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The paradise parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus) was a colourful medium-sized parrot native to the grassy woodlands extending across the Queensland and New South Wales border area of eastern Australia. Once moderately common within its fairly restricted range, the last live bird was seen in 1927.
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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 ).
Dr Alex Bond, senior curator in charge of birds at the Natural History Museum, has been part of the team tracing the fate of the curlew and said the extinction of bird species is “going to be ...
The Fish and Wildlife Service just delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.
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.
Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the bird's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN red list for that species unless otherwise noted. All extinct species listed went extinct after 1500 CE (recently extinct [20]), and are indicated by a dagger symbol "†".
The Bachman’s warbler, first identified in South Carolina nearly 200 years ago, is likely extinct, federal officials announced on Monday.. The rare North American songbird was one of 21 species ...