Jul 31, 2024, 05:26 PM IST
Many bird species have been lost due to habitat loss caused by human activities in recent decades.
Charles Darwin's 1835 voyage discovered a scarlet red and black bird, declared extinct in 2016. Found on San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos Islands, its final sighting in 1987.
The rangy-looking birds, once found in the Northern Mariana Islands, were eradicated in the 1960s due to habitat degradation, now only found in historical records.
The species of birds, first observed in 1902, disappeared in 1970 and was declared extinct in 1986 due to habitat loss.
Dodo, a legendary extinct bird species found in Mauritius, Madagascar, first mentioned in 1598, last seen in 1662.
Labrador Ducks, last seen in 1875 along the Eastern coast of Canada, had odd bills with wide, flat ends called lamellae, which were already rare before European arrival.
The large flightless birds, known for their breeding colony, were discovered along the Northwestern Atlantic coast and were declared dead in 1844.
Native parrot species, primarily orange, green, and yellow, were once abundant in Eastern U.S. but disappeared in 1918 and became scarce by the mid-19th century.