Year Last Seen:

1825

Comments:

This taxon was known from Mauke, Cook Islands, but it is now Extinct due to overpredation by introduced brown rats. The type specimen was taken in 1825, and the species was not found on the next ornithological visit to Mauke in 1975.

Habitat:

Nothing is …

Year Last Seen:

1825

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian island of O'ahu, USA, but it was driven Extinct by the logging of its forest habitat. The only record is that of the type specimen, collected in 1825.

Habitat:

According to Bloxam, it occured in forest.

Causes:

The …

Year Last Seen:

1823

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of Maupiti, French Polynesia, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat loss and the action of invasive species. It has not been recorded since the type specimen was collected in 1823.

Habitat:

It is likely to …

Year Last Seen:

1819

Comments:

This species was formerly found on Kangaroo Island, Australia, but is now considered Extinct. It has not been recorded since 1819, and is thought to have succumbed to hunting pressure some years before the arrival of permanent settlers in 1836.

Habitat:

Peron, who visited the …

Year Last Seen:

1815

Comments:

This species was known from Ascension Island, St Helena, but is now Extinct. The only record of the species comes from 1656 and it is thought to have succumbed to predation by introduced rats and cats.

Habitat:

It presumably lived in the near-desert interior of …

Year Last Seen:

1812

Comments:

This Extinct species is known only from a 1774 painting of the type specimen, contemporary descriptions and a few field notes. It occurred on Raiatea (French Polynesia).

Habitat:

Unknown, though referred to as occurring in 'thickets' on the island.

Causes:

It is assumed that the …

Year Last Seen:

1802

Comments:

This species was formerly found on King Island, Australia, but is now considered Extinct. It was last recorded in 1802, and likely had been exterminated through hunting by 1805.

Habitat:

It was reported to prefer the shady margins of lagoons and the shoreline (Marchant and …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was found on Amsterdam Island, French Southern Territories, but it is now Extinct having not been seen since 1793. Hunting was the main cause of its extinction.

Habitat:

It was flightless, and is likely to have inhabited small freshwater pools and lakes.

Causes …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was known from Mauritius, but hunting has driven it Extinct. It was last reported in 1764.

Habitat:

It inhabited the forest.

Causes:

It was widely eaten and is likely to have become extinct through overhunting.

Distribution:

Lophopsittacus bensoni was described from a lower …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was formerly found on St Helena. It is now Extinct, presumably as a result of island deforestation in the 18th century.

Habitat:

It was presumably a small forest cuckoo, which would account for its scarcity in the fossil record.

Causes:

Its extinction is …