Solomon Islands Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus infectus)

Posted on 31 December, 1793 in Extinct • Tagged with Solomon Islands, family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1790s

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 …


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Lord Howe Swamphen or White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus)

Posted on 31 December, 1790 in Extinct • Tagged with Australia (Lord Howe Island), family-RALLIDAE, extinct-1790s

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 …


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