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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]
Eight of the extinct bird species were found in Hawaii, including the Po`ouli, which was last seen in 2004. The Po`ouli is the most recently seen species of all 21 animals on the list.
It was declared extinct in 1914, upon the death of the last known survivor of the species, Martha, at the Cincinnati Zoo, 20 years after the species became extinct in the wild. [27] The passenger pigeon is one of the few recently extinct bird species that has been proposed for "de-extinction".
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 ...
A bird species found in mainland Europe and the Mediterranean is thought to be extinct globally by a coalition of conservation groups.. The slender-billed curlew – a migratory shorebird that ...
Six sihek (Guam kingfisher) have been released into the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll
Mohoidae, also known as the Hawaiian honeyeaters, was a family of Hawaiian species of now recently extinct, nectarivorous songbirds in the genera Moho (ʻōʻō) and Chaetoptila (kioea). These now extinct birds form their own family, representing the only complete extinction of an entire avian family in modern times, [ 1 ] when the disputed ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service just delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. An NC bird has been declared extinct. Here’s where it was in the state