Year Last Seen:

1859

Comments:

This species was known from the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but it has not been recorded since a specimen was collected in 1859. Deforestation, hunting and introduced predators are likely to have contributed to this species' extinction.

Habitat:

It was restricted to montane plateau forest and …

Year Last Seen:

1859

Comments:

This species was formerly found on Mauritius, but the logging of its forest habitat has driven it to extinction. It was last recorded in 1837, and certainly Extinct by 1859.

Habitat:

Desjardins reported that it inhabited the island's woods.

Causes:

Deforestation, and perhaps also hunting …

Year Last Seen:

1852

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed across the north Atlantic, but is now Extinct as a result of hunting pressure. The last live bird was seen in 1852.

Habitat:

Historically, birds bred only on remote, rocky islands, probably due to early extirpation in more accessible sites …

Year Last Seen:

1850-1900

Comments:

This species was known from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but is now Extinct as a result of hunting and introduced predators. It is known only from the fossil record and two accounts describing recollections of the species. The oldest member of the Moriori Polynesians …

Year Last Seen:

1850

Comments:

This newly-recognised Pacific sandpiper became Extinct around the 1850s as a result of predation by invasive mammals.

Habitat:

Presumed to be similar to P. parvirostris.

Causes:

This species was presumably driven to extinction by introduced predatory mammals, especially cats and rats.

Distribution:

The type specimen …