Bermuda Flicker (Colaptes oceanicus)

Posted on 31 December, 1623 in Extinct • Tagged with Bermuda, family-PICIDAE, extinct-1620s

Year Last Seen:

1623

Comments:

This woodpecker was recently-described from subfossil remains. It is likely to have persisted into the 17th century, but is long Extinct.

Habitat:

This species would probably have excavated nest holes in Sabal bermudana palm trees and in rotten limbs and stumps of hardwoods; these excavations …


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Bermuda Towhee (Pipilo naufragus)

Posted on 31 December, 1612 in Extinct • Tagged with Bermuda, family-PASSERELLIDAE, extinct-1610s

Year Last Seen:

1612

Comments:

This species was endemic to Bermuda, but was likely driven Extinct by invasive predators following human settlement of the island in 1612.

Habitat:

Nothing is known.

Causes:

Invasive predators likely drove this species to extinction.

Distribution:

This extinct taxon was known only from Bermuda.

References …


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Bermuda Night-Heron (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes)

Posted on 31 December, 1610 in Extinct • Tagged with Bermuda, family-ARDEIDAE, extinct-1610s

Year Last Seen:

1610

Comments:

This species is known only from subfossil remains. It likely became Extinct during the early 17th century as a result of invasive predators and hunting for food by human settlers.

Habitat:

The species may have fed on large land crabs (Olson and Wingate 2006).

Causes …


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Bermuda Hawk (Bermuteo avivorus)

Posted on 31 December, 1603 in Extinct • Tagged with Bermuda, family-ACCIPITRIDAE, extinct-1600s

Year Last Seen:

1603

Comments:

This raptor was described from fossil records, and is thought to relate to raptors observed on Bermuda in 1603. It is long Extinct.

Habitat:

No clear information pertaining to this species was ever collected.

Causes:

The cause of extinction is unknown, but may have been …


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