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List of bird extinctions by year

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The accuracy of these dates for bird extinctions varies wildly between one entry and another. c. 1400 Haast's eagle c. 1500 Moa (Emeus huttoni) Moa (Pachyornis...

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Bird extinction

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factors, with 95% of bird extinctions since the late 15th century being native to islands. Habitat loss has a sizable impact on birds, with deforestation...

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Lists of extinct species

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bird genera List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species List of fossil primates Lists of prehistoric fish List of bird extinctions by year List of...

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List of extinct bird species since 1500

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subspecies of the spotted towhee. Bird extinction Dinosaur Flightless bird Holocene extinction Lazarus taxon List of bird extinctions by year List of fossil...

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Holocene extinction

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Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch. These extinctions span numerous...

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Late Pleistocene extinctions

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across the globe. The extinctions during the Late Pleistocene are differentiated from previous extinctions by the widespread absence of ecological succession...

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Elephant bird

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Elephant birds are extinct flightless birds belonging to the order Aepyornithiformes that were native to the island of Madagascar. They are thought to...

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Bird conservation

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species has probably caused the most extinctions of birds, particularly on islands. most prehistoric human caused extinctions were insular as well. Many island...

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Extinction event

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ecological effects of mass extinctions, also published new estimates of extinction severity based on Alroy's methods. Many extinctions were significantly...

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List of largest birds

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The largest extant species of bird measured by mass is the common ostrich (Struthio camelus), closely followed by the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...

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Dodo

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(Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's...

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Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene

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epoch with the demise of the Pleistocene megafauna. The following list is incomplete by necessity, since the majority of extinctions are thought to be undocumented...

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Megafauna

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Megafaunal Extinction in Context: Large-Scale Analyses of Spatial Patterns, Extinction Rates, and Size Distributions", in MacPhee RD (ed.), Extinctions in Near...

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List of recently extinct mammals

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the last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions". In MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Sues, Hans-Dieter (eds.). Extinctions in Near Time. Advances in Vertebrate...

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Extinction

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Mass extinctions are relatively rare events; however, isolated extinctions of species and clades are quite common, and are a natural part of the evolutionary...

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Carolina parakeet

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("head of yellow") or pot pot chee by the Seminole and kelinky in Chickasaw. Though formerly prevalent within its range, the bird had become rare by the...

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Big year

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A big year is a personal challenge or an informal competition among birders who attempt to identify as many species of birds as possible by sight or sound...

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Great auk

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the Southern Hemisphere birds now known as penguins, which were discovered later by Europeans and so named by sailors because of their physical resemblance...

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Bird

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many bird extinctions have we prevented?". Oryx. 40 (3): 266–79. doi:10.1017/S0030605306000950. Sundar, K. S. Gopi; Subramanya, S. (2010). "Bird use of rice...

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Functional extinction

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"Vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List. Conservation genetics Mutational meltdown Small population size Extinction vortex Extinction debt Extinctions in Near Time:...

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Background extinction rate

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primary contributor to extinctions. This is primarily the pre-human extinction rates during periods in between major extinction events. Currently there...

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Curlew

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The curlews (/ˈkɜːrljuː/) are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled...

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Extinction risk from climate change

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species extinctions, 16–20% terrestrial animal species extinctions, and a combined average of 12–14% animal species extinctions. This was defined by the paper...

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Wake Island rail

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land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, and Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about...

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Pied raven

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Faroe male of hunting age was ordered by royal decree (see Naebbetold) to shoot at least one raven or two other predatory birds per year or be fined...

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Passenger pigeon

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the extinction of the passenger pigeon were the massive scale of hunting, the rapid loss of habitat, and the extremely social lifestyle of the bird, which...

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