List of possibly extinct birds

List of possibly extinct birds

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IUCN Red List bird species that are listed as "Possibly Extinct"

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Common Name - Scientific Name - Distribution - Year of last confirmed recording

  1. Pink-headed Duck - Rhodonessa caryophyllacea - Bangladesh; India; Myanmar - 1935
  2. Jamaican Petrel - Pterodroma caribbaea - Bahamas; Dominica; Guadeloupe; Jamaica - 1879
  3. Guadalupe Storm-petrel - Hydrobates macrodactylus - Mexico - 1912
  4. Samoan Moorhen - Pareudiastes pacificus - Samoa - 1873
  5. New Caledonian Buttonquail - Turnix novaecaledoniae - New Caledonia - 1911 (single record)
  6. Javan Lapwing - Vanellus macropterus - Indonesia (Jawa) - 1940
  7. Eskimo Curlew - Numenius borealis - Americas - 1963
  8. Siau Scops-owl - Otus siaoensis - Indonesia - 1866 (single record)
  9. Pernambuco Pygmy-owl - Glaucidium mooreorum - Brazil - 2001
  10. New Caledonian Nightjar - Eurostopodus exul - New Caledonia - 1939 (single record)
  11. Jamaican Poorwill - Siphonorhis americana - Jamaica - 1860
  12. Turquoise-throated Puffleg - Eriocnemis godini - Ecuador - 1850
  13. Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Campephilus principalis - United States & Cuba - 1944 & 1987
  14. Imperial Woodpecker - Campephilus imperialis - Mexico - 1956
  15. New Caledonian Lorikeet - Charmosyna diadema - New Caledonia
  16. Sinu Parakeet - Pyrrhura subandina - Colombia - 1949
  17. Glaucous Macaw - Anodorhynchus glaucus - South America - 1936 (zoo specimen)
  18. South Island Kokako - Callaeas cinereus - New Zealand - 2007
  19. Ua Pou Monarch - Pomarea mira - French Polynesia - 1975
  20. Olomao - Myadestes lanaiensis - Hawaii - 1980
  21. Oahu Alauahio - Paroreomyza maculate - Hawaii - 1985
  22. Ou - Psittirostra psittacea - Hawaii - 1989
  23. Kauai Nukupuu - Hemignathus Hanapepe - Hawaii - 1899
  24. Maui Nukupuu - Hemignathus affinis - Hawaii - 1994
  25. Maui Akepa - Loxops ochraceus - Hawaii - 1988
  26. Bachman's Warbler - Vermivora bachmanii - Cuba; United States - 1988

References

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Further reading

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  • IUCN Red List version 2020-3. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved January 2022.
  • Birdlife Data Zone "BirdLife Data Zone". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  • The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition "Clements Checklist". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  • IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 "IOC World Bird List – Version 12.1". Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  • Rewild.org Lost Birds "lost birds". www.rewild.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  • EDGE of Existence "Species". EDGE of Existence. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  • List of critically endangered birds