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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species

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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
For a list of birds known only from fossils, see List of fossil bird genera. For birds that have become extinct since the year 1500, see List of extinct bird species since 1500.

Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded history, specifically before they could be studied alive by ornithological science. They had died out before the period of global scientific exploration that started in the late 15th century. In other words, this list deals with avian extinctions between 40,000 BC and AD 1500. For the purposes of this article, a "bird" is any member of the clade Neornithes, that is, any descendant of the most recent common ancestor of all currently living birds.

Artist's rendition of a Haast's eagle attacking two South Island giant moa

The birds are known from their remains, which are subfossil; as the remains are not completely fossilized, they may yield organic material for molecular analyses to provide additional clues for resolving their taxonomic affiliations. Some birds are also known from folk memory, as in the case of Haast's eagle in New Zealand.

The extinction of the taxa in this list was coincident with the expansion of Homo sapiens beyond Africa and Eurasia, and in most cases, anthropogenic factors played a crucial part in their extinction, be it through hunting, introduced predators or habitat alteration. It is notable that a large proportion of the species are from oceanic islands, especially in Polynesia. Bird taxa that evolved on oceanic islands are usually very vulnerable to hunting or predation by rats, pigs, dogs or cats (animals commonly introduced by humans) as they evolved in the absence of mammalian predators, and therefore have only rudimentary predator avoidance behavior. Many, especially rails, have additionally become flightless for the same reason and thus present even easier prey.

Taxon extinctions taking place before the Late Quaternary happened in the absence of significant human interference. Rather, reasons for extinction are random abiotic events such as bolide impacts, climate changes, mass volcanic eruptions, etc. Alternatively, species may have become extinct due to evolutionary displacement by successor or competitor taxa – it is notable for example that in the early Neogene, seabird biodiversity was much higher than today; this is probably due to competition by the radiation of marine mammals after that time. The relationships of these ancient birds are often hard to determine, as many are known only from very fragmentary remains and complete fossilization precludes analysis of information from DNA, RNA or protein sequencing.

Extinct bird species differed from still-existing birds by being larger, mostly restricted to islands, and often flightless. These factors made them especially vulnerable to human prosecution and to other anthropogenically related declines.[1]

Taxonomic list of Late Quaternary prehistoric birds

All of these birds are in Neornithes.

Paleognathes

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Struthioniformes

The ostriches

†Aepyornithiformes

The elephant birds of Madagascar

†Dinornithiformes

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Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)

The moa of New Zealand

†Gastornithiformes

An extinct order of giant flightless fowl.

Anseriformes

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Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous) and Small-billed moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau)

The group that includes modern ducks, geese and swans.

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New Zealand merganser (Mergus austalis)
      • Aythyini – diving ducks
      • Anatini – dabbling ducks
        • Anas
          • Anas amotape (Campbell 1979) (Talara Tar Seeps, Late Pleistocene of Peru)
          • Anas elapsum (Chinchilla Late Pleistocene of Condamine River, Australia) (“Nettion”)
          • Anas gracilipes (Late Pleistocene of Australia) – likely a junior synonym of the chestnut teal (Anas castanea)
          • Anas schneideri Emslie 1985 (Late Pleistocene of Little Box Elder Cave, U.S.)[8]
          • Anas strennum (Late Pleistocene of Patteramordu, Australia) ("Nettion")
          • Mascarene teal, Anas theodori (Mauritius and Réunion) - extinct 1696
          • Bermuda flightless duck, Anas pachyscelus (Bermuda, West Atlantic)
          • Macquarie Islands teal, Anas cf. chlorotis (Macquarie Islands, Southwest Pacific)
          • Chatham duck, Anas chathamica (Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific)[9]
    • Placement unresolved
      • Giant O'ahu goose, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet. (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Long-legged shelduck, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Rota flightless duck, Anatidae sp. et gen. indet. (Rota, Marianas)

Pangalliformes

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The group that includes modern chickens and quails.

True Galliformes

Charadriiformes

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Gulls, auks and shorebirds

Charadrii

Scolopaci

Lari

Gruiformes

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The group that includes modern rails and cranes.

