Passeriformes (Passerine Birds)

 

Family: Acanthisittidae (New Zealand Wrens)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
†Dendroscansor decurvirostris	Millener & Worthy 1991	Long-billed wren	>1280 AD	South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
†Traversia lyalli	Rothschild, 1894	Stephens Island wren, Lyall's wren, Stephens Island rockwren, Steven Island wren	1894 or February 1895	Stephens Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand (prehistorically North & South islands as well)	Extinct	Access
Xenicus gilviventris ssp. nov.	-	North Island rock wren	?	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Xenicus jagmi	Millener, 1988	North Island stout-legged wren	Holocene	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Xenicus †longipes longipes	Gmelin, 1789	Bush wren, South Island bush wren, matuhituhi	1972	South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Xenicus †longipes stokesii	Gray, 1862	North Island bush wren	1850	North Island, New Zealand (and Kapiti Island?)	Extinct	Access
Xenicus †longipes variabilis	Stead, 1936	Stead's bush wren	1965 (c.1972?)	Big South Cape Island, Kaimohu & Stewart Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Xenicus yaldwyni	Millener, 1988	South Island stout-legged wren, Yaldwyn's wren	Holocene	South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Acanthizidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Acanthiza pusilla magnirostris	(Campbell, 1903)	King Island brown thornbill, Large-billed tit (archaic)	-	King Island, Tasmania, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Gerygone insularis	Ramsay, 1878	Lord Howe (Island) gerygone, Lord Howe Island flycatcher, Rain-bird, Pop-goes-the-Weasel	1928	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Pycnoptilus fordi	Baird, 1993		Late Pleistocene	Victoria, Australia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Acrocephalidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Acrocephalus astrolabii	Holyoak & Thibault, 1978	Astrolabe nightingale reed warbler, Mangareva reed-warbler, Gambier reed warbler	c.1835	Unknown (Yap Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia?)	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus atyphus flavidus	(Murphy & Mathews, 1929)	Napuka reed warbler	1920?	Napuka Island, Disappointment Group, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia	Extant?	Access
Acrocephalus brevipennis	Keulemans, 1866	Cape Verde warbler, Cape Verde (Islands) cane warbler, Cape Verde swamp-warbler	-	Cape Verde Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris	Rothschild, 1892	Millerbird, Miller bird, Laysan millerbird, Laysan warbler, Hawaiian reed-warbler	1916 (April 1923?)	Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus longirostris	Gmelin, 1789	Moorea reed-warbler, Mo'orea reed-warbler, Mo'orea reed warbler	1981	Moorea, Society Islands	Missing	Access
Acrocephalus luscinius	(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)	Guam reed-warbler, Nightingale reed-warbler	1969	Guam	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus musae garretti	Holyoak & Thibault, 1978	Huahine reed-warbler	1887	Huahine, Society Islands	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus musae musae	Forster, 1844	Raiatea reed-warbler, Leeward Islands reed-warbler	c.1870	Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus nijoi	Yamashina, 1942 (1940?)	Aguiguan nightingale reed-warbler	1983-1985	Aguijan (=Aguiguan =Agiguan =Aguihan), Northern Mariana Islands	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus orinus	Oberholser, 1905	Large-billed reed-warbler, Large-billed reed warbler	-	Asia and Afghanistan	Rediscovered	Access
Acrocephalus yamashinae	(Taka-Tsukasa, 1931)	Pagan nightingale reed-warbler, Pagan reed-warbler	1960 (1970's?)	Pagan, Marianas Islands	Extinct	Access
Acrocephalus sp. nov. ‘Majuro’	-	Majuro reed-warbler	c.1880?	Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands	Extinct	Access
Nesillas aldabrana	Benson & Penny, 1968	Aldabra brush warbler, Aldabra brush-warbler, Aldabra bush-warbler, Aldabra tsikirity, Aldabra warbler	1983	Ile Malabar, Aldabra, Seychelles	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Artamidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Strepera graculina ashbyi	Mathews, 1913	Western Victorian pied currawong, Otway forester, Pied currawong (western Victoria), Pied currawong (Grampians)	-	Victoria (south-west), Australia	Falsely listed as extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Atrichornithidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Atrichornis clamosus	Gould, 1844	Noisy Scrubbird, Noisy scrub-bird, Western scrubird, djimolook	-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Bernieridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Xanthomixis tenebrosa	(Stresemann, 1925)	Dusky tetraka, Dusky greenbul	(rediscovered)	Madagascar	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Callaeidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Callaeas cinereus	Gmelin, 1788	South Island kokako, Orange-wattled crow, Orange wattled crow	late 1950's-late 1960's	South Island & Stewart Island, New Zealand	Missing	Access
Heteralocha acutirostris	Gould, 1837	Huia	1905?	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Calyptophilidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Calyptophilus frugivorus abbotti	Richmond & Swales, 1924	Abbott’s chat-tanager, Eastern chat-tanager (abbotti)	early 1980's	Gonâve Island (=Isla Gonave), Haiti, Hispaniola	Missing	Access
Calyptophilus frugivorus frugivorus	Cory, 1883	Samaná eastern chat-tanager	early 1980's	Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Campephagidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Coracina coerulescens altera	Ramsay, 1881	Cebu blackish cuckooshrike	1906	Cebu, Philippines	Extinct	Access
Coracina coerulescens deschauenseei	duPont, 1972	Marinduque blackish cuckooshrike, Blackish cuckooshrike (deschauenseei)	1971	Marinduque, north central Philippines	Missing	Access
Coracina striata cebuensis	Ogilvie-Grant, 1896	Cebu barred greybird	1906	Cebu, Philippines	Extinct	Access
Coracina tenuirostris edithae	Stresemann, 1932	Maros cicadabird, Slender-billed cicadabird (species)	1931?	South Sulawesi, Indonesia	Rediscovered?	Access
Edolisoma rostratum	(Hartert, 1898)	Rossel cicadabird	-	Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access
Lalage leucopyga leucopyga	Gould, 1838	Norfolk (Island) triller, Norfolk (Island) long-tailed triller	1942	Norfolk Island, Australia	Extinct	Access
Lalage sp. nov. ''Eua'			Holocene?	'Eua, Tonga	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Cardinalidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Amaurospiza moesta carrizalensis	Lentino & Restall, 2003	Carrizal seedeater	-	Isla Carrizal, lower río Caroni, Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Spiza townsendi	Audubon, 1834	Townsend's bunting, Townsend's dickcissel	11 May 1833	New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access

