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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …