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Bird extinction is the complete elimination of all species members under the taxonomic class, Aves. Out of all known bird species, (approximately 11,154), 159 (1.4%) have become extinct, with 226 (2%) being critically endangered. [ 1 ] There is a general consensus among ornithologists that if anthropogenic activities continue as current trends ...
The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics.
Extinct Birds from John James Audubon's Birds of America; New Zealand Extinct Birds List; The Extinction Website; Naturalis – Extinct Birds Archived 2009-10-25 at the Wayback Machine: 3D images of extinct bird species in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History (Leiden, Netherlands). 13 newly-discovered birds declared extinct ...
The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna (typically defined as animal species having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)), [ 1 ] which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. [ 2 ]
Teratornithidae. Teratornithidae is an extinct family of very large birds of prey that lived in North and South America from the Late Oligocene to Late Pleistocene. They include some of the largest known flying birds. Its members are known as teratorns.
The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American duck species. It has the distinction of being the first known endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last known sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York. [ 3 ] It was already a rare duck before European ...
The heath hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) is an extinct subspecies of the greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), a large North American bird in the grouse family. It became extinct in 1932. Heath hens lived in the scrubby heathland barrens of coastal North America from southernmost New Hampshire to northern Virginia in historical times.
Pages in category "Extinct birds of North America" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.