 

 

Family: Cettiidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cettia diphone restricta	(Kuroda, 1923)	Daito bush-warbler	-	Minami-Daito Island & Okinawa, Japan	Rediscovered	Access
Cettia sp. nov.	-	Tongan bush-warbler	?	'Eua, Tonga	Extinct	Access
Urosphena subulata advena	(Hartert, 1906)	Babar stubtail	-	Babar Island, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Cinclidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cinclus cinclus olympicus	(Madarász, 1903)	Cyprus dipper	c.1950	Cyprus	Invalid (synonym)	Access

 

 

Family: Cinclosomatidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta	Schodde & Mason, 1999	Mount Lofty Ranges Spotted quail-thrush, Spotted quail-thrush (Mt Lofty Ranges)	1981	Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Cisticolidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Apalis chariessa chariessa	Reichenow, 1879	White-winged apalis	1961	Lower Tana river, Kenya	Missing	Access
Artisornis moreaui sousae	(Benson, 1945)	Long-billed tailorbird, Mozambique forest-warbler	-	Mozambique	Rediscovered	Access
Cisticola melanurus	(Cabanis, 1882)	Black-tailed cisticola, Slender-tailed cisticola	-	Angola & DR Congo	Rediscovered	Access
Cisticola restricta	Traylor, 1967	Tana River cisticola	1972	Lower Tana River basin, Kenya (eastern)	Invalid (synonym)?	Access
Eremomela turneri kalindei	Prigogine, 1958	Western Turner's eremomela	?	Democratic Republic of Congo & Uganda	Extant?	Access

 

 

Family: Cotingidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Lipaugus conditus	(Snow, 1980)	Grey-winged cotinga, Gray-winged cotinga	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Phibalura flavirostris boliviana	Chapman, 1930	Palkachupa cotinga, Bolivian Swallow-tailed cotinga	-	Bolivia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Corvidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Corvus antecorax	Mourer-Chauviré, 1975		Late Pleistocene	Europe	Extinct	Access
Corvus corax varius morph "leucophaeus"	Brünnich, 1764	Pied raven, White-speckled raven, Hvítravnur (Færoese)	1902 or 1948	Faroe Islands, North Atlantic	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Corvus fangshannus	Hou, 1993		late Middle or Late Pleistocene	China	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Corvus hawaiiensis	Peale, 1849 "1848"	Hawaiian crow, ‘Alalā	2002	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Formerly extinct in the wild	Access
Corvus impluviatus	James & Olson, 1991	Deep-billed crow, High-billed crow	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Corvus moriorum antipodum	Forbes, 1893	North Island (Maori) crow/raven	Holocene	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Corvus moriorum moriorum	Forbes, 1892	Chatham Islands Maori crow, Chatham Islands Maori raven, Extinct New Zealand raven	Holocene	Chatham Islands (& South Island? & Auckland Islands?), New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Corvus moriorum pycrafti	Gill, 2003	South Island Maori crow, South Island Maori raven	Holocene	South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Corvus neomexicanus	Magish & Harris, 1976	New Mexico raven	Late Pleistocene	New Mexico, USA	Extinct	Access
Corvus pumilus	Wetmore, 1920	Puerto Rican crow	Holocene	Puerto Rico	Extinct	Access
Corvus unicolor	(Rothschild & Hartert, 1900)	Banggai crow	-	Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Corvus viriosus	James & Olson, 1991	Robust crow	Holocene	Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands	Extinct	Access
Corvus wetmorei	Brodkorb, 1959	Wetmore's crow	Late Pleistocene?	Bahamas	Extinct	Access
Corvus sp. nov. ‘New Ireland’	-	New Ireland crow	?	New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea	Extinct	Access
Henocitta brodkorbi	Holman, 1959		Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Protocitta dixi	Brodkorb, 1957		Late Pleistocene	Florida & Texas, USA	Invalid (synonym?)	Access
CORVIDAE gen. et. sp. indet.	-		?	Mallorca and/or Menorca	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Dasyornithidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Dasyornis broadbenti litoralis	Milligan, 1902	South-western Rufous Bristle(-)bird, Lesser Bristle(-)bird	27 December 1906	Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Dendrocolaptidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus fortis	Heine, 1860	Strong-billed woodcreeper (fortis)	1860 or before	Unknown	Missing?	Access

 

 

