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Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)

Posted on 31 December, 1914 in Extinct • Tagged with North America, family-COLUMBIDAE, extinct-1910s

Year Last Seen:

1914

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed across North America, but is now Extinct as a result of habitat clearance and hunting. The last reliable wild record dates from 1900, and a search beginning in 1910 failed to find it.

Habitat:

It was a nomadic species, breeding …

Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius)

Posted on 31 December, 1875 in Extinct • Tagged with North America, family-ANATIDAE, extinct-1870s

Year Last Seen:

1875

Comments:

This species was formerly distributed along the northeast coast of North America, but it is now Extinct as a result of hunting. There are no records since the collection of the last specimen, in 1875.

Habitat:

Birds presumably nested on sandbars and around sheltered bays …