Sunday, July 19, 2015

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

Fri Nov 26, 2010

Makira Wood Rail, Gallinula silvestris (Makira, Solomon Islands),Tristan Moorhen, Gallinula nesiotis (Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic), Mascarene Coot, Fulica newtoni (Mauritius and Réunion, Mascarenes), Fernando de Noronha Rail, Rallidae gen. et sp. indet. (Fernando de Noronha, W. Atlantic), Tahitian "Goose", Rallidae gen. et sp. indet. (Tahiti), Bokaak ‘Bustard,’ Rallidae? gen. et sp. indet. (Bokaak), Rallidae gen. et sp. Indet (Amsterdam Island), Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus (Bogotá area, Colombia), Alaotra Grebe, Tachybaptus rufolavatus (Lake Alaotra, Madagascar) Disappeared from only known location in the 1980s.  Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas (Lake Atitlán, Guatemala), Painted Vulture, (Sarcorhamphus sacra) (Florida), Bermuda Night Heron, Nyctanassa carcinocatactes (Bermuda, West Atlantic), Réunion Night Heron, Nycticorax duboisi (Réunion, Mascarenes), Mauritius Night Heron, Nycticorax mauritianus (Mauritius, Mascarenes), Rodrigues Night Heron, Nycticorax megacephalus (Rodrigues, Mascarenes), Ascension Night Heron, Nycticorax olsoni (Ascension Island, Atlantic), New Zealand Little Bittern, Ixobrychus novaezelandiae (New Zealand), Réunion Sacred Ibis, Threskiornis solitarius (Réunion, Mascarenes), Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (Komandorski Islands, North Pacific), Small Saint Helena Petrel, Bulweria bifax (Saint Helena, Atlantic), Bermuda Shearwater, Puffinus parvus (Bermuda, West Atlantic), Large Saint Helena Petrel, Pseudobulweria rupinarum (Saint Helena, Atlantic), Jamaica Petrel, Pterodroma caribbaea (Jamaica, Caribbean), Pterodroma cf. leucoptera (Mangareva, Gambier Islands), Guadalupe Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma macrodacyla (Guadalupe, East Pacific), Saint Helena Dove, Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos, (???), Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius (Eastern North America, 1914). The passenger pigeon was once probably the most common bird in the world, a single flock numbering up to 2.2 billion birds. It was hunted close to extinction for food and sport in the late 19th century. The last individual died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Bonin Woodpigeon, Columba versicolor (Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands), Ryukyu Woodpigeon, Columba jouyi (Okinawa and Daito Islands, Northwest Pacific), Réunion Pink Pigeon, Nesoenas duboisi (Réunion, Mascarenes),Rodrigues Turtle-dove, Nesoenas rodericana (Rodrigues, Mascarenes), Liverpool Pigeon, "Caloenas" maculata (???)Sulu Bleeding-heart, Gallicolumba menagei (Tawitawi, Philippines, late 1990s?) Norfolk Island Ground-dove, Gallicolumba norfolciensis (Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific), Tanna Ground-dove, Gallicolumba ferruginea (Tanna, Vanuatu), Thick-billed Ground-dove, Gallicolumba salamonis (Makira and Ramos, Solomon Islands), Declared extinct in 2005, Choiseul Crested Pigeon, Microgoura meeki (Choiseul, Solomon Islands), Red-moustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii (Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa, Marquesas, mid-20th century), Two subspecies, the little-known P. m. mercierii (Nuku Hiva) and P. m. tristrami of (Hiva Oa), Negros Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus arcanus (Negros, Philippines), Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissima (Mauritius, Mascarenes), Farquhar Blue Pigeon, Alectroenas sp. (Farquhar Group, Seychelles), Rodrigues Grey Pigeon, "Alectroenas" rodericana (Rodrigues, Mascarenes), Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Mauritius, Mascarenes), Rodrigues Solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues, Mascarenes), New Caledonian Lorikeet, Charmosyna diadema (New Caledonia, Melanesia), Norfolk Island Kākā, Nestor productus (Norfolk and Philip Islands), Society Parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus (Raiatea, Society Islands), Black-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus (Tahiti, Society Islands), Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus (Rockhampton area, Australia)