Family: Dicaeidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Dicaeum quadricolor	Tweeddale, 1877	Cebu flowerpecker, Four-colored flowerpecker	-	Cebu, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Dicaeum trigonostigma pallidius	Bourns & Worcester, 1894	Cebu orange-breasted flowerpecker	-	Cebu, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Emberizidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Emberiza alcoveri	Rando, López & Seguí, 1999	Long-legged bunting	?	Teneriffe, Canary Islands, North Africa	Extinct	Access
Melospiza melodia amaka	Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1951	Amak Island song sparrow	1988	Amak Island, Alaska, USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Melospiza melodia graminea	Townsend, 1890	Channel island song sparrow	?	Channel Islands, California, USA	Rediscovered?	Access
Pedinorhis stipsarcana	Olson & McKitrick, 1981	Puerto Rican bunting	?	Puerto Rico	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Estrildidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Estrilda poliopareia	Reichenow, 1902	Anambra waxbill	-	Benin & Nigeria	Rediscovered	Access
Erythrura sp. nov. 'Mariana Islands'	-	Marianas parrot-finch		Guam & Rota, Mariana Islands	Extinct	Access
Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda	Gould, 1837	Eastern star finch, Star finch (eastern subspecies), Southern star finch, Star finch (southern)	1926; c.1994?	New South Wales & Queensland, Australia	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Eurylaimidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Pseudocalyptomena graueri	Rothschild, 1909	Grauer's broadbill, African green broadbill	-	DR Congo & Uganda	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Formicariidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Formicarius rufifrons	Blake, 1957	Rufous-fronted antthrush	-	Bolivia, Brazil and Peru	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Fringillidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aidemedia chascax	James & Olson, 1991	Oahu icterid-like gaper, Straight-billed gaper	?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands	Extinct	Access
Aidemedia lutetiae	James & Olson, 1991	Maui Nui icterid-like gaper	?	Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Aidemedia zanclops	James & Olson, 1991	Sickle-billed gaper	?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Carduelis sp. nov. 'La Gomera'	-		?	La Gomera, Canary Islands	Extinct	Access
Carpodacus mexicanus mcgregori	Anthony, 1897	McGregor’s housefinch, San Benito housefinch	1938	Isla San Benito, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico	Missing	Access
Chaunoproctus ferreorostris	(Vigors, 1829)	Bonin grosbeak	1828	Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands), Japan	Extinct	Access
Chloridops kona	Wilson, 1888	Kona grosbeak	1894	Hawaii (& Lanai?), Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Chloridops regiskongi	James & Olson, 1991	Giant grosbeak, King kong grosbeak	Holocene	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Chloridops wahi	James & Olson, 1991	Oahu grosbeak, Wahi grosbeak	Holocene	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Chloridops sp. nov. 'Kauai'	-	Kauai grosbeak	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Chloridops sp. nov. 'Maui'	-	Maui grosbeak	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
?Chloridops sp. nov. 'Maui'	-		?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct if distinct	Access
Chloris aurelioi	Rando, Alcover & Carlos, 2010	Slender-billed greenfinch	c. 9,460 BC	Teneriffe, Canary Islands	Extinct	Access
Chloris triasi	Alcover & Florit, 1987	Trias’ finch, Trias' greenfinch	Late Pleistocene	La Palma, Canary Islands, North Africa	Extinct	Access
Ciridops anna	Dole, 1879 (1878?)	Ula-ai-hawane	20 February 1892	Hawaii (& Molokai?), Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Ciridops cf. anna	-		?	Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Ciridops tenax	James & Olson, 1991	Stout-legged finch	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Ciridops sp. nov. 'Oahu'	-		?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Crithagra concolor	(Barboza du Bocage, 1888)	Sao Tome canary, São Tomé canary, Sao Tome goldfinch, Sao Tome grosbeak, Sao Tomé grosbeak, São Tomé grosbeak, São Thomé grosbeak	-	São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Crithagra flavigula	(Salvadori, 1888)	Yellow-throated seedeater, Yellow-throated serin	-	Ethiopia	Rediscovered	Access
Drepanis funerea	Newton, 1894	Black mamo	1907	Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Drepanis pacifica	Gmelin, 1788	Hawaii mamo	1898/99	Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Dysmorodrepanis munroi	Perkins, 1919	Lanai hook-bill, Lanai hookbill	1913 (collected); 1918 (sighting)	Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus affinis	Rothschild, 1893	Maui nukupu'u	1989	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Hemignathus ellisiana ellisiana	Gray, 1859	Greater akialoa	January 1837	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus ellisiana lanaiensis	Rothschild, 1893	Lanai akialoa	1892	Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus ellisiana stejnegeri	Wilson, 1889	Kaua'i akialoa	July 1960 (specimen); 1965 (sighting)	Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus hanapepe	Wilson, 1889	Kauaʻi nukupuʻu	1970's	Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Hemignathus lucidus	Lichtenstein, 1839	Oahu nukupu'u, Nukupuu, Nukupu'u	1899 (1837?)	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus obscurus	Gmelin, 1789	Lesser akialoa	1903	Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus upupirostris	James & Olson, 1991	Hoopoe-billed akialoa	Holocene	Kauai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus vorpalis	James & Olson, 2003		c. 1,000 BC	Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus sp. nov. 'Hawaii'	-	Greater Hawaii akialoa	1840/41	Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Hemignathus sp. nov. 'Maui'	-	Maui hoopoe-billed akialoa	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Himatione freethii	Rothschild, 1892	Laysan honeycreeper, Laysan creeper, Laysan honeyeater, Apapane	1923	Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Leucosticte sillemi	Roselaar, 1992	Sillem's mountain finch	-	China (& India?)	Rediscovered	Access
Loxia curvirostra 'Cypress Hills population'	-	Cypress Hills crossbill	?	Cypress Hills, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Canad	Missing?	Access
Loxia curvirostra percna	Bent, 1912	Newfoundland (red) crossbill	?	Newfoundland, Canada	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Loxioides kikuchi	James & Olson, 2006	Pila's palila, Kauai palila, Maha’ulepu finch	Holocene	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands	Extinct	Access
Loxioides sp. nov. 'Hawaii'	-		?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Loxops coccinea rufa	Bloxam, 1827	Oahu akepa	?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Invalid (junior homonym)	Access
Loxops ochraceus	Rothschild, 1893	Maui 'akepa	1988	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Loxops wolstenholmei	Rothschild, 1893	O'ahu 'akepa	1930 or 1976	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Melamprosops phaeosoma	Casey & Jacobi, 1974	Po'ouli, Po'o-uli, Poouli, Po'o uli, Poo-uli, Black-faced honeycreeper	28 November 2004	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Orthiospiza howarthi	James & Olson, 1991	Highland finch, Mauka grosbeak	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Paroreomyza flammea	Wilson, 1890 "1889"	Kâkâwahie, Kākāwahie, Kakawahie, Molokai creeper, Molokai alauwahio	1963	Moloka'i, Hawaii, USA	Extinct	Access
