Brace’s Emerald (Riccordia bracei)

Posted on 31 December, 1877 in Extinct • Tagged with Bahamas, family-TROCHILIDAE, extinct-1870s

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 …


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Newton's Parakeet (Alexandrinus exsul)

Posted on 31 December, 1875 in Extinct • Tagged with Mauritius (Rodrigues), family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1870s

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 …


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Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius)

Posted on 31 December, 1875 in Extinct • Tagged with North America, family-ANATIDAE, extinct-1870s

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 …


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New Zealand Quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae)

Posted on 31 December, 1875 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-PHASIANIDAE, extinct-1870s

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 …


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North Island Snipe (Coenocorypha barrierensis)

Posted on 31 December, 1870 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-SCOLOPACIDAE, extinct-1870s

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 …


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