Sunday, July 19, 2015

EXTINCT - Bird Species of the Modern Era I : sara june

Fri Nov 26, 2010

Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus and/or A. medius (Madagascar) Upland Moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand), King Island Emu, Dromaius ater (King Island, Australia), Kangaroo Island Emu, Dromaius baudinianus (Kangaroo Island, Australia), West Coast Spotted Kiwi, Apteryx occidentalis (South Island, New Zealand) Korean Crested Shelduck, Tadorna cristata (Northeast Asia), Réunion Shelduck, Alopochen kervazoi (Réunion, Mascarenes), Mauritian Shelduck, Alopochen mauritianus (Mauritius, Mascarenes), Amsterdam Island Duck, Anas marecula (Amsterdam Island, South Indian Ocean), Saint Paul Island Duck, Anas sp. (Saint Paul Island, South Indian Ocean), Mauritian Duck, Anas theodori (Mauritius and Réunion, Mascarenes), Mariana Mallard, Anas oustaleti (Marianas, West Pacific), Finsch's Duck, Chenonetta finschi from New Zealand), Pink-headed Duck, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (East India, Bangladesh, North Myanmar), Réunion Pochard, Aythya cf. innotata (Réunion, Mascarenes), Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius (Northeast North America), Auckland Islands Merganser, Mergus australis (Auckland Islands, Southwest Pacific), The Pile-builder Megapode, Megapodius molistructor (New Zealand), The Viti Levu Scrubfowl, Megapodius amissus (Viti Levu and possibly Kadavu, Fiji), Raoul Island Scrubfowl, Megapodius sp. (Raoul, Kermadec Islands), New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae (New Zealand), Himalayan Quail, Ophrysia superciliosa (North India), Javanese Lapwing, Vanellus macropterus (Java, Indonesia), Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera (Tahiti, Society Islands), White-winged Sandpiper, Prosobonia ellisi (Moorea, Society Islands), North Island Snipe, Coenocorypha barrierensis (North Island, New Zealand), South Island Snipe, Coenocorypha iredalei (South and Stewart Islands, New Zealand), Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis (Northern North America), Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris (Western Siberia), Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis (North Atlantic) – last one eaten by an Icelandic human, Canarian Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus meadewaldoi (Eastern Canary Islands, E Atlantic) Tahitian Red-billed Rail (??????),Hawkins' Rail, Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi (Chatham Islands, SW Pacific), Red Rail, Aphanapteryx bonasia (Mauritius, Mascarenes), Rodrigues Rail, Aphanapteryx leguati (Rodrigues, Mascarenes), Bar-winged Rail, Nesoclopeus poecilopterus (Fiji, Polynesia), New Caledonian Rail, Gallirallus lafresnayanus (New Caledonia, Melanesia), Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis (Wake Island, Micronesia), Tahiti Rail, Gallirallus pacificus (Tahiti, Society Islands), Dieffenbach's Rail, Gallirallus dieffenbachii (Chatham Islands, SW Pacific), Vava'u Rail, Gallirallus cf. vekamatolu (Vava'u, Tonga), Hawaiian Rail, Chatham Rail, Cabalus modestus (Chatham Islands, SW Pacific), Réunion Rail or Dubois's Wood-rail, Dryolimnas augusti (Réunion, Mascarenes) Ascension Flightless Crake, Mundia elpenor (Ascension, Island, Atlantic), Saint Helena Crake, Porzana astrictocarpus (Saint Helena, Atlantic), Laysan Rail, Porzana palmeri (Laysan Island, Hawaiian Islands), Hawaiian Rail, Porzana sandwichensis (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands), Kosrae Island Crake, Porzana monasa (Kosrae, Carolines), Miller's Rail, Porzana nigra (Tahiti, Society Islands), The Laysan Rail was an omnivore, Saint Helena Swamphen, Aphanocrex podarces (Saint Helena, Atlantic), Lord Howe Swamphen, Porphyrio albus (Lord Howe Island, SW Pacific), Réunion Swamphen or Oiseau bleu, Porphyrio coerulescens (Réunion, Mascarenes), Marquesas Swamphen, Porphyrio paepae (Hiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas), The North Island Takahē, Porphyrio mantelli (known from subfossil bones found on North Island, New Zealand),Samoan Wood Rail, Gallinula pacifica (Savai'i, Samoa), Lord Howe Swamphen