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The passenger pigeon was once among the most abundant wild bird species in the world, with a single flock numbering up to 2.2 billion birds. It was hunted close to extinction for food and sport in the late 19th century. The last individual, a mateless female named Martha after Martha Washington, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
Aepyornis is an extinct genus of elephant bird formerly endemic to Madagascar. The genus had two species, the smaller A. hildebrandti and the larger A. maximus, which is possibly the largest bird ever to have lived. [2] Its closest living relative is the New Zealand kiwi. [3]
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".
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.
A bird species found in mainland Europe and the Mediterranean is thought to be extinct ... Their findings suggest there is a 99.6% chance that the bird no longer exists and went extinct around the ...
The last of the mihirungs went extinct around 45,000 years ago. The only skull, found in 1913, was incomplete and badly damaged, raising questions about the giant bird’s face, habits and ancestry.
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 small bird discovered nearly 200 years ago in South Carolina has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. ... While the bird was just officially declared extinct, the last ...