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:

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:

1900

Comments:

This species was found in the Seychelles, but it is now Extinct as a result of hunting pressure. The last known individuals were shot in 1893, and none were found on a survey in 1906.

Habitat:

It was a forest species, probably feeding on fruit …

Year Last Seen:

1885

Comments:

This species was known from Cuba, but hunting drove the population Extinct. The last reports of the species date from 1885.

Habitat:

It inhabited forest and open habitat with scattered trees and palms (Wiley and Kirwan 2013), requiring trees with large holes for nesting purposes …

Year Last Seen:

1875

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius, but it has not been recorded since 1875 and is now Extinct. It is thought that hunting and habitat loss were major contributors to its decline, and that the final blow may have been dealt …

Year Last Seen:

1844

Comments:

This species was known from Tahiti, French Polynesia, but it has not been recorded since 1844 and is now Extinct. Possible causes include deforestation, hunting and predation by introduced species.

Habitat:

Like Raiatea Parakeet C. uleitanus, the species was presumably a forest bird (Forshaw and …

Year Last Seen:

1834

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Réunion, but it has gone Extinct as a result of hunting pressure. The last record of wild birds dates from 1775, and none were observed on a visit in 1804.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, although it is …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species was known from Mauritius, but hunting has driven it Extinct. It was last reported in 1764.

Habitat:

It inhabited the forest.

Causes:

It was widely eaten and is likely to have become extinct through overhunting.

Distribution:

Lophopsittacus bensoni was described from a lower …

Year Last Seen:

1800

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on Guadeloupe. It is thought to have been driven Extinct by hunting during the second half of the 18th century.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, although it is likely to have nested in tree holes in forest and foraged over a wide …

Year Last Seen:

1793

Comments:

This species may have survived as recently as the late 18th century, but became Extinct most likely as a result of over-hunting and predation by invasive mammals.

Habitat:

Nothing directly relating to the habits of this lost species is known.

Causes:

This species was presumably …