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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.

15th century[edit]

c. 1400

• Haast's eagle

16th century[edit]

c. 1500

• Moa (Emeus huttoni)^[1]
• Moa (Pachyornis septentrionalis)^[1]

17th century[edit]

1650

• Broad-billed Parrot^[1]

1680

• Mauritian Red Rail^[1]

1681

• Dodo^[1]

1690

• Réunion Sheldgoose
• Mascarene Teal

18th century[edit]

c. 1700

• Elephant Bird^[1]
• Leguat's Rail^[1]
• Mauritian Barn Owl (Tyco sauzieri)^[1]
• Réunion Solitaire^[1]

1722

• Labat's Conure^[1]

1750

• Guadeloupe Amazon^[1]
• Martinique Amazon^[1]

1760

• Lesser Antillean Macaw

1765

• Jamaican Yellow-headed Macaw^[1]

1776

• Réunion Fody^[1]

1777

• Society Parakeet

1780

• Bay Thrush^[1]
• Mysterious Starling^[1]
• Rodriguez Solitaire^[1]

1793

• Oceanic Eclectus Parrot

19th century[edit]

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

• Norfolk Pigeon^[1]

1825

• Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.),^[1] a thrush

1826

• Pigeon Hollandaise^[1]

1827

• Kusaie Mountain Starling^[1]

1828

• Kittlitz's Thrush^[1]

1830

• Bonin Grosbeak^[1]
• Kangaroo Island Emu (subsp.)^[1]
• White Gallinule^[1]

1837

• Oahu O-O,^[1]

1840

• Dieffenbach's Rail^[1]
• Mascarene Parrot^[1]

1842

• Jamaican Green and Yellow Macaw^[1]

1844

• Great Auk^[1]

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 kākā,^[1] a parrot

1853

• Lord Howe Island Pigeon^[1]

1859

• Jamaican Pauraque,^[1] a nightjar

1860

• New Caledonean Lorikeet^[1]

1864

• Cuban Red Macaw^[1]

1868

• New Zealand Quail^[1]
• Réunion Crested Starling^[1]

1869

• Red-fronted Parakeet^[1]

1870

• Himalayan Mountain Quail^[1]

1873

• Samoan Wood Rail^[1]

1874

• Coues's Gadwall,^[1] a duck

1875

• Labrador Duck^[1]

1879

• Bonin Night Heron^[1]

1880

• Macquarie Island Banded Rail^[1]
• Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet^[1]

1881

• Jamaican Wood Rail^[1]
• Seychelles Parakeet^[1]

1884

• Sandwich Rail^[1]

1887

• Ryukyu Kingfisher^[1]

1890

• Comoro Scops Owl^[1]
• Macquarie Island Parakeet^[1]
• Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.),^[1]
• Tristan Gallinule,^[1] a moorhen

1891

• Lesser Koa-finch^[1]

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

• Chatham Island Fernbird^[1]

1896

• Greater Koa-finch^[1]
• Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. affinis),^[1]

1898

• Hawaii Mamo^[1]

1899

• Culebra Island Amazon,^[1] a parrot

20th century[edit]

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

• Greater Amakihi,^[1]

1904

• Molokai ‘ō‘ō^[1]

1906

• Chatham Island Bellbird^[1]
• Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.),^[1] a woodpecker

1907

• Huia^[1]
• Black Mamo^[1]

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

• Guadalupe Storm Petrel^[1]

1914

• Forest Spotted Owlet^[1]
• Passenger pigeon^[1]

1916

• Korean Crested Shelduck^[1]

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

• Paradise parrot

1928

• Spotted green pigeon

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

• Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō^[1]

1936

• Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.),^[1] a thrush

1937

• Lana'i 'Alauahio^[1]
• ʻUla-ʻai-hawane

1940

• Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa^[1]
• Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.)^[1]

1941

• Arabian Ostrich (subsp.)^[1]

1944

• Laysan Rail^[1]

1945

• Wake Island Rail^[1]

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

• Korean Crested Shelduck

1965

• Fiji Bar-winged Rail^[1]
• Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu (subsp.)^[1]
• New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.)^[1]

1969

• Kauai Akialoa (subsp.)^[1]

1970

• Molokai 'Alauahio (subsp. flammea)^[1]

1971

• St. Lucia Wren (subsp.)^[1]

1980

• Bachman's Warbler
• Eskimo Curlew^[1]
• Mariana Mallard

1985

• Alaotra Grebe

1987

• Kauai Oo

1988

• Maui 'Akepa (subsp.)^[2]

1990

• Borreo's Cinnamon Teal
• Hooded Seedeater
• 'O'u
• O'ahu 'Alauahio
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow
• Atitlán grebe

1995

• Maui Nukupu'u

1998

• Kauai Nukupu'u

21st century[edit]

c. 2000

• Siau scops owl

2004

• Po'ouli
• Pernambuco pygmy owl

2007

• South Island kōkako
• Cryptic treehunter, an ovenbird
• Cozumel thrasher

2011

• Alagoas foliage-gleaner

See also[edit]

• 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[edit]