  • Rallidae – rails
    • †Capellirallus (syn. Gallirallus)
    • †Vitirallus (syn. Gallirallus)
    • †Hovacrex (syn. Gallinula)
    • †Nesotrochis
      • Antillean cave rail, Nesotrochis debooyi (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, West Indies) – may have survived into historic times
      • Haitian cave rail, Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies)
      • Cuban cave rail, Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • New Caledonian gallinule, Porphyrio kukwiedei (New Caledonia, Melanesia) – may have survived into historic times
      • North Island takahē, Porphyrio mantelli (North Island, New Zealand)
      • Huahine swamphen, Porphyrio mcnabi (Huahine, Society Islands)
      • Marquesas swamphen, Porphyrio paepae (Hiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas) – may have survived to the late 19th century
      • Buka swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (Buka, Solomon Islands)
      • Giant swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (New Ireland, Melanesia)
      • Mangaia swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (Mangaia, Cook Islands) (not to genus Pareudiastes)
      • New Ireland swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (New Ireland, Melanesia)
      • Norfolk Island swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific)
      • Rota swamphen, Porphyrio sp. (Rota, Marianas)
      • Ibiza rail, Rallus eivissensis (Ibiza, Mediterranean)
      • Madeira rail, Rallus lowei (Madeira, Macaronesia)
      • Porto Santo rail, Rallus adolfocaesaris (Porto Santo Island, Macaronesia)
      • Rallus sp. (known from subfossil remains found on Madeira and Porto Santo Island)
      • São Miguel rail, Rallus carvaoensis (São Miguel Island, Azores)
      • Pico rail, Rallus montivagorum (Pico Island, Azores)
      • São Jorge rail, Rallus nanus (São Jorge Island, Azores) (erroneously previously described as Rallus minutus, which is a junior homonym)
      • Graciosa rail, Rallus sp. (Graciosa, Azores)
      • Terceira rail, Rallus sp. (Terceira, Azores)
      • Santa Maria rail, Rallus sp. (Santa Maria Island, Azores)
      • Lifuka rail, Gallirallus sp. (Lifuka, Tonga)
      • Nuku Hiva rail, Gallirallus epulare (Nuku Hiva, Marquesas)
      • Ua Huka rail, Gallirallus gracilitibia (Ua Huka, Marquesas)
      • Niue rail, Gallirallus huiatua (Niue, Cook Islands)
      • Mangaia rail, Gallirallus ripleyi (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
      • Tahuata rail, Gallirallus roletti (Tahuata, Marquesas)
      • Huahine rail, Gallirallus storrsolsoni (Huahine, Society Islands)
      • Hiva Oa rail, Gallirallus sp. (Marquesas, Pacific)
      • ʻEua rail, Gallirallus vekamatolu (ʻEua, Tonga)
      • Rota rail, Gallirallus temptatus (Rota, Marianas, West Pacific)
      • Aguiguan rail, Gallirallus pisonii (Aguiguan, Marianas, West Pacific)
      • Tinian rail, Gallirallus pendiculentus (Tinian, Marianas, West Pacific)
      • Saipan rail, Gallirallus sp. (Saipan, Marianas, West Pacific)
      • New Ireland rail, Gallirallus ernstmayri (New Ireland, Melanesia)
      • Norfolk Island rail, Gallirallus sp. (Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific) – may have survived to the 19th century
      • Great Oʻahu crake, Porzana ralphorum (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Great Maui crake, Porzana severnsi (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Mangaia crake, Porzana rua (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
      • Liliput crake, Porzana menehune (Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Small O‘ahu crake, Porzana ziegleri (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Small Maui crake, Porzana keplerorum (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Easter Island crake, Porzana sp. (Easter Island, Southeast Pacific)
      • Great Hawaiian crake, Porzana sp. (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Great Kaua‘i crake, Porzana sp. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Huahine crake, Porzana sp. (Huahine, Society Islands)
      • Mangaia crake #2, Porzana sp. (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
      • Marquesas crake, Porzana sp. (Ua Huka, Marquesas)
      • Mariana crake, Porzana sp. (Marianas, West Pacific) – possibly four species
      • Medium Kaua'i crake, Porzana sp. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Medium Maui crake, Porzana sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Small Hawaiian crake, Porzana sp. (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Hodgens' waterhen, Tribonyx hodgenorum (New Zealand)
      • Viti Levu gallinule, ?Gallinula sp. (Viti Levu, Fiji) – would be separated into Pareudiastes if that genus is considered valid, or may be a new genus
      • New Zealand coot, Fulica prisca (New Zealand)
      • Chatham coot, Fulica chathamensis (Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific)
      • Fulica montanei (Chile)
      • Vavaʻu rail, Hypotaenidia vavauensis (Vava'u, Tonga)
    • Placement unresolved
      • Barbados rail, Rallidae gen. et sp. indet. (Barbados, West Indies) – formerly Fulica podagrica (partim)
      • Easter Island rail, Rallidae gen. et sp. indet. (Easter Island)
      • Fernando de Noronha rail, Rallidae gen. et sp. indet. (Fernando de Noronha, Atlantic) – probably survived into historic times
  • Gruidae – cranes
  • †Aptornithidae – adzebills (probably belongs in a separate order)
    • †Aptornis
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North Island adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis)

