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1 Extinct bird species  



1.1  Paleognathes  



1.1.1  Dinornithiformes  





1.1.2  Apterygiformes  





1.1.3  Aepyornithiformes  







1.2  Anseriformes  





1.3  Galliformes  





1.4  Charadriiformes  





1.5  Gruiformes  





1.6  Podicipediformes  





1.7  Procellariiformes  





1.8  Sphenisciformes  





1.9  Suliformes  





1.10  Pelecaniformes  





1.11  Columbiformes  





1.12  Cuculiformes  





1.13  Cathartiformes  





1.14  Strigiformes  





1.15  Caprimulgiformes  





1.16  Apodiformes  





1.17  Coraciiformes  





1.18  Piciformes  





1.19  Falconiformes  





1.20  Psittaciformes  





1.21  Passeriformes  







2 Possibly extinct bird subspecies or status unknown  



2.1  Struthioniformes  





2.2  Apterygiformes  





2.3  Casuariiformes  





2.4  Anseriformes  





2.5  Galliformes  





2.6  Charadriiformes  





2.7  Gruiformes  





2.8  Pelecaniformes  





2.9  Columbiformes  





2.10  Cuculiformes  





2.11  Strigiformes  





2.12  Apodiformes  





2.13  Coraciiformes  





2.14  Piciformes  





2.15  Falconiformes  





2.16  Psittaciformes  





2.17  Passeriformes  







3 See also  





4 Footnotes  





5 References  





6 External links  














List of extinct bird species since 1500






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5 extinct in the wild avian species (0.05%)223 critically endangered avian species (2%)460 endangered avian species (4.2%)798 vulnerable avian species (7.2%)1,001 near threatened avian species (9.1%)8,460 least concern avian species (76.9%)52 data deficient avian species (0.4%)

Avian species (IUCN, 2020-3)
  • 10,999 extant species have been evaluated
  • 10,947 of those are fully assessed[a]
  • 9,461 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 1,481 to 1,533 are threatened[c]
  • 164 to 183 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 159 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 5 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 19 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]

    1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  • ^ NT and LC.
  • ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  • ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
  • About 129 species of birds have become extinct since 1500,[1] and the rate of extinction seems to be increasing.[2] The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived.[3] Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hit hard; Guam has lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the last 30 years, many of them due to the introduced brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis).[4]

    Currently there are approximately 10,000 living species of birds, with over 1,480 at risk of extinction and 223 critically endangered.[5]

    Island species in general, and flightless island species in particular, are most at risk. The disproportionate number of rails in this list reflects the tendency of that family to lose the ability to fly when geographically isolated. Even more rails became extinct before they could be described by scientists; these taxa are listed in List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species.

    The extinction dates given below are usually approximations of the actual date of extinction. In some cases, more exact dates are given as it is sometimes possible to pinpoint the date of extinction to a specific year or even day (the San Benedicto rock wren is possibly the most extreme example – its extinction could be timed with an accuracy of maybe half an hour). Extinction dates in the literature are usually the dates of the last verified record (credible observation or specimen taken); for many Pacific birds that became extinct shortly after European contact, however, this leaves an uncertainty period of over 100 years, because the islands on which they lived were only rarely visited by scientists.

    Painting of a dodo, with a red parrot on its left side, and a blue one at its right
    The famous "Edwards' Dodo", painted by Roelant Savery in 1626

    Extinct bird species[edit]

    Paleognathes[edit]

    Dinornithiformes[edit]

    Apterygiformes[edit]

    Aepyornithiformes[edit]

    Anseriformes[edit]

    Labrador duck

    Ducks, geese and swans

    Galliformes[edit]

    New Zealand quail

    Quails and relatives
    See also Bokaak "bustard" under Gruiformes below

    Megapodiidae – megapodes

    Phasianidae – pheasants and allies

    Charadriiformes[edit]

    Great auk (Pinguinus impennis), the Natural History Museum, London, England

    Shorebirds, gulls and auks

    Gruiformes[edit]

    Rails and allies - probably paraphyletic

    Podicipediformes[edit]

    Grebes

    Procellariiformes[edit]

    Petrels, storm petrels, shearwaters and albatrosses

    Sphenisciformes[edit]

    Penguins

    Suliformes[edit]

    Boobies and related birds

    Pelecaniformes[edit]

    Pelicans and related birds


    Columbiformes[edit]

    Male passenger pigeon

    Pigeons, doves and dodos
    For the "Réunion solitaire", see Réunion ibis.