Paroreomyza maculata	Cabanis, 1851	O'ahu 'alauahio, Oahu alauahio, Oahu creeper	late 1900's	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Paroreomyza montana montana	Wilson, 1890	Lanai 'alauwahio	1928 (c.1937?)	Lana'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Pseudonestor xanthophrys	Rothschild, 1893	Maui parrotbill, kiwikiu	-	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Psittirostra psittacea	Gmelin, 1789	'O'u, Ou	1989	Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lāna‘i, Maui & Moloka‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Psittirostra sp. nov. 'Oahu'	-		?	Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Pyrrhula crassa	Rando et al., 2017	Greater Azores bullfinch	Holocene	Graciosa Island, Azores archipelago	Extinct	Access
Pyrrhula murina	Godman, 1866	Azores bullfinch, São Miguel bullfinch, priolo	(rediscovered)	São Miguel Island, Azores archipelago, Macaronesia	Rediscovered	Access
†Rhodacanthis flaviceps	Rothschild, 1892	Lesser koa-finch	1891	Hawaii (historically) and Oahu (prehistorically), Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Rhodacanthis forfex	James & Olson, 2005		?	Kauai and Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Rhodacanthis litotes	James & Olson, 2005		c.1600-1700 AD	Maui & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Rhodacanthis palmeri	Rothschild, 1892	Greater koa-finch, Koa 'finch'	1891	Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Telespiza persecutrix	James & Olson, 1991	Kauai finch	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Telespiza ypsilon	James & Olson, 1991	Maui Nui finch	?	Hawaii, Molokai & Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Telespiza sp. nov. 'Hawaii'	-	Owl Cave finch	?	Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Telespiza sp. nov. 'Maui'	-		?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Vangulifer mirandus	James & Olson, 1991	Kiwi shovel-billed finch	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Vangulifer neophasis	James & Olson, 1991	Pololei shovel-billed finch	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Viridonia sagittirostris	Rothschild, 1892	Greater 'Amakihi, Greater Amakihi, Green solitaire	1901	Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Xestospiza conica	James & Olson, 1991	Cone-billed finch	?	Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Xestospiza fastigialis	James & Olson, 1991	Ridge-billed finch	?	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Broad-billed finch'	-	Broad-billed finch	?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Graciosa Island'	-		?	Graciosa Island, Azores	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Madeira'	-		Holocene?	Madeira, Portugal	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Menorca'	-		?	Mallorca and/or Menorca	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Rodrigues'	-	Intermediate finch	?	Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
FRINGILLIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Sharp-billed finch'	-	Sharp-billed finch	?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Furnariidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Asthenes sclateri sclateri	(Cabanis, 1878)	Puna canastrero	?	Argentina	Rediscovered	Access
Asthenes wyatti azuay	Chapman, 1923		-	Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti	Barnett & Buzzetti, 2014	Cryptic treehunter	2007	Alagoas State, Brazil (northeastern)	Extinct	Access
Cinclodes aricomae	(Carriker, 1932)	Royal cinclodes	-	Bolivia & Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Cranioleuca pyrrhophia rufipennis	Sclater & Salvin, 1879	Northern stripe-crowned spinetail, Stripe-crowned spinetail	1950's	La Paz, Bolivia	Missing	Access
Philydor novaesi	Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1983	Alagoas foliage-gleaner	2011	Alagoas State, Brazil	Extinct	Access
Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi	Claramunt & Rinderknecht, 2005		Late Pleistocene	Uruguay	Extinct	Access
Simoxenops striatus	(Carriker, 1935)	Bolivian recurvebill	-	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Rediscovered	Access
Synallaxis kollari	Pelzeln, 1856	Hoary-throated spinetail	-	Brazil & Guyana	Rediscovered	Access
Upucerthia dumetaria peruana	Zimmer, 1954	Peruvian Scale-throated earthcreeper, Scale-throated earthcreeper (peruana)	50+ years ago	Puno region, Peru	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Grallariidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Grallaria alleni	Chapman, 1912	Moustached antpitta	-	Colombia & Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Grallaria chthonia	Wetmore & Phelps, 1956	Táchira antpitta, Tachira antpitta	-	South-west Táchira, Andes, Venezuela (western)	Rediscovered	Access
Grallaria gigantea lehmanni	Wetmore, 1945	Northern Giant antpitta	1941	Magdalena Valley, Colombia	Missing	Access
Grallaria milleri gilesi	Salaman, Donegan & Prys-Jones, 2009	Antioquia brown-banded antpitta	1878	Antioquia, Colombia	Missing	Access
Grallaria milleri milleri	Chapman, 1912	Brown-banded antpitta	-	Colombia	Rediscovered	Access
Hylopezus auricularis	(Gyldenstolpe, 1941)	Masked antpitta	-	Bolivia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Hirundinidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Hirundo tahitensis ssp. nov. 'Henderson Island'	-		?	Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands	Extinct	Access
Petrochelidon perdita	(Fry & Smith, 1985)	Red Sea swallow, Red Sea cliff swallow	May 1984	Sudan	Extant?	Access
Pseudochelidon sirintarae	Thonglongya, 1968	White-eyed river martin	February 1977 (January 1980?)	Bung Boraphet, Thailand (& China?)	Missing	Access
Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea	(Gosse, 1847)	Jamaican golden swallow	8 June 1989	Jamaica	Missing	Access
Tachycineta speleodytes	Brodkorb, 1957		Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Icteridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cacicus koepckeae	Lowery & O'Neill, 1965	Selva cacique	-	Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Cremaster tytthus	Brodkorb, 1959	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Dolichonyx kruegeri	Fischer & Stephan, 1971	-	?	Cuba	Extinct or invalid (synonym)	Access
Euphagus magnirostris	Miller, 1929	Large-billed blackbird	Late Pleistocene	California, USA	Extinct	Access
Icterus leucopteryx bairdi	Cory, 1886	Grand Cayman oriole	1938 or 1967	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Extinct	Access
Icterus sp. nov. 'Peru'	-	Peruvian icterid	Late Pleistocene	Peru	Extinct	Access
Macroagelaius subalaris	(Boissonneau, 1840)	Mountain grackle, Colombian mountain grackle	-	Colombia	Rediscovered	Access
Molothrus sp. nov. 'Peru'	-	Talara cowbird	Late Pleistocene	Peru (northwestern)	Extinct	Access
Pandanaris convexa	Miller, 1946	Convex-billed cowbird	Late Pleistocene	Central and North America	Extinct	Access
Pandanaris floridanus	Brodkorb, 1957	-	Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Pyelorhamphus molothroides	Miller, 1932	Thick-billed cowbird	Holocene	New Mexico, USA	Extinct	Access
Quiscalus palustris	Swainson, 1827	Slender-billed grackle	1910	Mexico state, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Sturnella sp. nov. 'Bahamas'	-	-	?	Bahamas	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Laniidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Lanius gambieranus	Lesson, 1844		1840	Gambier Islands	Extinct if distinct	Access
Lanius newtoni	Barboza du Bocage, 1891		-	Sao Tomé and Principe	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Leiothrichidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Garrulax bieti	(Oustalet, 1897)	White-speckled laughingthrush, Biet's laughingthrush	-	China	Rediscovered	Access
Garrulax courtoisi	Ménégaux, 1923	Blue-crowned laughingthrush, Courtois’s laughingthrush	-	Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, China (eastern)	Rediscovered	Access
Garrulax rufifrons slamatensis	Siebers, 1929	Rufous-fronted laughingthrush	-	Java (central), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Laniellus langbianis	(Gyldenstolpe, 1939)	Grey-crowned crocias	-	Viet Nam	Rediscovered	Access
Leiothrix astleyi	Delacour, 1921	Astley's leiothrix	pre-1921	China (southern)	Missing?	Access

