List of bird extinctions by year explained

The accuracy of these dates for bird extinctions varies wildly between one entry and another.

15th century

c. 1400

16th century

c. 1500

• Moa (Emeus huttoni)^[1]
• Moa (Pachyornis septentrionalis)

17th century

1650

• Broad-billed Parrot

1680

• Mauritian Red Rail

1681

• Dodo

1690

• Réunion Sheldgoose
• Mascarene Teal

18th century

c. 1700

• Elephant Bird
• Leguat's Rail
• Mauritian Barn Owl (Tyco sauzieri)
• Réunion Solitaire

1722

• Labat's Conure

1750

• Guadeloupe Amazon
• Martinique Amazon

1760

• Lesser Antillean Macaw

1765

• Jamaican Yellow-headed Macaw

1776

• Réunion Fody

1777

• Society Parakeet

1780

• Bay Thrush
• Mysterious Starling
• Rodriguez Solitaire

1793

• Oceanic Eclectus Parrot

19th century

c. 1800

• Amsterdam Island Duck
• Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw
• Painted Vulture
• Reunion Ring-necked Parakeet
• Rodrigues Parrot
• Moorea Sandpiper
• Tahiti Sandpiper
• Tanna Ground Dove
• Tonga Tabu Tahiti Flycatcher (subsp.)

1801

• Norfolk Pigeon

1825

• Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.), a thrush

1826

• Pigeon Hollandaise

1827

• Kusaie Mountain Starling

1828

• Kittlitz's Thrush

1830

• Bonin Grosbeak
• Kangaroo Island Emu (subsp.)
• White Gallinule

1837

• Oahu O-O,

1840

• Dieffenbach's Rail
• Mascarene Parrot

1842

• Jamaican Green and Yellow Macaw

1844

• Great Auk

c. 1850

• Black-fronted parakeet
• Commerson's Scops Owl
• Kioea, a honeyeater
• Kittlitz's Rail
• Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus)
• Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)
• Rodriguez Little Owl
• Steller's Spectacled Cormorant
• Tasmanian Emu (subsp.)

1851

• Norfolk kākā, a parrot

1853

• Lord Howe Island Pigeon

1859

• Jamaican Pauraque, a nightjar

1860

• New Caledonean Lorikeet

1864

• Cuban Red Macaw

1868

• New Zealand Quail
• Réunion Crested Starling

1869

• Red-fronted Parakeet

1870

• Himalayan Mountain Quail

1873

• Samoan Wood Rail

1874

• Coues's Gadwall, a duck

1875

• Labrador Duck

1879

• Bonin Night Heron

1880

• Macquarie Island Banded Rail
• Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet

1881

• Jamaican Wood Rail
• Seychelles Parakeet

1884

• Sandwich Rail

1887

• Ryukyu Kingfisher

1890

• Comoro Scops Owl
• Macquarie Island Parakeet
• Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.),
• Tristan Gallinule, a moorhen

1891

• Lesser Koa-finch

1892

• Guadalupe (Berwick's) Wren (subsp.)
• Puerto Rican Conure, a parrot
• ʻUla-ʻAi-hawane,

1894

• Kona Grosbeak
• Lana'i 'Akioloa (subsp. lanaiensis),
• Lyall's Wren

1895

• Chatham Island Fernbird

1896

• Greater Koa-finch
• Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. affinis),

1898

1899

• Culebra Island Amazon, a parrot

20th century

c. 1900

• Bonin Wood Pigeon
• Antiguan Burrowing Owl (subsp.)
• Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl (subsp.)
• Guadalupe Rufous-sided Towhee (subsp. consobrinus), a bunting
• North Island Laughing Owl (subsp. albifacies)
• South Island Laughing Owl (subsp. rubifacies)
• Modest Rail
• North Island Bush Wren (subsp.)
• Queleli, a falcon
• Saint Kitts Puerto Rican Bullfinch (subsp.)
• Tahiti Rail
• Martinique Wren (subsp.)

1901

• Greater Amakihi,

1904

1906

• Chatham Island Bellbird
• Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.), a woodpecker

1907

• Huia
• Black Mamo

1908

• Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown (subsp. leyboldi), a hummingbird

1910

• New Zealand merganser
• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. ludoviciana)
• Choiseul Crested Pigeon
• Slender-billed grackle

1911

• Guadalupe Storm Petrel

1914

• Forest Spotted Owlet
• Passenger pigeon

1916

• Korean Crested Shelduck

1918

• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. carolinensis)
• Lānaʻi Hookbill, a honeycreeper

1920

• Delalande's Madagascar Coucal
• Laysan Millerbird (subsp.)
• Lord Howe Island Flycatcher
• Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.)

1923

• Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.)
• Iwo Jima Rail
• Lord Howe Island Fantail (subsp.)
• Pink-headed Duck

1925

• Lord Howe Island Starling (subsp.)

1927

• Paradise parrot

1928

• Spotted green pigeon

1929

• Bering cackling goose (subsp.)

1930

• Oʻahu ʻAkepa (subsp.),^[2] a honeycreeper

1931

• Lanai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), a thrush

1932

• Glaucous macaw
• Heath Hen (subsp.)

1934

• Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō

1936

• Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), a thrush

1937

• Lana'i 'Alauahio
• ʻUla-ʻai-hawane

1940

• Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa
• Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.)

1941

• Arabian Ostrich (subsp.)

1944

• Laysan Rail

1945

• Wake Island Rail

1950

• Grand Cayman Oriole (subsp. bairdi)
• Imperial Woodpecker
• Madagascar Serpent Eagle
• New Caledonian White-throated Eared-nightjar

1952

• Niceforo's Pintail (subsp.)

1959

• Rennell Island Teal (subsp. remissa)

1963

• Kākāwahie, a honeycreeper

1964

• Korean Crested Shelduck

1965

• Fiji Bar-winged Rail
• Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu (subsp.)
• New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.)

1969

• Kauai Akialoa (subsp.)

1970

• Molokai 'Alauahio (subsp. flammea)

1971

• St. Lucia Wren (subsp.)

1980

• Bachman's Warbler
• Eskimo Curlew
• Mariana Mallard

1985

• Alaotra Grebe

1987

• Kauai Oo

1988

• Maui 'Akepa (subsp.)

1990

• Borreo's Cinnamon Teal
• Hooded Seedeater
• 'O'u
• O'ahu 'Alauahio
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow
• Atitlán grebe

1995

• Maui Nukupu'u

1998

• Kauai Nukupu'u

21st century

c. 2000

• Siau scops owl

2004

• Po'ouli
• Pernambuco pygmy owl

2007

• South Island kōkako
• Cryptic treehunter, an ovenbird
• Cozumel thrasher

2011

• Alagoas foliage-gleaner

See also

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Day, David. Vanished Species. Galley Books. 1989. 0-8317-2782-9. New York.
2. Web site: Akepa - Loxops coccineus - Details - Encyclopedia of Life. Encyclopedia of Life. 2016-09-26.