Year Last Seen:

1995

Comments:

There have been no records of the species since the mid-1990s despite extensive surveys in 2000, 2001, 2008 and 2009, its disappearance likely primarily due to large-scale vegetation clearance. It is therefore classified as Extinct.

Habitat:

It inhabited formerly disturbed areas vegetated by groves of …

Year Last Seen:

1983

Comments:

This species was formerly found on Aldabra, Seychelles, but it is now Extinct due to predation and habitat alteration by invasive species. It was last recorded in 1983, and searches in 1986 confirmed its extinction.

Habitat:

It inhabited dense coastal vegetation.

Causes:

There is little …

Year Last Seen:

1969

Comments:

This species qualifies as Extinct. It is likely that the introduced Brown Tree Snake Boiga irregularis delivered the final blow to the species following significant habitat loss from wetland drainage and increased frequency in fires, potential impacts from pesticides and impacts of a variety of …

Year Last Seen:

1969

Comments:

The species is considered to have become extinct prior to the 1981 volcanic eruption on Pagan, though this event destroyed hopes of the species persisting to the present day. Surveys in the 1970s, 1980s, in 2000 and in 2010 all failed to find any trace …

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was lost from both islands where it used to occur in the late 1800s or early 1900s and is now Extinct. 

Habitat:

It was thought to breed exclusively in bamboo thickets (P. Raust in litt. 2007).

Causes:

The introduction of feral cats Felis …

Year Last Seen:

1839

Comments:

This species is Extinct. It was not recorded since the type series collection in 1838 or 1839 (Holyoak and Thibault 1978, Kennerley and Pearson 2010). The causes of this extinction are unknown, as the precise home of this distinctive Acrocephalus had been uncertain, although it …