List of bird extinctions by year

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

15th century

c. 1400

• Haast's eagle

16th century

c. 1500

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

17th century

Dodo

1650

• Broad-billed Parrot ^[1]

1680

• Mauritian Red Rail ^[1]

1681

• Dodo ^[1]

1690

• Réunion Sheldgoose
• Mascarene Teal

18th century

c. 1700

• 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]
• Rodrigues Solitaire ^[1]

1793

• Oceanic Eclectus Parrot

19th century

c. 1800

• Amsterdam Island Duck
• Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw ^[1]
• Painted Vulture ^[1]
• Reunion Ring-necked Parakeet ^[1]
• Rodrigues Parrot ^[1]
• Moorea Sandpiper ^[1]
• Tahiti Sandpiper ^[1]
• Tanna Ground Dove ^[1]
• Tonga Tabu Tahiti Flycatcher (subsp.) ^[1]

1801

• Norfolk Pigeon ^[1]

1825

• Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.), ^[1] a thrush

1826

• Pigeon Hollandaise ^[1]

1827

• Kusaie Mountain Starling ^[1]

1828

• Kittlitz's Thrush ^[1]

1830

• Bonin Grosbeak ^[1]
• Kangaroo Island Emu (subsp.) ^[1]
• White Gallinule ^[1]

1837

• Oahu O-O, ^[1]

1840

• Dieffenbach's Rail ^[1]
• Mascarene Parrot ^[1]

1842

• Jamaican Green and Yellow Macaw ^[1]

1844

• Great Auk ^[1]

c. 1850

• Black-fronted parakeet ^[1]
• Commerson's Scops Owl ^[1]
• Kioea, ^[1] a honeyeater
• Kittlitz's Rail ^[1]
• Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus) ^[1]
• Moa (Megalapteryx didinus) ^[1]
• Rodriguez Little Owl ^[1]
• Steller's Spectacled Cormorant ^[1]
• Tasmanian Emu (subsp.) ^[1]

1851

• Norfolk kaka, ^[1] a parrot

1853

• Lord Howe Island Pigeon ^[1]

1859

• Jamaican Pauraque, ^[1] a nightjar

1860

• New Caledonean Lorikeet ^[1]

1864

• Cuban Red Macaw ^[1]

1868

• New Zealand Quail ^[1]
• Réunion Crested Starling ^[1]

1869

• Red-fronted Parakeet ^[1]

1870

• Himalayan Mountain Quail ^[1]

1873

• Samoan Wood Rail ^[1]

1874

• Coues's Gadwall, ^[1] a duck

1875

• Labrador Duck ^[1]

1879

• Bonin Night Heron ^[1]

1880

• Macquarie Island Banded Rail ^[1]
• Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet ^[1]

1881

• Jamaican Wood Rail ^[1]
• Seychelles Parakeet ^[1]

1884

• Sandwich Rail ^[1]

1887

• Ryukyu Kingfisher ^[1]

1890

• Comoro Scops Owl ^[1]
• Macquarie Island Parakeet ^[1]
• Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.), ^[1]
• Tristan Gallinule, ^[1] a moorhen

1891

• Lesser Koa-finch ^[1]

1892

• Guadalupe (Berwick's) Wren (subsp.) ^[1]
• Puerto Rican Conure, a parrot ^[1]
• ʻUla-ʻAi-hawane, ^[1]

1894

• Kona Grosbeak ^[1]
• Lana'i 'Akioloa (subsp. lanaiensis), ^[1]
• Lyall's Wren ^[1]

1895

• Chatham Island Fernbird ^[1]

1896

• Greater Koa-finch ^[1]
• Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. affinis), ^[1]

1898

• Hawaii Mamo ^[1]

