Year Last Seen:

1802

Comments:

This species was formerly found on King Island, Australia, but is now considered Extinct. It was last recorded in 1802, and likely had been exterminated through hunting by 1805.

Habitat:

It was reported to prefer the shady margins of lagoons and the shoreline (Marchant and …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was found on Amsterdam Island, French Southern Territories, but it is now Extinct having not been seen since 1793. Hunting was the main cause of its extinction.

Habitat:

It was flightless, and is likely to have inhabited small freshwater pools and lakes.

Causes …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was known from Mauritius, but hunting has driven it Extinct. It was last reported in 1764.

Habitat:

It inhabited the forest.

Causes:

It was widely eaten and is likely to have become extinct through overhunting.

Distribution:

Lophopsittacus bensoni was described from a lower …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was formerly found on St Helena. It is now Extinct, presumably as a result of island deforestation in the 18th century.

Habitat:

It was presumably a small forest cuckoo, which would account for its scarcity in the fossil record.

Causes:

Its extinction is …

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 …