Year Last Seen:

1914

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed across North America, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat clearance and hunting. The last reliable wild record dates from 1900, and a search beginning in 1910 failed to find it.

Habitat:

It was a nomadic species, breeding …

Year Last Seen:

1910

Comments:

This species formerly occurred in southeastern USA, but it is now Extinct, primarily as a result of persecution. The last wild records are of the subspecies ludoviciana in 1910.

Habitat:

Birds were wide-ranging but their typical habitat was cypress and sycamore trees along rivers and …

Year Last Seen:

1910

Comments:

This species was known from the Rio Lerma area, Mexico, but it has not been recorded since 1910 and is now Extinct. The draining of its wetland habitat is likely to have been the cause.

Habitat:

It inhabited tule-cattail and sedge filled marshes.

Causes:

Its …