 

 

Family: Locustellidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Bradypterus grandis	Ogilvie-Grant, 1917	Dja River scrub warbler, Dja River swamp-warbler, Dja River warbler, Giant swamp-warbler, Ja River scrub warbler, Ja River scrub-warbler	(rediscovered)	Cameroon, Central African Republic & Gabon	Rediscovered	Access
Locustella seebohmi	(Brooks, 1875)	Benguet Grasshopper-warbler, Benguet Bush Warbler, Benguet Bush-warbler	(rediscovered)	Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Locustella timorensis	Mayr, 1944	Timor brush-warbler	(rediscovered)	Timor-Leste, East Timor	Rediscovered	Access
Megalurulus grosvenori	Gilliard, 1960	Bismarck thicketbird	22 December 1958	New Britain, Papua New Guinea	Missing	Access
Poodytes albolimbatus	D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879	Fly River grassbird	(rediscovered)	New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access
Poodytes rufescens	Buller, 1869	Chatham Islands fernbird	late 1800's or early 1900's	Pitt and Mangere Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Trichocichla rufa cluniei	Kinsky, 1975	Clune's Long-legged Thicketbird (proposed), Clune's Long-legged Warbler	10 June 1974	Vanua Levu, Fiji	Missing	Access
Trichocichla rufa rufa	Reichenow, 1891 "1890"	Long-legged thicketbird, Long-legged warbler	(rediscovered)	Viti Levu, Fiji	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Macrosphenidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Sylvietta chapini	Schouteden, 1947	Chapin’s crombec, Lendu crombec	1942	Lendu Plateau, Democratic Republic of Congo (north-eastern)	Extant?	Access

 

 