    Cuculiformes[edit]

    Cuckoos

    Cathartiformes[edit]

    Strigiformes[edit]

    Laughing owl

    True owls and barn-owls

    Strigidae - true owls

    Tytonidae - barn owls

    Caprimulgiformes[edit]

    Caprimulgidae - nightjars and nighthawks

    Apodiformes[edit]

    Swifts and hummingbirds

    Coraciiformes[edit]

    Kingfishers and related birds

    Piciformes[edit]

    Woodpeckers and related birds

    Falconiformes[edit]

    Birds of prey

    Psittaciformes[edit]

    Parrots

    A mounted specimen of a Carolina parakeet, the Museum Wiesbaden, Germany

    Passeriformes[edit]

    Perching birds

    Tyrannidae – tyrant flycatchers

    Furnariidae – ovenbirds

    Lyall's wren, a victim of feral cats

    Acanthisittidae – New Zealand "wrens"

    Mohoidae – Hawaiian honeyeaters. Family established in 2008, previously in Meliphagidae.

    Meliphagidae – honeyeaters and Australian chats

    Acanthizidae – scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones

    Pachycephalidae – whistlers, shrike-thrushes, pitohuis and allies

    Dicruridae – monarch flycatchers and allies

    Oriolidae – Old World orioles and allies

    Corvidae – crows, ravens, jays and magpies

    Callaeidae – New Zealand wattlebirds

    Huia, male (front) and female (back)

    Hirundinidae – swallows and martins

    Acrocephalidae – acrocephalid warblers or marsh warblers, tree warblers and reed warblers

    Muscicapidae – Old World flycatchers and chats

    Megaluridae – megalurid warblers or grass warblers

    Cisticolidae – cisticolas and allies

    Zosteropidae – white-eyes. Probably belong in Timaliidae.

    Pycnonotidae – bulbuls

    Sylvioidea incertae sedis

    Sturnidae – starlings

    Hoopoe starling

    Turdidae – thrushes and allies

    Mimidae – mockingbirds and thrashers

    Estrildidae – estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, etc.)

    Icteridae – New World blackbirds and allies

    Parulidae – New World warblers

    Ploceidae – weavers

    Fringillidae – true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers

    Emberizidae – buntings and New World sparrows

    Possibly extinct bird subspecies or status unknown[edit]

    The extinction of subspecies is a subject very dependent on guesswork. National and international conservation projects and research publications such as red lists usually focus on species as a whole. Reliable information on the status of vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered subspecies usually has to be assembled piecemeal from published observations, such as regional checklists. Therefore, the following listing contains a high proportion of bird taxa that may still exist, but are listed here due to any one of, or any combination of, these three factors: absence of recent records, a known threat such as habitat destruction, or an observed decline.

