea) (H)

1779

* Martinique amazon (Amazona martinicana) (H)

c. 1760

* Lesser Antillean macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) (H)

Soon after 1761

* Rodrigues parrot (Necropsittacus rodricanus)

1765 or later

* Jamaican red macaw (Ara gossei) (H)

c. 1777

* Raiatea parakeet (Cyanoramphus ulietanus)

After 1777

* Moorea sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi)

Late 1700s

* Guadeloupe parakeet (Psittacara labati)

Perhaps c. 1793

* Oceanic eclectus (Eclectus infectus)

After 1793

* Vava'u rail (Hypotaenidia vavauensis)

c. late 18th century

* Pile-builder megapode (Megapodius molistructor)

Probably before 1800

* ʻEua rail (Gallirallus vekamatolu)

Between 1774 and 1850

* Raiatea starling (Aplonis? ulietensis)

## 19th century

* Imber's petrel (Pterodroma imberi)

Late 18th or early 19th century

* Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (Ara atwoodi) (H)

Perhaps 19th century

* Garrett's reed warbler (Acrocephalus musae)

Perhaps early 19th century

* Red-headed macaw (Ara erythrocephala) (H)
* Ascension crake (Mundia elpenor)

1800

* Amsterdam wigeon (Mareca marecula)
* Norfolk ground dove (Pampusana norfolkensis)

c. 1800

* Tanna ground dove (Pampusana ferruginea)[1]
* Christmas sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata)
* Norfolk Island rail (Gallirallus sp.)

1819

* Tahiti sandpiper (Prosobonia leucoptera)

1820s

* Spotted green pigeon (Caloenas maculata)

1822

* King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

After 1823

* Maupiti monarch (Pomarea maupitiensis)

c. 1827

* Kangaroo Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus)

c. 1830s

* Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus)
* Bonin thrush (Zoothera terrestris)

1830s

* Bonin grosbeak (Carpodacus ferreorostris)

c. 1834

* White swamphen (Porphyrio albus)

1834

* Mascarene parrot (Mascarinus mascarinus)
* Delalande's coua (Coua delalandei)

1839

* Oʻahu ʻōʻō (Moho apicalis)

After 1841

* Oahu nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus)

c. 1850

* Mauritius scops owl (Otus sauzieri)[1]
* Spectacled cormorant (Urile perspicillatus)
* Hoopoe starling (Fregilupus varius)

1850

* Black-fronted parakeet (Cyanoramphus zealandicus)

Mid-19th century

* Mauke starling (Aplonis mavornata)
* Kosrae starling (Aplonis corvina)
* Kosrae crake (Zapornia monasa)
* Mascarene booby (Papasula sp.)

1851

* Norfolk kākā (Nestor productus)[1]

1852

* Great auk (Pinguinus impennis)

1853

* Lord Howe pigeon (Columba vitiensis godmanae)[1]

1859

* Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma)

1860

* Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana)[1][Note 1]
* Gould's emerald (Riccordia elegans)

Perhaps 1860

* New Caledonian gallinule (Porphyrio kukwiedei)

1865

* Tasmanian emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis)

1870 or later

* North Island snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis)

1872

* Dieffenbach's rail (Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii)

1874

* Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi)[1]

c. 1875

* Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul)

1875

* New Zealand quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae)

1876

* Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa)[1][Note 2]

1877

* Brace's emerald (Riccordia bracei)

c. 1878

* Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius)

Perhaps 1880

* Macquarie rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis macquariensis)[1]

1881

* Jamaican wood rail (Amaurolimnas concolor concolor)[1]

c. 1884

* Hawaiian rail (Zapornia sandwichensis)[1]

c. 1885

* Cuban macaw (Ara tricolor)

1887-1899

* Ryukyu kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis)[1]

c. 1888 (between 1870 and 1900)

* Marianne white-eye (Zosterops semiflavus)

1889

* Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor)

c. 1890

* Bonin nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris)
* Guadeloupe burrowing owl (A. c. guadeloupensis)

After 1890

* New Zealand bittern (Botaurus novaezelandiae)

1891

* Macquarie parakeet (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae erythrotis)
* Lesser koa-finch (Rhodacanthis flaviceps)[1]

1892

* ʻUla-ʻai-hāwane (Ciridops anna)[1]

After 1892

* Maui Nui ʻakialoa (Akialoa lanaiensis)
* Oahu 'akialoa (Akialoa ellisiana)

1893

* Seychelles parakeet (Psittacula wardi)

1894

* Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona)[1]
* North Island takahē (Porphyrio mantelli)

1895

* Hawkins's rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi)

1896

* Greater koa-finch (Rhodacanthis palmeri)[1]

1897

* Guadalupe wren (Thryomanes bewickii brevicauda)

1898

* Hawaiʻi mamo (Drepanis pacifica)[1]

Late 19th century

* Tristan moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis)
* Mangarevan whistler (Pachycephala gambierana) (nomen dubium)

## c. 20th century

* Viti Levu scrubfowl (Megapodius amissus)

## 20th century

* Red-throated wood rail (Aramides gutturalis) (nomen dubium)

c. ~1895-1905

* Norfolk pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae spadicea)
* Lyall's Wren (Traversia lyalli)

c. 1900

* Puerto Rican parakeet (Psittacara maugei)
* Chatham Island rail (Cabalus modestus)