1899

• Culebra Island Amazon, ^[1] a parrot

20th century

c. 1900

• Bonin Wood Pigeon ^[1]
• Antiguan Burrowing Owl (subsp.) ^[1]
• Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl (subsp.) ^[1]
• Guadalupe Rufous-sided Towhee (subsp. consobrinus), ^[1] a bunting
• North Island Laughing Owl (subsp. albifacies) ^[1]
• South Island Laughing Owl (subsp. rubifacies) ^[1]
• Modest Rail ^[1]
• North Island Bush Wren (subsp.) ^[1]
• Queleli, ^[1] a falcon
• Saint Kitts Puerto Rican Bullfinch (subsp.) ^[1]
• Tahiti Rail ^[1]
• Martinique Wren (subsp.) ^[1]

1901

• Greater Amakihi, ^[1]

1904

• Molokai ‘ō‘ō ^[1]

1906

• Chatham Island Bellbird ^[1]
• Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.), ^[1] a woodpecker

1907

• Huia ^[1]
• Black Mamo ^[1]

1908

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

1910

• New Zealand merganser ^[1]
• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. ludoviciana) ^[1]
• Choiseul Crested Pigeon ^[1]
• Slender-billed grackle

1911

• Guadalupe Storm Petrel ^[1]

1914

• Forest Spotted Owlet ^[1]
• Passenger pigeon ^[1]

1916

• Korean Crested Shelduck ^[1]

1918

• Carolina parakeet (subsp. carolinensis) ^[1]
• Lānaʻi hookbill, a honeycreeper

1920

• Delalande's Madagascar Coucal ^[1]
• Laysan Millerbird (subsp.) ^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Flycatcher ^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.) ^[1]

1923

• Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.) ^[1]
• Iwo Jima Rail ^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Fantail (subsp.) ^[1]
• Pink-headed Duck ^[1]

1925

• Lord Howe Island Starling (subsp.) ^[1]

1927

• Paradise parrot

1928

• Spotted green pigeon

1929

• Bering cackling goose (subsp.)

1930

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

1931

• Lanai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), ^[1] a thrush

1932

• Glaucous macaw
• Heath Hen (subsp.) ^[1]

1934

• Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō ^[1]

1936

• Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.), ^[1] a thrush

1937

• Lana'i 'Alauahio ^[1]
• ʻUla-ʻai-hawane

1940

• Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa ^[1]
• Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.) ^[1]

1941

• Arabian Ostrich (subsp.) ^[1]

1944

• Laysan Rail ^[1]

1945

• Wake Island Rail ^[1]

1950

• Grand Cayman Oriole (subsp. bairdi)
• Imperial Woodpecker ^[1]
• Madagascar Serpent Eagle ^[1]
• New Caledonian White-throated Eared-nightjar

1952

• Niceforo's Pintail (subsp.)

1959

• Rennell Island Teal (subsp. remissa)

1963

• Molokaʻi creeper, a honeycreeper

1964

• Korean Crested Shelduck

1965

• Fiji Bar-winged Rail ^[1]
• Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu (subsp.) ^[1]
• New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.) ^[1]

1969

• Kauai Akialoa (subsp.) ^[1]

1970

• Molokai 'Alauahio (subsp. flammea) ^[1]

1971

• St. Lucia Wren (subsp.) ^[1]

1980

• Bachman's Warbler
• Eskimo Curlew ^[1]
• Mariana Mallard

1985

• Alaotra Grebe

1987

• Kauaʻi ʻōʻō

1988

• Maui ʻAkepa (subsp.) ^[2]

1990

• Borreo's Cinnamon Teal
• Hooded Seedeater
• ʻŌʻū
• Oʻahu ʻAlauahio
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow
• Atitlán grebe

1995

• Kauaʻi nukupuʻu

1998

• Kauaʻi nukupuʻu

21st century

c. 2000

• Siau scops owl

2004

• Poʻouli
• Pernambuco pygmy owl

2007

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

2011

• Alagoas foliage-gleaner

2024

• Slender-billed curlew

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

References

1. Day, David (1989). Vanished Species. New York: Galley Books. ISBN   0-8317-2782-9.
2. "Akepa - Loxops coccineus - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2016-09-26.