Family: Malaconotidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Laniarius brauni	Bannerman, 1939	Orange-breasted bush-shrike, Braun's bushshrike	-	Angola	Rediscovered	Access
Laniarius liberatus	Smith et al., 1991	Bulo burti boubou	March 1990	Somalia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Malaconotus monteiri	Sharpe, 1870	Monteiro's bushshrike, Monteiro's bush-shrike, Monteiro's bush shrike	-	Angola and Cameroon	Rediscovered	Access
Telophorus kupeensis	Serle, 1951	Kupé bushshrike, Mount Kupe bush-shrike, Mount Kupé bush-shrike, Mount Kupé bush shrike, Serle's bushshrike, Kupé mountain bush-shrike	-	Cameroon (western)	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Maluridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Amytornis goyderi	Gould, 1875	Eyrean grass-wren, Eyrean grasswren, Eyrean grass wren	-	Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Amytornis housei	Milligan, 1902	Black grass wren, Black grasswren	-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Amytornis modestus modestus	North, 1902	MacDonnell Ranges grasswren, Central Australian thick billed grass wren, Eastern thick-billed grasswren, Thick-billed grass-wren	?	MacDonnell Ranges, central Australia	Extinct	Access
Amytornis striatus parvus	(Black, 2020)	Cape Range rufous grasswren	1980's	Cape Range, Pilbara region, Western Australia, Australia	Missing	Access
Amytornis textilis carteri	Mathews, 1917		28 October 1916	Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Amytornis textilis giganturus	Milligan, 1901		26 August 1909	Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Amytornis textilis inexpectatus	Mathews, 1912		November 1886	Central and northern New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Amytornis textilis macrourus	Gould, 1847	Large-tailed wren	2 November 1910	Wongan Hills?, Western Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Melanocharitidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Melanocharis arfakiana	(Finsch, 1900)	Obscure berrypecker	-	Indonesia & Papua New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Meliphagidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Anthornis melanocephala	Gray, 1843	Chatham Islands bellbird	1906	Chatham Islands (Chatham Island, Little Mangere and Mangere , Pitt Island), New Zealand	Extinct	Access
Myzomela sp. nov. 'Tonga'	-		Holocene?	'Eua, Ha'ano & Tongatapu, Tongan Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Mimidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Allenia fusca atlantica	(Buden, 1993)	Barbados scaly-breasted thrasher, Scaly-breasted thrasher (Barbados)	1987 (15 February 1994?)	Barbados, West Indies	Missing	Access
Cinclocerthia sp. nov. 'Barbados'	-		?	Barbados, West Indies	Extinct	Access
Ramphocinclus brachyurus brachyurus	(Vieillot, 1818)	Martinique white-breasted thrasher	-	Martinique	Rediscovered?	Access
Toxostoma guttatum	(Ridgway, 1885)	Cozumel thrasher	2004	Cozumel, México	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: †Mohoidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
†Chaetoptila angustipluma	Peale, 1849 "1848"	Kioea	1859	Big Island (historically), Oahu and Maui (both prehistorically), Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
?Chaetoptila sp. nov. 'Maui'	-	Narrow-billed kioea	?	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Moho apicalis	Gould, 1860	O'ahu 'o'o	1837	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands	Extinct	Access
†Moho bishopi	(Rothschild, 1893)	Bishop's 'o'o	1986	Maui & Molokai, Hawaiian Islands	Extinct	Access
†Moho braccatus	Cassin, 1855	Kaua'i 'o'o, Kauai o-o, 'o'o'a'a	1987	Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Moho nobilis	Merrem, 1786	Hawaii 'O'o, Hawaii o-o	1898 (collected); 1934 (sighted)	Hawaii (=Big Island), Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
†Moho sp. nov. 'Maui'	-	Maui o-o	c.1900	Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Monarchidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis	Mayr, 1933	Nendo shrikebill, Santa Cruz shrikebill	-	Solomon Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Clytorhynchus vitiensis powelli	Salvin, 1879	Manu'a shrikebill, Samoan shrikebill	-	Manu'a Island, American Samoa	Rediscovered	Access
Eutrichomyias rowleyi	Meyer, 1878	Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher; Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher; Cerulean Paradise flycatcher	-	Sangihe islands, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Hypothymis coelestis rabori	Rand, 1970	Rabor's celestial monarch, Celestial monarch	December 1959	Negros (& Sibuyan?), Visayas, Philippines	Missing	Access
Monarcha boanensis	van Bemmel, 1939	Black-chinned monarch	-	Boano Island off north-west Seram, South Maluku, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Myiagra freycineti	Oustalet, 1881	Guam flycatcher, Guam broadbill	1983/84	Guam	Extinct	Access
Myiagra sp. nov. 'Tonga'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Tonga	Extinct	Access
cf. Myiagra sp. nov. 'Ua Huka'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pomarea dimidiata	(Hartlaub & Finsch, 1871)	Rarotonga monarch, Cook Islands flycatcher, Kakerori, Rarotonga flycatcher	(rediscovered)	Rarotonga, Cook Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Pomarea fluxa	Murphy & Mathews, 1928	Eiao monarch	October 1922 (specimen); 7 August 1977 (sighting)	Eiao, Marquesas islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pomarea maupitiensis	Garnot, 1829	Maupiti monarch	1823?	Maupiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pomarea mendozae mendozae	Hartlaub, 1854	Hiva Oa monarch, Tahuata monarch, Mendoza's monarch	March 1975	Hiva Oa & Tahuata, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pomarea mira	(Murphy & Mathews, 1928)	Ua Pou monarch	March 1985	Ua Pou, Marquesas, French Polynesia	Missing	Access
Pomarea nigra nigra	(Sparrman, 1786)	Tahiti monarch, Tahiti flycatcher	-	Tahiti, French Polynesia	Rediscovered	Access
Pomarea nigra tabuensis	Mathews, 1929	Tongatapu monarch	?	Tonga	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pomarea nukuhivae	(Murphy & Mathews, 1928)	Nuku Hiva monarch	October 1922 (specimen); 1930's (sighting)	Nuku Hiva (=Nukuhiva), Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Pomarea pomarea	(Lesson & Garnot, 1828)	Maupiti flycatcher, Maupiti monarch, Maupiti Island flycatcher	1823	Maupiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Symposiachrus everetti	Hartert, 1896	White-tipped monarch	-	Tanahjampea Island	Rediscovered	Access
Symposiachrus julianae	(Ripley, 1959)	Kofiau monarch, Black-backed monarch	-	Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Motacillidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Anthus sokokensis	van Someren, 1921	Sokoke pipit	-	Kenya & Tanzania	Rediscovered	Access
