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Cryptic Treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti)

Posted on 31 December, 2007 in Extinct • Tagged with Brazil, family-FURNARIIDAE, extinct-2000s

Year Last Seen:

2007

Comments:

Although this species inhabited a region where there is now a high level of observer awareness and searches in suitable habitat have been carried out by professional ornithologists, there have been no records since 2007. Extensive habitat loss has occurred in the region, and the …

Poo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma)

Posted on 31 December, 2004 in Extinct • Tagged with Hawaii, family-FRINGILLIDAE, extinct-2000s

Year Last Seen:

2004

Comments:

Endemic to the island of Maui, Hawaii, this species was first discovered in 1973. However, it declined rapidly between 1975 and 1985, predominantly due to invasive species and disease. By mid-1997 only three individuals remained. One was captured in 2004, but it died later that …