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 Shelduck
• 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]

1770

• White Dodo[1]

1776

• Réunion Fody[1]

1777

• Society Parakeet

1780

• Bay Thrush[1]
• Mysterious Starling[1]
• Rodriguez 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

• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. carolinensis)[1]
• Forest Spotted Owlet[1]
• Passenger pigeon[1]

1916

• Korean Crested Shelduck[1]

1918

• 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]
• Lord Howe Island White Eye[1]

1924

• 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 Caymen 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

• Kākāwahie, 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]

1974

• Spix's macaw

1980

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

1985

• Alaotra Grebe

1987

• Kauai Oo

1988

• Maui 'Akepa (subsp.)[2]

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

2004

• Po'ouli

2008

• Liverpool Pigeon

See also

• List of recently extinct birds
• 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.