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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] Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hit hard; Guam has lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the last 30 ...
Bird extinction is the complete elimination of all species members under the taxonomic class, Aves. Out of all known bird species, (approximately 11,154), 159 (1.4%) have become extinct, with 226 (2%) being critically endangered. [ 1] There is a general consensus among ornithologists that if anthropogenic activities continue as current trends ...
The dodo ( Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subfamily Raphinae, a clade of extinct flightless birds that were a part of the family ...
A captive Soccorro dove at the Louisville Zoo. Socorro dove – previously endemic to Socorro Island [1] Hawaiian crow – previously endemic to the Big island of Hawaii [2] Alagoas curassow – previously endemic to the state of Alagoas, Brazil [3] Spix's macaw – previously endemic to Bahia, Brazil [4] Guam kingfisher – previously endemic ...
1873. Samoan Wood Rail [1] 1874. Coues's Gadwall, [1] a duck. 1875. Labrador Duck [1] 1879. Bonin Night Heron [1] 1880.
Elephant birds have been extinct since at least the 17th century. Étienne de Flacourt, a French governor of Madagascar during the 1640s and 1650s, mentioned an ostrich-like bird, said to inhabit unpopulated regions, although it is unclear whether he was repeating folk tales from generations earlier. In 1659, Flacourt wrote of the "vouropatra ...
Neomorpha crassirostris (male) Heteralocha gouldi. The huia ( / ˈhuːjə, - iːə / HOO-yə, -ee-ə; [ 2] Māori: [ˈhʉiˌa]; Heteralocha acutirostris) is an extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The last confirmed sighting of a huia was in 1907, although there was another credible sighting ...
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]