Eurypygiformes

Procellariiformes

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The group that includes modern albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels and storm petrels.

  • Procellariidae – petrels
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Dune shearwater or Hole's shearwater, Puffinus holeae (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, East Pacific, and the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula)
      • Lava shearwater or Olson's shearwater, Puffinus olsoni (Canary Islands, East Atlantic)
      • Saint Helena shearwater, Puffinus pacificoides (St. Helena, South Atlantic)
      • Scarlett's shearwater, Puffinus spelaeus (South Island, New Zealand)
      • Menorcan shearwater, Puffinus sp. (Menorca, Balearic Islands) – possibly an extirpated population of a still-existing species
      • ʻEua shearwater, Puffinus sp. (ʻEua, Tonga)
      • ʻEua petrel, Puffinus sp. (ʻEua, Tonga)
      • Oʻahu petrel, Pterodroma jugabilis (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)[13]: 17–22 
      • Canary Islands petrel, Pterodroma sp. (El Hierro, Canary Islands) – possibly an extirpated population of a still-existing species
      • Imber's petrel, Pterodroma imberi (Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific)
      • Pterodroma sp. (Henderson Island, S Pacific)
      • Pterodroma sp. (Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific)
      • Bourne's petrel, Pterodroma sp. (Rodrigues)
      • Pseudobulweria sp. (Taravai, Angakauitai, Mangareva)
    • Placement unresolved
      • Procellariidae sp. (Easter Island, East Pacific) – possibly an extirpated population of a still-existing species

Sphenisciformes

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Chatham penguin (Eudyptes warhami)

Ciconiiformes

Suliformes

The group that includes modern boobies, gannets and cormorants.

Pelecaniformes

  • Ardeidae – herons
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Ardea
      • Nycticorax
        • Niue night heron, Nycticorax kalavikai (Niue)
        • ʻEua night heron, Nycticorax sp. ('Eua, Tonga)
        • Lifuka night heron, Nycticorax sp. (Lifuka, Tonga) – may be synonymous with the ʻEua night heron
        • Mangaia night heron, Nycticorax sp. (Mangaia, Cook Islands)
    • Placement unresolved
      • Ardeidae gen. et sp. indet. (Easter Island, East Pacific)
  • Threskiornithidae – ibises
    • †Apteribis
      • Maui highland ibis, Apteribis brevis (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)[13]: 23–28 
      • Molokaʻi ibis, Apteribis glenos (Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)[13]: 22–23 
      • Maui lowland ibis, Apteribis sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Lanai ibis, Apteribis sp. (Lanai, Hawaiian Islands)
    • †Xenicibis

Cathartiformes

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Teratornis merriami

Phoenicopteriformes

The group that includes modern flamingos.

Mesitornithiformes

  • Mesitornithidae – mesites
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Monias sp. (Madagascar)