Madanga ruficollis	Rothschild & Hartert, 1923	Rufous-throated white-eye, Madanga, Buru mountain white-eye, Rufous-throated pipit	-	Buru, South Maluku, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Motacilla bocagii	Sharpe, 1892	Sao Tome short-tail, São Tomé short-tail, Bocage's longbill	-	Sao Tomé and Principe, Gulf of Guinea	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Calliope obscura	Berezowski & Bianchi, 1891	Blackthroat, Black-throated blue robin	-	Shaanxi Province, China	Rediscovered	Access
Copsychus malabaricus mirabilis	(Hoogerwerf, 1962)		?	Panaitan Island, Indonesia	Missing	Access
Copsychus nigricauda	(Vorderman, 1893)		?	Kangean Island, Indonesia	Extinct in the wild?	Access
Copsychus sechellarum	Newton, 1865	Seychelles magpie-robin	-	Seychelles	Formerly extinct in the wild	Access
Copsychus stricklandii barbouri	Bangs & J. L. Peters, 1927	Maratua shama	2011	Maratua island, Borneo	Extinct in the wild?	Access
Cossypha heinrichi	Rand, 1955	White-headed robin-chat, Angolan robin-chat, Angola white-headed Robin, White-headed robin-chat	-	Angola & DR Congo	Rediscovered	Access
Cyornis colonus subsolanus	Meise, 1932	Sulawesi jungle-flycatcher	pre-1933	Sulawesi (eastern), Indonesia	Invalid (synonym)?	Access
Cyornis djampeanus kalaoensis	Hartert, 1896	Kalao blue-flycatcher	-	Pulau Kalao (=Kalao Island), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Cyornis ruckii	Oustalet, 1881	Rueck's blue-flycatcher, Rueck's blue-flycatcher, Rueck's niltava	February 1918	Tuntungan and Delitua, northern Sumatra, Indonesia (and Kesang, Malacca, Malaysia?)	Missing or invalid (synonym)	Access
Erithacus sp. nov. 'Canary Islands'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Canary Islands, Macaronesia	Extinct	Access
Eumyias additus	(Hartert, 1900)		-	Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Ficedula bonthaina	(Hartert, 1896)	Lompobattang flycatcher, Lompobatang flycatcher	-	Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Ficedula disposita	(Ripley & Marshall, 1967)	Furtive flycatcher	-	Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Ficedula henrici	(Hartert, 1899)	Damar flycatcher, Damar blue flycatcher	-	Damar (=Dammer) Island, Banda Sea, Nusa Tenggara (eastern), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Kittacincla cebuensis	(Steere, 1890)	Black shama	-	Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Larvivora komadori subrufus	Kuroda, 1923		October 1921	Yonaguni Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan	Missing or invalid	Access
Larvivora ruficeps	Hartert, 1907	Rufous-headed robin	-	China & Malaysia	Rediscovered	Access
Saxicola dacotiae murielae	Bannerman, 1913	Canary Islands chat	?	Alegranza and Montaña Clara, Canary Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Notiomystidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Notiomystis cincta cincta	Du Bus & Gisignies, 1839	North Island stitchbird, Stitchbird, Hihi	c. 1885?	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Oriolidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Oriolus isabellae	(Ogilvie-Grant, 1894)	Isabela oriole	-	Luzon, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Oriolus steerii assimilis	Tweeddale, 1878	Cebu dark-throated oriole	1906	Cebu, Philippines	Extinct	Access
†Turnagra capensis capensis	Sparrman, 1787	South Island piopio, Piopio, New Zealand thrush	1905	South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
†Turnagra capensis minor	Fleming, 1915	Stephens Island piopio	?	Stephens Island, South Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access
†Turnagra tanagra	Schlegel, 1865/6	North Island piopio, North Island native thrush	1902	North Island, New Zealand	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Orthonychidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Orthonyx hypsilophus	Baird, 1985		Late Pleistocene	South Australia, Australia	Extinct	Access
Orthonyx wakefieldi	Baird, 1993		Late Pleistocene	Victoria, Australia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Pachycephalidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Coracornis sanghirensis	Oustalet, 1881	Sangihe shrikethrush, Sangihe shrike-thrush	-	Sangihe Island (north of Sulawesi), Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Paradisaeidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Epimachus ellioti	Ward, 1873	Elliot's bird of paradise	pre-1893	New Guinea (western or north-western)	Invalid (hybrid)	Access
Janthothorax bensbachi	Büttikofer, 1895	Bensbach's bird of paradise, Bensbach's riflebird	?	Arfak Mountains, New Guinea	Invalid (hybrid)	Access
Parotia berlepschi	Kleinschmidt, 1897	Bronze parotia	-	Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Paridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Periparus ater phaeonotus	(Blanford, 1873)		-	Azerbaijan, Iran & Turkmenistan	Rediscovered	Access
Poecile varius orii	Kuroda, 1923	Daito varied tit	1922	Kito and Minami, Daito Islands, Japan	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Parulidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Leucopeza semperi	Sclater, 1876	Semper's warbler	1961	St. Lucia	Missing	Access
Vermivora bachmanii	Audubon, 1833 (1834?)	Bachman's warbler	1962 (1988?)	USA (wintered in Cuba)	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Passerellidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aimophila ruficeps sanctorum	van Rossem, 1947	Todos Santos rufous-crowned sparrow	1900's	Isla Todos Santos (=Todos Santos Islands), Mexico	Missing	Access
Ammodramus henslowii houstonensis	Arnold, 1983	Houston Henslow's sparrow	1983	Houston (south-central), Harris County, Texas, USA	Invalid (synonym)?	Access
Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens	Ridgway, 1874	Dusky seaside sparrow	16 June 1987	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Ammodramus maritimus pelonotus	Oberholser, 1931	Smyrna seaside sparrow	1970's	Florida (northeastern), USA	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Atlapetes blancae	Donegan, 2007	Antioquia brush-finch	1971	Antioquia, Colombia	Missing	Access
Atlapetes pallidiceps	(Sharpe, 1900)	Pale-headed brush-finch, Pale-headed brush finch, Pale-headed brush-finch	-	Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Passerculus sandwichensis wetmorei	van Rossem, 1938	Wetmore's savannah sparrow	-	Guatemala (western)	Rediscovered	Access
Pipilo angelensis	Dawson, 1948	Los Angeles towhee	Late Pleistocene	California, USA	Extinct	Access
Pipilo maculatus consobrinus	Ridgway, 1876	Guadeloupe towhee, Guadalupe Spotted towhee, Guadalupe Rufous-Sided towhee	1886 or 1897	Guadelupe, Mexico	Missing	Access
Pipilo naufragus	Olson & Wingate, 2012	Bermuda towhee	Holocene	Bermuda Islands	Extinct	Access
Spizella wortheni browni	Webster & Orr, 1954		-	Zacatecas, México	Rediscovered	Access
Strigiceps leucopogon	Lesson, 1840		pre-1841	?	?	Access

