List of bird extinctions by year

The accuracy of these dates varies wildly between one entry and another.

16th century

c. 1500

• Moa (Emeus huttoni)^[1]
• Moa (Pachyornis septentrionalis)^[1]

17th century

1650

• Broad-billed Parrot^[1]

1680

• Mauritian Red Rail^[1]

1681

• Dodo^[1]

1690

• Réunion Shelduck
• Mascarene Teal

18th century

c. 1700

• Elephant Bird^[1]
• Leguat's Rail^[1]
• Mauritian Barn Owl (Tyco sauzieri)^[1]
• Réunion Solitaire^[1]

1722

• Labat's Conure^[1]

1750

• Guadeloupe Amazon^[1]
• Martinique Amazon^[1]

1760

• Lesser Antillean Macaw

1765

• Jamaican Yellow-headed Macaw^[1]

1770

• White Dodo^[1]

1776

• Réunion Fody^[1]

1777

• Society Parakeet

1780

• Bay Thrush^[1]
• Mysterious Starling^[1]
• Rodriguez Solitaire^[1]

1793

• Oceanic Eclectus Parrot

19th century

c. 1800

• Amsterdam Island Duck
• Dominican Green-and-yellow Macaw^[1]
• Painted Vulture^[1]
• Reunion Ring-necked Parakeet^[1]
• Rodrigues Parrot^[1]
• Moorea Sandpiper^[1]
• Tahiti Sandpiper^[1]
• Tanna Ground Dove^[1]
• Tonga Tabu Tahiti Flycatcher (subsp.)^[1]

1801

• Norfolk Pigeon^[1]

1825

• Oahu ‘Ōma’o (subsp.),^[1] a thrush

1826

• Pigeon Hollandaise^[1]

1827

• Kusaie Mountain Starling^[1]

1828

• Kittlitz's Thrush^[1]

1830

• Bonin Grosbeak^[1]
• Kangaroo Island Emu (subsp.)^[1]
• White Gallinule^[1]

1837

• Oahu O-O,^[1] a bird of paradise

1840

• Dieffenbach's Rail^[1]
• Mascarene Parrot^[1]

1842

• Jamaican Green and Yellow Macaw^[1]

1844

• Great Auk^[1]

c. 1850

• Black-fronted parakeet^[1]
• Commerson's Scops Owl^[1]
• Kioea,^[1] a honeyeater
• Kittlitz's Rail^[1]
• Giant Moa (Dinornis maximus)^[1]
• Moa (Megalapteryx didinus)^[1]
• Rodriguez Little Owl^[1]
• Steller's Spectacled Cormorant^[1]
• Tasmanian Emu (subsp.)^[1]

1851

• Norfolk Kaka,^[1] a parrot

1853

• Lord Howe Island Pigeon^[1]

1859

• Jamaican Pauraque,^[1] a nightjar

1860

• New Caledonean Lorikeet^[1]

1864

• Cuban Red Macaw^[1]

1868

• New Zealand Quail^[1]
• Réunion Crested Starling^[1]

1869

• Red-fronted Parakeet^[1]

1870

• Himalayan Mountain Quail^[1]

1873

• Samoan Wood Rail^[1]

1874

• Coues' Gadwall,^[1] a duck

1875

• Labrador Duck^[1]

1879

• Bonin Night Heron^[1]

1880

• Macquarie Island Banded Rail^[1]
• Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet^[1]

1881

• Jamaican Wood Rail^[1]
• Seychelles Parakeet^[1]

1884

• Sandwich Rail^[1]

1887

• Ryukyu Kingfisher^[1]

1890

• Comoro Scops Owl^[1]
• Macquarie Island Parakeet^[1]
• Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp.),^[1] a bird of paradise
• Tristan Gallinule,^[1] a moorhen

1891

• Lesser Koa-finch^[1]

1892

• Guadalupe (Berwick's) Wren (subsp.)^[1]
• Puerto Rican Conure, a parrot^[1]
• ʻUla-ʻAi-hawane,^[1] a bird of paradise

1894

• Kona Grosbeak^[1]
• Lana'i 'Akioloa (subsp. lanaiensis), a bird of paradise^[1]
• Stephen Island Wren^[1]

1895

• Chatham Island Fernbird^[1]

1896

• Greater Koa-finch^[1]
• Maui Nui 'Akialoa (subsp. affinis),^[1] a bird of paradise

