Kauai ‘Ō’ō
Moho braccatus
EXTINCT - late 1980s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: Hawaiian archipelago
‘Ō’ū
Psittirostra psittacea
EXTINCT - late 1980s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens directly and indirectly
Location: Hawaiian archipelago
Eskimo Curlew
Numenius borealis
EXTINCT - 1960s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting)
Location: Northern Canada and Alaska
Passenger Pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius
EXTINCT - 1901
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: Central and Eastern North America. Once the most numerous bird on the entire North American continent, perhaps five billion strong
Kaua’i ‘Akialoa
Akialoa stejnegeri
EXTINCT - 1960s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens directly and indirectly
Location: Hawaiian archipelago
Huia
Heteralocha acutirostris
EXTINCT - Likely early 1900s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: North Island of New Zealand
Carolina Parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
EXTINCT - 1910s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: Central and Eastern United States
Carolina Parakeet
Conuropsis carolinensis
EXTINCT - 1910s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: Central and Eastern United States
Laysan Honeycreeper
Himatione fraithi
EXTINCT - 1923
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens directly and indirectly
Location: Hawaiian archipelago
Guadalupe Storm Petrel
Hydrobates macrodactylus
EXTINCT - 1912
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Introducing Invasive Species)
Location: Guadalupe Island
Heath Hen
Tympanuchus cupido
EXTINCT - 1932
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Habitat Loss)
Location: Central North American Plains
Dusky Seaside Sparrow
Ammospiza maritima nigrescens
EXTINCT - 1987
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Habitat Loss and Pollution)
Location: Florida, United States
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Campephilus principalis
EXTINCT - Likely 1940s
Cause of Extinction - Homo sapiens (Hunting and Deforestation)
Location: Southern United States
Extinct