    Struthioniformes[edit]

    Ratites and related birds

    Apterygiformes[edit]

    Casuariiformes[edit]

    Kangaroo Island emu

    Anseriformes[edit]

    Ducks, geese and swans

    Galliformes[edit]

    Quails and relatives

    Charadriiformes[edit]

    Shorebirds, gulls and auks

    Scolopacidae – sandpipers

    Turnicidae – buttonquails

    Gruiformes[edit]

    Rails and allies – probably paraphyletic

    Pelecaniformes[edit]

    Herons and related birds – possibly paraphyletic

    Columbiformes[edit]

    Pigeons, doves and dodos

    Cuculiformes[edit]

    Cuckoos

    Strigiformes[edit]

    True owls and barn owls

    Strigidae – true owls

    Tytonidae – barn owls

    Apodiformes[edit]

    Swifts and hummingbirds

    Coraciiformes[edit]

    Kingfishers and related birds

    Piciformes[edit]

    Woodpeckers and related birds

    Falconiformes[edit]

    Birds of prey

    Psittaciformes[edit]

    Parrots

    Passeriformes[edit]

    Perching birds

    Pittidae – pittas

    Tyrannidae – tyrant flycatchers

    Furnariidae – ovenbirds

    Formicariidae – antpittas and antthrushes

    Maluridae – Australasian "wrens"

    Pardalotidae – pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills and gerygones

    Petroicidae – Australasian "robins"

    Cinclosomatidae – whipbirds and allies

    Artamidae – woodswallows, currawongs and allies

    Monarchidae – monarch flycatchers

    Rhipiduridae – fantails

    Campephagidae – cuckooshrikes and trillers

    Oriolidae – Old World orioles and allies

    Corvidae – crows, ravens, jays and magpies

    Regulidae – kinglets

    Hirundinidae – swallows and martins

    Phylloscopidae – phylloscopid warblers or leaf warblers

    Cettiidae – cettiid warblers or typical bush warblers

    Acrocephalidae – acrocephalid warblers or marsh warblers, tree warblers and reed warblers

    Pycnonotidae – bulbuls

    Cisticolidae – cisticolas and allies

    Sylviidae – sylviid ("true") warblers and parrotbills

    Zosteropidae – white-eyes. Probably belong in Timaliidae.

    Timaliidae – Old World babblers

    "African warblers"

    Sylvioidea incertae sedis

    Troglodytidae – wrens

    Paridae – tits, chickadees and titmice

    Cinclidae – dippers

    Muscicapidae – Old World flycatchers and chats

    Turdidae – thrushes and allies

    Mimidae – mockingbirds and thrashers

    Estrildidae – estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, etc.)

    Fringillidae – true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers

    Icteridae – New World blackbirds and allies

    Parulidae – New World warblers

    Thraupidae – tanagers

    Dusky seaside sparrow

    Emberizoidea – buntings and New World sparrows

    See also[edit]

    Footnotes[edit]

    1. ^ Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Stattersfield, Alison J.; Bennun, Leon A.; Shutes, Sue M.; Akçakaya, H. Resit; Baillie, Jonathan E. M.; Stuart, Simon N.; Hilton-Taylor, Craig; Mace, Georgina M. (2004-10-26). "Measuring Global Trends in the Status of Biodiversity: Red List Indices for Birds". PLOS Biology. 2 (12): e383. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0020383. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 524254. PMID 15510230.
  • ^ "Birds Going Extinct Faster Due to Human Activities". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  • ^ Extinct Birds, T. & A. D. Poyser, 2012, doi:10.5040/9781472597540.0007, ISBN 978-1-4725-9754-0, retrieved 2023-05-23
  • ^ Wandrag, Elizabeth; Rogers, Haldre. "Guam's forests are being slowly killed off – by a snake". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  • ^ "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  • ^ "Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) – BirdLife species factsheet". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  • ^ "Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  • ^ a b Spennemann (2006)
  • ^ Butchart, Stuart; Wheatley, Hannah; Lowe, Stephen; Westrip, James; Symes, Andy; Martin, Rob (2018). "Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach". Mendley Data. v1. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  • ^ "nzetc.org".
  • ^ Hume, Julian P. (2017). Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 479. ISBN 9781472937469.
  • ^ Worthy, Trevor (2000). "New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) on Raoul Island, Kermadec Group". Notornis. 47 (1): 36–38. Archived from the original on 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  • ^ Hume, Julian P. (2017). Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 307. ISBN 9781472937469.
  • References[edit]

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