Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was known from Moorea, French Polynesia, but it has not been recorded since its collection in 1777 and is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is thought to have been the primary cause.

Habitat:

Like Tahitian Sandpiper P. leucoptera, it presumably lived along …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on Guadeloupe. It is thought to have been driven Extinct by hunting during the second half of the 18th century.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, although it is likely to have nested in tree holes in forest and foraged over a wide …

Year Last Seen:

1793

Comments:

This species may have survived as recently as the late 18th century, but became Extinct most likely as a result of over-hunting and predation by invasive mammals.

Habitat:

Nothing directly relating to the habits of this lost species is known.

Causes:

This species was presumably …

Year Last Seen:

1790

Comments:

This species was known from Lord Howe Island, Australia, but has not been definitely recorded since 1790 and was Extinct by the time the island was settled in 1834. Hunting was the major cause of its decline.

Habitat:

Nothing is known; it may have inhabited …

Year Last Seen:

1784

Comments:

This species was known from Tahiti, but presumably went Extinct soon after it was last described in 1784. Introduced predators are likely to have been responsible.

Habitat:

Nothing is known.

Causes:

Introduced predators are likely to have led to its demise.

Distribution:

Zapornia nigra is …

Year Last Seen:

1779

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on Martinique, but it has been driven to extinction by hunting. The last record dates from 1779 and it is thought to have gone extinct by the end of the 18^th century.

Habitat:

Nothing is known but it is likely …

Year Last Seen:

1779

Comments:

This species was known from Guadeloupe, but it has been driven Extinct by hunting. The last records date from 1779.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, but it is likely to have been a forest species.

Causes:

It was heavily hunted, and this presumably caused its extinction …

Year Last Seen:

1777

Comments:

This species was known from Tahiti, French Polynesia, but it has not been recorded since a specimen was collected in 1777, and is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is likely to have been the primary driver.

Habitat:

All that is known of the species' …

Year Last Seen:

1774

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Raiatea, French Polynesia, but it is now Extinct, probably as a result of habitat clearance or the action of invasive species. Two specimens were collected in the early 1770s and its extinction likely followed.

Habitat:

It was …

Year Last Seen:

1774

Comments:

This species is known from Tanna, Vanuatu, but the only record dates from 1774 and it is now Extinct. Predation by introduced rats is likely to have been the main cause.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, although it may have inhabited the island's forests.

Causes:

This …