New Zealand Merganser (Mergus australis)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand (Auckland Islands), family-ANATIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1902

Comments:

This species was formerly found on the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, but it is now Extinct, primarily due to hunting. It was last recorded in 1902, and had been lost by the time a reserve was set up on the islands in 1910.

Habitat:

It …


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Molokai O'o (Moho nobilis)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-MOHOIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1902

Comments:

This species was known from the Big Island of Hawai`i, but was last collected in 1902 with one unconfirmed record in 1934. It is now Extinct. Habitat destruction, hunting and introduced disease were probably the major causes.

Habitat:

It was found in moist montane …


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North Island Piopio (Turnagra tanagra)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-ORIOLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1902

Comments:

This species is known from New Zealand's North Island, but has been driven Extinct by habitat loss and predation. The last confirmed record dates from 1902, and there have been no reports at all since 1970.

Habitat:

Very little is known, although it is likely …


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Sharp-beaked Greenfinch (Viridonia sagittirostris)

Posted on 31 December, 1901 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1901

Comments:

This species is known from Hawaii's Big Island, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1901 and is now Extinct. Most of its habitat was cleared for agriculture, which is likely to have caused the extinction.

Habitat:

It was restricted to dense, moist ohi'a …


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Forster’s Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus musae)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Society Islands), family-ACROCEPHALIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was lost from both islands where it used to occur in the late 1800s or early 1900s and is now Extinct. 

Habitat:

It was thought to breed exclusively in bamboo thickets (P. Raust in litt. 2007).

Causes:

The introduction of feral cats Felis …


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Tristan Moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with UK (Tristan), family-RALLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species is likely to have become Extinct in the late 19th century as a result of predation by rats, though this may have been in combination with feral cat and pig predation, habitat destruction and hunting by islanders.

Habitat:

Its ecology is unknown …


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New Zealand Bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-ARDEIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was known from New Zealand's South Island, but became Extinct for unknown reasons some time in the 1890s.

Habitat:

It is likely to have inhabited freshwater wetlands.

Causes:

Reasons for its extinction are not known, but introduced predators and hunting are responsible for …


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Seychelles Parakeet (Palaeornis wardi)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with Seychelles, family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was found in the Seychelles, but it is now Extinct as a result of hunting pressure. The last known individuals were shot in 1893, and none were found on a survey in 1906.

Habitat:

It was a forest species, probably feeding on fruit …


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Chatham Islands Fernbird (Poodytes rufescens)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-LOCUSTELLIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was formerly found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but is thought to have gone Extinct around 1892 when the last specimen was collected. Habitat destruction and invasive species were probably the major causes.

Habitat:

It occupied low brushland.

Causes:

It presumably declined …


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Oahu Nukupuu (Hemignathus lucidus)

Posted on 31 December, 1899 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1890s

Year Last Seen:

1899

Comments:

This species was found in O'ahu, Hawaii but it went extinct around the end of the 19th century. Perkins found evidence that many individuals existed in the forests of Oahu in 1860, but no collectors found any trace of it in the 1890s (Munro 1960 …


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