1898

• Hawaii Mamo,^[1] a bird of paradise

1899

• Culebra Island Amazon,^[1] a parrot

20th century

c. 1900

• Bonin Wood Pigeon^[1]
• Antiguan Burrowing Owl (subsp.)^[1]
• Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl (subsp.)^[1]
• Guadalupe Rufous-sided Towhee (subsp. consobrinus),^[1] a bunting
• North Island Laughing Owl (subsp. albifacies)^[1]
• South Island Laughing Owl (subsp. rubifacies)^[1]
• Modest Rail^[1]
• North Island Bush Wren (subsp.)^[1]
• Queleli,^[1] a falcon
• Saint Kitts Puerto Rican Bullfinch (subsp.)^[1]
• Tahiti Rail^[1]
• Martinique Wren (subsp.)^[1]

1901

• Greater Amakihi,^[1] a bird of paradise

1904

• Molokai ‘ō‘ō,^[1] a bird of paradise

1906

• Chatham Island Bellbird^[1]
• Guadalupe Flicker (subsp.),^[1] a woodpecker

1907

• Huia^[1]
• Black Mamo^[1]

1908

• Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown (subsp. leyboldi), a hummingbird

1910

• Auckland Island Merganser^[1]
• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. ludoviciana)^[1]
• Choiseul Crested Pigeon^[1]
• Slender-billed grackle

1911

• Guadalupe Storm Petrel^[1]

1914

• Carolina Parakeet (subsp. carolinensis)^[1]
• Forest Spotted Owlet^[1]
• Passenger pigeon^[1]

1916

• Korean Crested Shelduck^[1]

1918

• Lānaʻi Hookbill, a honeycreeper

1920

• Delalande's Madagascar Coucal^[1]
• Laysan Millerbird (subsp.)^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Flycatcher^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.)^[1]

1923

• Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.)^[1]
• Lord Howe Island White Eye^[1]

1924

• Iwo Jima Rail^[1]
• Lord Howe Island Fantail (subsp.)^[1]
• Pink-headed Duck^[1]

1925

• Lord Howe Island Starling (subsp.)^[1]

1927

• Paradise parrot

1929

• Bering cackling goose (subsp.)

1930

• Oʻahu ʻAkepa (subsp.),^[2] a honeycreeper

1931

• Lanai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.),^[1] a thrush

1932

• Glaucous macaw
• Heath Hen (subsp.)^[1]

1934

• Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō^[1]

1936

• Molokai ʻōmaʻo (subsp.),^[1] a thrush

1937

• Lana'i 'Alauahio^[1]
• ʻUla-ʻai-hawane

1940

• Hawaiʻi ʻAkialoa^[1]
• Oahu 'Akioloa (subsp.)^[1]

1941

• Arabian Ostrich (subsp.)^[1]

1944

• Laysan Rail^[1]

1945

• Wake Island Rail^[1]

1950

• Grand Caymen Oriole (subsp. bairdi)
• Imperial Woodpecker^[1]
• Madagascar Serpent Eagle^[1]
• New Caledonian White-throated Eared-nightjar

1951

• American Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (subsp.)^[1]

1952

• Niceforo's Pintail (subsp.)

1959

• Rennell Island Teal (subsp. remissa)

1963

• Kākāwahie, a honeycreeper

1964

• Korean Crested Shelduck

1965

• Fiji Bar-winged Rail^[1]
• Kauaʻi Nukupuʻu (subsp.)^[1]
• New Zealand Bush Wren (subsp.)^[1]

1969

• Kauai Akialoa (subsp.)^[1]

1970

• Molokai 'Alauahio (subsp. flammea)^[1]

1971

• St. Lucia Wren (subsp.)^[1]

1981

• Bachman's Warbler
• Eskimo Curlew^[1]
• Mariana Mallard

1987

• Kauai Oo

1988

• Maui 'Akepa (subsp.)^[2]

1990

• Borreo's Cinnamon Teal
• Hooded Seedeater
• 'O'u
• O'ahu 'Alauahio
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow

1995

• Maui Nukupu'u

1998

• Kauai Nukupu'u

21st century

2004

• Po'ouli

See also

List of recently extinct birds

Lists of extinct animals

List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands

List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe

List of extinct animals of Réunion

References