Columbiformes

  • Columbidae – doves and pigeons
    • †Dysmoropelia
      • Saint Helena dove, Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos (Saint Helena, South Atlantic) – known from Late Pleistocene bones, but may have persisted until the 16th century
    • †Natunaornis
    • †Bountyphaps
      • Henderson Island archaic pigeon, Bountyphaps obsoleta (Henderson Island, South Pacific)
    • †Tongoenas
      • Tongan giant pigeon, Tongoenas burleyi (Tonga)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Huahine cuckoo-dove, Macropygia arevarevauupa (Huahine, Society Islands)
      • Marquesas cuckoo-dove, Macropygia heana (Marquesas, Pacific)
      • Puerto Rican quail-dove, Geotrygon larva (Puerto Rico, West Indies)
      • Great ground dove, Pampusana nui (Marquesas and Cook Islands)
      • Henderson ground dove, Pampusana leonpascoi (Henderson Island, South Pacific)
      • New Caledonian ground dove, Pampusana longitarsus (New Caledonia)
      • Huahine ground dove, Pampusana sp. (Huahine, Society Islands) – P. nui?
      • Mangaia ground dove, Pampusana sp. (Mangaia, Cook Islands) – P. nui?
      • Rota ground dove, Pampusana sp. (Rota, Marianas)
      • Tongan tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus placopedetes (Tonga, Pacific)
      • Kanaka pigeon, Caloenas canacorum (New Caledonia, Tonga)
      • Henderson imperial pigeon, Ducula harrisoni (Henderson Island, South Pacific)
      • Lakeba imperial pigeon, Ducula lakeba (Lakeba, Fiji)
      • Steadman's imperial pigeon, Ducula david ('Eua, Tonga, and Wallis Island)
      • Tongan imperial pigeon, Ducula sp. ('Eua, Foa and Lifuka, Tonga) – may be synonymous with either D. lakeba or D. david, or possibly a new species
      • Shutler's fruit pigeon, Ducula shutleri (Vava'u and Tongatapu, Tonga)
      • Ducula cf. galeata (Cook Islands) – possibly a new species
      • Ducula cf. galeata (Society Islands) – possibly a new species
      • Ducula sp. (Viti Levu, Fiji) – may be synonymous with D. lakeba
      • Tubuai fruit dove, Ptilinopus sp. (Tubuai, Austral Islands)
      • Columba melitensis (Malta, Sicily)

Cuculiformes

  • Cuculidae – cuckoos
    • Extinct species of extant genera
    • Extinct subspecies of extant species
      • Conkling's greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus conklingi (inland Southwestern North America)

Accipitriformes

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Birds of prey

  • Accipitridae – hawks and eagles
    • †Bermuteo
    • †Amplibuteo
    • †Gigantohierax
      • Gigantohierax suarezi (Cuba, West Indies)
      • Gigantohierax itchei (Cuba, West Indies)
    • †Titanohierax
      • Titanohierax gloveralleni (Bahamas, West Indies)
      • Titanohierax sp. (Hispaniola, West Indies)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Powerful goshawk, Accipiter efficax (New Caledonia, Melanesia)[17]
      • Gracile goshawk, Accipiter quartus (New Caledonia, Melanesia)[17]
      • Accipiter sp. 1 (New Ireland, Melanesia)
      • Accipiter sp. 2 (New Ireland, Melanesia) – one of the two New Ireland species may be the still-existing Meyer's goshawk (Astur meyerianus)
      • Aquila sp. "large" (Madagascar)
      • Aquila sp. "small" (Madagascar)
      • Buteogallus borrasi (Cuba, West Indies)[18] – formerly in Aquila / Titanohierax
      • Wood harrier, Circus dossenus (Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Eyles's harrier, Circus teauteensis (New Zealand)
      • Haast's eagle, Hieraeetus moorei (South Island, New Zealand)
      • Hawaiian eagle, Haliaeetus sp. (Main Hawaiian Islands)[19]
      • Malagasy crowned eagle, Stephanoaetus mahery (Madagascar)[20]
      • Maltese vulture, Gyps meltensis (Malta, Sicily)
    • Extinct subspecies of extant species

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars and potoos

Aegotheliformes

Owlet-nightjars

Apodiformes

Swifts and hummingbirds.

Bucerotiformes

Hornbills and relatives. Formerly included in Coraciiformes.

  • Bucerotidae – hornbills
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Rhyticeros ("Aceros")
        • Lifou hornbill, Rhyticeros ("Aceros") sp. (Lifou, Loyalty Islands)

Piciformes

Woodpeckers, puffbirds and jacamars.

  • Picidae – woodpeckers
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Colaptes
        • Bermuda flicker, Colaptes oceanicus (Bermuda, West Atlantic) – known from Late Pleistocene and Holocene bones, but may have persisted until the 17th century[24]

Coraciiformes

Strigiformes

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Ornimegalonyx oteroi

True owls and barn owls.

