Year Last Seen:

1889

Comments:

This species was found in Japan's Ogasawara Islands, but it has not been recorded since 1889 and is now Extinct. Habitat clearance is likely to have been the major factor driving its extinction.

Habitat:

It inhabited the lush forested interior of the small islands in …

Year Last Seen:

1885

Comments:

This species was known from Cuba, but hunting drove the population Extinct. The last reports of the species date from 1885.

Habitat:

It inhabited forest and open habitat with scattered trees and palms (Wiley and Kirwan 2013), requiring trees with large holes for nesting purposes …

Year Last Seen:

1877

Comments:

This species is known from the island of New Providence, Bahamas, but has been driven to extinction by human disturbance. A specimen was taken in 1877 and it was probably Extinct soon afterwards: subsequent collectors found no trace of it.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though …

Year Last Seen:

1875

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius, but it has not been recorded since 1875 and is now Extinct. It is thought that hunting and habitat loss were major contributors to its decline, and that the final blow may have been dealt …

Year Last Seen:

1875

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed along the northeast coast of North America, but it is now Extinct as a result of hunting. There are no records since the collection of the last specimen, in 1875.

Habitat:

Birds presumably nested on sandbars and around sheltered bays …

Year Last Seen:

1875

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on New Zealand's North, South, and Great Barrier islands, but is now Extinct, probably primarily due to widespread burning of habitat, introduced predators and diseases spread by introduced game birds. A bird that died in 1875 is thought to represent the …

Year Last Seen:

1870

Comments:

This species was extirpated from its historic range by introduced mammalian predators; it was last recorded in 1870 and is classified as Extinct.

Habitat:

The species is assumed to have had similar habits to the extant Coenocorypha, and thought to have possessed a similar nocturnal …

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Réunion, but it became Extinct in the 1850s. Introduced disease and various forms of human disturbance are likely to have contributed to its decline.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, although it is likely to have been a forest …

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This species is known from New Caledonia's Grande Terre, but has not been recorded since 1860 and is now Extinct. Hunting and invasive species were the principal drivers of its decline.

Habitat:

It probably inhabited marshland.

Causes:

Hunting and the depredations of introduced predators are …

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This taxon is known from one specimen, probably from Jamaica, taken in 1860. It is now Extinct, likely due to deforestation or predation by introduced species.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though it is likely to be typical for the genus.

Causes:

Reasons for its extinction …