Liverpool Pigeon (Caloenas maculata)

Posted on 31 December, 1928 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Tahiti), family-COLUMBIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1928

Comments:

The one specimen of this poorly-known species may have come from Tahiti, French Polynesia, but this is unclear and it has not been reported there since 1928, when the only possible sightings of the species were made. It is presumed Extinct.

Habitat:

Nothing is known …


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Thick-Billed Ground-Dove (Pampusana salamonis)

Posted on 31 December, 1927 in Extinct • Tagged with Solomon Islands (Makira), family-COLUMBIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1927

Comments:

This species was known from Makira, Solomon Islands, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat destruction, predation by introduced species and over-hunting. The last record is a specimen dating from 1927, and searches in 1995 and more recently failed to find it.

Habitat …


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Paradise Parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus)

Posted on 31 December, 1927 in Extinct • Tagged with Australia, family-PSITTACIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1927

Comments:

This species was formerly found in eastern Australia, but it is now Extinct owing mainly to drought and overgrazing. It has not been recorded since 1927.

Habitat:

It was a specialist of open savanna woodland and shrubby grassland, feeding on native grass seeds and nesting …


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Tasman Starling (Aplonis fusca)

Posted on 31 December, 1923 in Extinct • Tagged with Australia (Norfolk & Lord Howe Island), family-STURNIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1923

Comments:

This species was formerly found on the Australian islands of Norfolk and Lord Howe, but it is now Extinct owing to Black Rat predation, habitat destruction and competition with introduced birds. The last record was of the nominate subspecies on Norfolk Island in 1923; it …


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Laysan Honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii)

Posted on 31 December, 1923 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii (Laysan), family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1923

Comments:

This Laysan endemic honeycreeper became Extinct in 1923 due to the almost complete destruction of vegetation cover on the island following the introduction of rabbits as a food supply for guano miners in the 1890s.The final act was a violent storm, in which what …


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Red-Moustached Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus mercierii)

Posted on 31 December, 1922 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Marquesas), family-COLUMBIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1922

Comments:

This species was found in the Marquesas, French Polynesia, but it is now Extinct due to the action of introduced predators. The last record was of the subspecies tristrami on Hiva Oa, in 1922.

Habitat:

Its ecology is likely to have been similar to other …


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Lanai Hookbill (Dysmorodrepanis munroi)

Posted on 31 December, 1920 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-1920s

Year Last Seen:

1920

Comments:

This species is known from the Hawaiian island of Lana'i, USA, but it has not been recorded since 1918 and is now Extinct. Habitat clearance and introduced predators were responsible for its decline.

Habitat:

It inhabited in montane dry forest at 600-800 m.

Causes:

Much …


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