1900

* Chatham Islands fernbird (Poodytes rufescens)

1901

* Greater ʻamakihi (Viridonia sagittirostris)[1]

c. 1902

* Auckland Island merganser (Mergus australis)

1903

* Guadalupe caracara (Caracara lutosa)

1904

* Choiseul pigeon (Microgoura meeki)

c. 1905

* Antiguan burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia amaura)
* South Island piopio (Turnagra capensis)

1906

* Chatham Islands bellbird (Anthornis melanocephala)[1]

1907

* Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris)[1]
* Black mamo (Drepanis funerea)[1]

1908

* Alejandro Selkirk firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi)

After 1908

* Western rufous bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti litoralis)

Early 1910s

* (Louisiana) Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis ludovicianus)[1]

1910

* Slender-billed grackle (Quiscalus palustris)

After 1910

* Roper River scrub robin (Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi) (nomen dubium)

Possibly 1912

* Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica)

1912 or later

* Culebra Island amazon (Amazona vittata gracilipes)

1914

* Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)[1]
* Laughing owl (Ninox albifacies)

1918

* Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)[1]
* Lānaʻi hookbill (Dysmorodrepanis munroi)

1919

* Lord Howe starling (Aplonis fusca hulliana)

Late 1910s

* Laysan millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris)

1922 or later

* Red-moustached fruit dove (Ptilinopus mercierii)

1923

* Laysan honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii)[1]

c. 1924

* Lord Howe thrush (Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus)
* Iwo Jima rail (Poliolimnas cinereus brevipes)

c. 1925

* Lord Howe fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina)

1927

* Paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus)

After 1927

* Thick-billed ground dove (Pampusana salamonis)

After 1928

* Lord Howe gerygone (Gerygone insularis)

c. 1930s

* Tahiti rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica)

1930s

* Mukojima white-eye (Apalopteron familiare familiare)

1930

* Oʻahu ʻakepa (Loxops wolstenholmei)[3]

1932

* Heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)[1]

1932 or later

* Western Lewin's rail (Lewinia pectoralis clelandi)

1934

* Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō (Moho nobilis)[1]

1937

* Lānaʻi ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza montana montana)[1]

Perhaps 1937

* Marquesas swamphen (Porphyrio paepae)

c. 1940

* Daito wren (Troglodytes troglodytes orii) (nomen dubium)
* Daito varied tit (Sittiparus varius orii)

1940

* Lesser ʻakialoa (Akialoa obscura)[1]

After 1942

* Norfolk triller (Lalage leucopyga leucopyga)

1944

* Laysan rail (Zapornia palmeri)[1]

1945

* Wake Island rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis)[1]

1950

* Canary Islands oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi)
* Grand Cayman oriole (Icterus leucopteryx bairdi)
* Cyprus dipper (Cinclus cinclus olympicus) (nomen dubium)

1930s or 1975

* Nuku Hiva monarch (Pomarea nukuhivae)

1952

* Niceforo's pintail (Anas georgica niceforoi)
* San Benedicto rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus exsul)

1955

* North Island piopio (Turnagra tanagra)

1959

* Rennell Island teal (Anas gracilis remissa)

1963

* Kākāwahie (Paroreomyza flammea)

1964

* South Island snipe (Coenocorypha iredalei)

1965

* New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.)[1]

1966

* Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus)

1969

* Kauaʻi ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri)[1]
* Nightingale reed warbler (Acrocephalus luscinius)

1972

* Bushwren (Xenicus longipes)

1973

* Bar-winged rail (Hypotaenidia poeciloptera)

1975

* Norfolk thrush (Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus)

1977

* Colombian grebe (Podiceps andinus)

1977 or later

* Eiao monarch (Pomarea fluxa)

Late 1970s

* Pagan reed warbler (Acrocephalus yamashinae)

1981

* Bishop's ʻōʻō (Moho bishopi)
* Mariana mallard (Anas oustaleti)

1983

* Aldabra brush warbler (Nesillas aldabrana)
* Guam flycatcher (Myiagra freycineti)

1985

* Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus)

1987

* Kauaʻi ʻōʻō (Moho braccatus)

1988

* Maui ʻAkepa (Loxops ochraceus)[3]

1989

* Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas)

1990

* Dusky seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens)

1995 or later

* Aguiguan reed warbler (Acrocephalus nijoi)

## 21st century

2004

* Poʻouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma)

c. 2005

* White-chested white-eye (Zosterops albogularis)

2007

* Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti)
* Kauaʻi nukupuʻu (Hemignathus hanapepe)[Note 3]

2011

* Alagoas foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi)

2024

* Slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

## 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

## Notes

1. ↑ The species has not been recorded since 1860 and is yet to be declared extinct by the IUCN as of September 2025
2. ↑ The species has not been recorded since 1876 and is yet to be declared extinct by the IUCN as of September 2025
3. ↑ This species was likely already extinct by 1906, although an unconfirmed sighting was made in 2007. It was finally declared extinct in 2023.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 Day, David (1989). Vanished Species. New York: Galley Books. ISBN 0-8317-2782-9.
2. ↑ Cheke, A. S.; Hume, J. P. (2008). Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues. New Haven and London. pp. 30–43. ISBN 978-0-7136-6544-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=OGeENV4exXcC.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Akepa - Loxops coccineus - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". http://eol.org/pages/921999/details.

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