Year Last Seen:

1850-1900

Comments:

This species was known from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but is now Extinct as a result of hunting and introduced predators. It is known only from the fossil record and two accounts describing recollections of the species. The oldest member of the Moriori Polynesians …

Year Last Seen:

1840

Comments:

This species was found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but was driven to extinction by the depredations of introduced species. It has not been seen since 1840.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though it may have inhabited scrub or forest.

Causes:

Its extinction was presumably …

Year Last Seen:

1827-1828

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Kosrae in Micronesia. The only records come from 1827-1828 and it is thought to have been driven Extinct by introduced predators in the subsequent 50 years.

Habitat:

It inhabited coastal swamps and marshes, taro patches and "continually …

Year Last Seen:

1815

Comments:

This species was known from Ascension Island, St Helena, but is now Extinct. The only record of the species comes from 1656 and it is thought to have succumbed to predation by introduced rats and cats.

Habitat:

It presumably lived in the near-desert interior of …

Year Last Seen:

1790

Comments:

This species was known from Lord Howe Island, Australia, but has not been definitely recorded since 1790 and was Extinct by the time the island was settled in 1834. Hunting was the major cause of its decline.

Habitat:

Nothing is known; it may have inhabited …

Year Last Seen:

1784

Comments:

This species was known from Tahiti, but presumably went Extinct soon after it was last described in 1784. Introduced predators are likely to have been responsible.

Habitat:

Nothing is known.

Causes:

Introduced predators are likely to have led to its demise.

Distribution:

Zapornia nigra is …

Year Last Seen:

1730

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of Réunion, but has been Extinct since around 1730. Hunting by settlers was the cause of its decline.

Habitat:

It was reported to inhabit montane forest.

Causes:

It was probably not flightless, but was nevertheless easily hunted, presumably …

Year Last Seen:

1700

Comments:

This species was known from Mauritius, but went Extinct around 1693 due to cat predation and hunting.

Habitat:

It may have inhabited the islands' forests.

Causes:

It was flightless and palatable and therefore was presumably hunted to extinction (Cheke 1987), although introduced cats are also …

Year Last Seen:

1693

Comments:

This species was found in the Mascarene Islands, but it has not been recorded since 1693 and is now Extinct. Hunting was the major cause of its decline.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, but it is likely to have been typical of the genus.

Causes:

They …

Year Last Seen:

1670

Comments:

This recently-described, probably flightless rail was likely driven Extinct in the late 17th century as a result of hunting pressure and predation by introduced rats and cats.

Habitat:

Little is known, but it is likely to have been flightless (Hume and Walters 2012).

Causes:

Presumably …