  • Strigidae – true owls
    • †Grallistrix
      • Kauaʻi stilt-owl, Grallistrix auceps (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Maui stilt-owl, Grallistrix erdmani (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Molokaʻi stilt-owl, Grallistrix geleches (Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Oʻahu stilt-owl, Grallistrix orion (O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands)
    • †Ornimegalonyx
      • Cuban giant owl, Ornimegalonyx oteroi (Cuba, West Indies)
      • Ornimegalonyx sp. – probably a subspecies of O. oteroi
    • †Asphaltoglaux
    • †Oraristrix
      • La Brea owl, Oraristrix brea (Southern California, North America)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
    • Placement unresolved
      • Strigidae gen. et sp. indet. (Ibiza, Mediterranean)
  • Tytonidae – barn owls
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Tyto
        • Puerto Rican barn owl, Tyto cavatica (Puerto Rico, West Indies) – may still have existed up to 1912; likely a subspecies of, or synonymous with, the still-existing ashy-faced owl (Tyto glaucops)[26]
        • Cuban dwarf barn owl, Tyto maniola (Cuba, West Indies)[26]
        • New Caledonian barn owl, ?Tyto letocarti (New Caledonia, Melanesia)[17]
        • Maltese barn owl, Tyto melitensis (Malta, Sicily) – possibly a paleosubspecies of, or synonymous with, the still-existing western barn owl (Tyto alba)
        • Noel's barn owl, Tyto noeli (Cuba, Barbuda, West Indies) – Tyto neddi is a synonym
        • Hispaniolan barn owl, Tyto ostologa (Hispaniola, West Indies)
        • Bahama giant barn owl, Tyto pollens (Little Exuma and New Providence, Bahamas, West Indies)[27] – Rivero's barn owl (Tyto riveroi) is a synonym
        • Antiguan barn owl Tyto sp. (Antigua, West Indies)
        • Mussau barn owl, Tyto cf. novaehollandiae (Mussau, Melanesia)
        • Greater New Ireland barn owl, Tyto cf. novaehollandiae (New Ireland, Melanesia)
        • Lesser New Ireland barn owl, Tyto cf. alba / aurantiaca (New Ireland, Melanesia)
        • Craves' giant barn owl, Tyto cravesae (Cuba, West Indies)
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Tyto pollens

Falconiformes

Psittaciformes

  • Placement unresolved
    • Psittaciformes gen. et sp. indet. (Rota, Marianas) – cf. Cacatua / Eclectus?
  • Strigopidae – kakas and kakapos
    • Extinct species of extant genera
  • Cacatuidae – cockatoos
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Cacatua
        • New Caledonian cockatoo, Cacatua sp. (New Caledonia)
        • New Ireland cockatoo, Cacatua sp. (New Ireland)
  • Psittacidae – parrots, parakeets, and lorikeets
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Oceanic eclectus (Eclectus infectus)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Saint Croix macaw, Ara autocthones (St. Croix, West Indies)
      • Oceanic eclectus, Eclectus infectus (Tonga, Vanuatu, possibly Fiji) – may have survived to the 18th century or even longer than that
      • Sinoto's lorikeet, Vini sinotoi (Marquesas, Pacific)
      • Conquered lorikeet, Vini vidivici (Mangaia, Cook Islands, and Marqesas)
      • Campbell parakeet, Cyanoramphus sp. (Campbell Island, New Zealand)
    • Extinct subspecies of extant species
      • Amazona
        • Virgin Islands amazon (Amazona vittata ssp. indet.)
    • Placement unresolved
      • Psittacidae gen. et sp. indet. 1 (Easter Island)
      • Psittacidae gen. et sp. indet. 2 (Easter Island)
      • Psittacidae gen. et sp. indet. (Guam, Marianas) – cf. Trichoglossus / Vini?

