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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]
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
As of 2020, there are five species of birds that are considered extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. List of species [ edit ]
The Po`ouli is the most recently seen species of all 21 animals on the list. Another bird on the list, the Bridled white-eye found in Guam, became extinct from being hunted by brown tree snakes on ...
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".
The feat moved the species from a "critically endangered" classification to "endangered" and, Fritz says, is the first attempt to reintroduce a continentally extinct migratory bird species.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition "Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu; IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 "IOC World Bird List – Version 12.1" Rewild.org Lost Birds "lost birds". www.rewild.org; EDGE of Existence "Species".
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