Year Last Seen:

1945

Comments:

This species was known from Wake Island in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, but went Extinct in the mid-1940s, being last recorded in 1945 and never seen by an observer who took up residence in 1946. It is thought to have been hunted to …

Year Last Seen:

1944

Comments:

This species was found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, USA, but is now Extinct. The last population, which had been introduced to Eastern Island, was exterminated by introduced rats in 1944.

Habitat:

It inhabited grass tussocks and thickets.

Causes:

It became extinct on Laysan Island …

Year Last Seen:

1937

Comments:

This species may have survived until as late as 1937, but undoubtedly became Extinct soon after. It likely disappeared as a result of over-hunting and predation by invasive rats and cats.

Habitat:

This species was a small gallinule which probably had reduced flying capabilities (Hume …

Year Last Seen:

1930

Comments:

This species was known from the Society Islands, French Polynesia, but has been driven Extinct by cat and rat predation. It was abundant on Tahiti in 1844 but had disappeared by the end of the century, surviving on Mehetia where there were records until the …

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species is likely to have become Extinct in the late 19^th century as a result of predation by rats, though this may have been in combination with feral cat and pig predation, habitat destruction and hunting by islanders.

Habitat:

Its ecology is unknown …

Year Last Seen:

1895-1900

Comments:

This species was known from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but the last known specimen was taken between 1895 and 1900. It is thought that invasive species are responsible, both through direct predation and habitat modification.

Habitat:

It is likely to have occurred in scrubland …

Year Last Seen:

1894

Comments:

This species was endemic to New Zealand's North Island, but has been driven Extinct by human-induced habitat changes, hunting and predation by introduced mammals. There has been only one historical record of the species, in 1894.

Habitat:

It inhabited high altitude alpine grasslands.

Causes:

The …

Year Last Seen:

1890

Comments:

This species was found in Fiji, but it has not been recorded with certainty since 1890 and is now Extinct. Predation by introduced cats and mongooses is thought to have been responsible for its decline.

Habitat:

The species inhabited remote forested areas, secondary forest, old …

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This species is known from New Caledonia's Grande Terre, but has not been recorded since 1860 and is now Extinct. Hunting and invasive species were the principal drivers of its decline.

Habitat:

It probably inhabited marshland.

Causes:

Hunting and the depredations of introduced predators are …

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This species was found in the Hawaiian Islands, USA, but became extinct in the 1860s likely as a result of introduced predators. The last specimen was taken in 1864.

Habitat:

It inhabited clearings in upland forest.

Causes:

The timing of its extinction indicates that it …