Passeriformes

  • Placement unresolved
    • Slender-billed Kauaʻi passerine, Passeriformes gen. et sp. indet. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
    • Tiny Kauaʻi passerine, Passeriformes gen. et sp. indet. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
  • Acanthisittidae – New Zealand "wrens"
  • Corvidae – crows, ravens, jays and magpies
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Corvus
        • High-billed crow, Corvus impluviatus (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
        • Robust crow, Corvus viriosus (Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
        • New Zealand raven, Corvus antipodum (New Zealand)
          • North Island raven, Corvus antipodum antipodum (North Island, New Zealand)
          • South Island raven, Corvus antipodum pycrafti (South Island, New Zealand)
        • Chatham raven, Corvus moriorum (Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific)
        • New Ireland crow, Corvus sp. (New Ireland, Melanesia)
        • Puerto Rican crow, Corvus pumilis (Puerto Rico and St. Croix, West Indies) – probably a subspecies of either the Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus) or the palm crow (Corvus palmarum)
  • Hirundinidae – swallows and martins
    • Extinct subspecies of extant species
      • Henderson Island Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitensis ssp. nov. (Henderson Island, South Pacific)
  • Cettiidae – bush warblers
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Horornis
        • ʻEua bush warbler, Horornis sp. (ʻEua, Tonga)
  • Zosteropidae – white-eyes
    • Placement unresolved
      • Tongan large white-eye, Zosteropidae gen. et sp. indet. (ʻEua, Tonga)
      • Guam large white-eye, Zosteropidae gen. et sp. indet. (Guam, Marianas)
  • Sturnidae – starlings
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Mauritius starling (Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus)
    • †Cryptopsar
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Aplonis
        • Huahine starling, Aplonis diluvialis (Huahine, Society Islands)
        • Erromango starling, Aplonis sp. (Erromango, Vanuatu)
  • Turdidae – thrushes
    • †Meridiocichla
      • Meridiocichla salotti (Corsica)
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Myadestes
        • Olomaʻo, Myadestes lanaiensis (Maui, Hawaiian Islands) – may have survived until the 19th century
  • Mohoidae – Hawaiian honeyeaters
    • Prehistorically extinct species of recently extinct genera
      • Oʻahu kioea, Chaetoptila cf. angustipluma (Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Narrow-billed kioea, ?Chaetoptila sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
  • Fringillidae – true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers
    • †Orthiospiza
    • †Xestospiza
    • †Vangulifer
      • Strange-billed finch, Vangulifer mirandus (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Thin-billed finch, Vangulifer neophasis (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
    • †Aidemedia
      • Oʻahu icterid-like gaper, Aidemedia chascax (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Sickle-billed gaper, Aidemedia zanclops (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Maui Nui icterid-like gaper, Aidemedia lutetiae (Maui and Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
    • Prehistorically extinct species of extant and recently extinct genera
      • Slender-billed greenfinch, Chloris aurelioi (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
      • Trias greenfinch, Chloris triasi (La Palma, Canary Islands)
      • Greater Azores bullfinch, Pyrrhula crassa (Graciosa, Azores)[32]
      • Kauaʻi finch, Telespiza persecutrix (Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Maui Nui finch, Telespiza ypsilon (Maui and Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Maui finch, Telespiza cf. ypsilon (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Kauaʻi palila, Loxioides kikuichi (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands) – possibly survived until the early 18th century
      • Scissor-billed koa finch, Rhodacanthis forfex (Kauaʻi and Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Primitive koa finch, Rhodacanthis litotes (Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Wahi grosbeak, Chloridops wahi (Oʻahu and Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • King Kong grosbeak, Chloridops regiskongi (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Kauaʻi grosbeak, Chloridops sp. (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands) – may be synomynous with C. wahi
      • Maui grosbeak, Chloridops sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Giant nukupuʻu, Hemignathus vorpalis (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa, Akialoa upupirostris (Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Giant ʻakialoa, Akialoa sp. (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Akialoa sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Stout-legged finch, Ciridops tenax (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Molokaʻi ʻula-ʻai-hawane, Ciridops cf. anna (Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Islands)
      • Oʻahu ʻula-ʻai-hawane, Ciridops sp. (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
    • Placement unresolved
      • Drepanidini gen. et sp. indet. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands) – at least three species
      • Drepanidini gen. et sp. indet. (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands)
  • Estrildidae – waxbills
    • Extinct species of extant genera
      • Erythrura
        • Marianas parrotfinch, Erythrura sp. (Guam and Rota, Marianas)
  • Emberizidae – Old World buntings
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Long-legged bunting (Emberiza alcoveri)
  • Passerellidae – New World sparrows
    • †Pedinorhis
      • Puerto Rican obscure bunting, Pedinorhis stirpsarcana (Puerto Rico, West Indies)
  • Icteridae - New World blackbirds, New World orioles and grackles

See also

References

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