 

 

Family: Pellorneidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Malacocincla perspicillata	Bonaparte, 1850	Black-browed babbler, Black-browed jungle-babbler	(rediscovered)	Borneo (southern) (South Kalimintan, Indonesia?)	Rediscovered	Access
Malacocincla sepiaria vanderbilti	de Schauensee and Ripley (year?)	Vanderbilt's babbler	1940's	Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia	Invalid (synonym)?	Access

 

 

Family: Petroicidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi	Mathews, 1914	Roper River scrub robin, Allied scrub robin	1910	Roper River area, Northern Territory, Australia	Invalid (synonym)?	Access
Eopsaltria sp. nov. ''Eua'	-		?	'Eua', Tonga	Extinct	Access
Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis	Zietz, 1914	Tiwi Islands hooded robin, Hooded robin (Tiwi Islands)	January 1992	Tiwi Islands (Bathurst Island & Melville Island), Northern Territory, Australia	Extinct	Access
Petroica multicolor ssp. nov. 'Tonga'	-		Holocene?	Foa, Tongan Islands	Extinct	Access
Petroica traversi	(Buller, 1872)	Black robin, Chatham Island robin	-	Chatham Islands, New Zealand	Formerly extinct in the wild	Access

 

 

Family: Phylloscopidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Phylloscopus canariensis exsul	Hartert, 1907	Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff, Lanzarote Island chiffchaff	?	Lanzarote (& Fuerteventura?), Canary Islands, North Africa	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Pipridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Lepidothrix vilasboasi	Sick, 1959	Golden-crowned manakin	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Pittidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Erythropitta venusta	(Müller, 1835)	Graceful pitta, Black-crowned pitta	-	Sumatra, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Hydrornis gurneyi	Hume, 1875	Gurney’s pitta, Black-breasted pitta	-	Myanmar (=Burma) and Thailand	Rediscovered	Access
Hydrornis schneideri	(Hartert, 1909)	Schneider's pitta	-	Sumatra, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Pitta anerythra nigrifrons	Mayr, 1935	Choiseul black-faced pitta	-	Choiseul, Solomon Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Pitta anerythra pallida	Rothschild, 1904	Bougainville black-faced pitta	?	Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Ploceidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Foudia bruante	(Müller, 1776)		?	Réunion, Mascarene Islands	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Foudia delloni	Cheke & Hume, 2008	Réunion fody	>1672 AD	Réunion, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Foudia sp. nov. 'Seychelles'	-		1768	Seychelles	Hypothetical	Access
Ploceus aureonucha	Sassi, 1920	Golden-naped weaver, Gold-naped weaver	-	DR Congo	Rediscovered	Access
Ploceus megarhynchus	Hume, 1869	Finn's weaver, Himalayan weaver, Finn's Baya weaver, Yellow weaver	-	India & Nepal	Rediscovered	Access
Ploceus ruweti	Louette & Benson, 1982	Lake Lufira weaver, Lufira masked weaver, Ruwet's masked-weaver	-	Lake Lufira, southern Democratic Republic of Congo	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Psophodidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Psophodes leucogaster leucogaster	Howe & Ross, 1933	White-bellied whipbird	(rediscovered)	southern Australia	Rediscovered	Access
Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis	Gould, 1844	Western whipbird	-	Western Australia, Australia	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Ptilonorhynchidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Amblyornis flavifrons	Rothschild, 1895	Golden-fronted bowerbird, Yellow-fronted gardener bowerbird	-	Foja (=Foya) Mountains, Irian Jaya, New Guinea (west)	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Pycnonotidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Hypsipetes cowlesi	Hume, 2015	Rodrigues bulbul, Rodrigues merle	?	Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Hypsipetes siquijorensis monticola	(Bourns & Worcester, 1894)	Cebu Streak-breasted bulbul, Cebu bulbul, Cebu slaty-crowned bulbul	-	Cebu, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Phyllastrephus leucolepis	Gatter, 1985	Liberian greenbul, White-winged greenbul, Spot-winged greenbul	1984	Cavalla Forest, Liberia (south-east)	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii	Finsch, 1901	Blue-wattled bulbul, Finsch's bulbul	-	Sumatra, Indonesia; Kalimantan, Indonesia and Brunei, Borneo	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Regulidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Regulus calendula obscurus	Rigdway, 1876	Guadalupe ruby-crowned kinglet, Ruby-crowned kinglet (generic)	11 June 1953 or later	Isla Guadelupe, Mexico	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Remizidae (Penduline tits)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Anthroscopus caroli colomanni	von Madarász, 1910	-	(rediscovered)	Tanzania	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Rhinocryptidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Merulaxis stresemanni	Sick, 1960	Stresemann's bristlefront	-	Bahia State, Brazil (eastern)	Rediscovered	Access
Scytalopus psychopompus	(Teixeira & Carnevalli, 1989)	Bahia tapaculo	-	Bahia State, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Scytalopus sp. nov. 'Cuba'	-		?	Cuba	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Rhipiduridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina	Ramsay, 1879	Lord Howe Island fantail	1924	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Rhipidura malaitae	Mayr, 1931	Malaita fantail	-	Malaita, Solomon Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae	Oustalet, 1881	Guam rufous fantail	1984	Guam	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Sturnidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Aplonis corvina	(Kittlitz, 1833)	Kosrae starling	December 1827	Kosrae, Caroline Islands, Micronesia	Extinct	Access
Aplonis diluvialis	Steadman, 1989	Huahine starling	?	Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia	Extinct	Access
Aplonis fusca fusca	Gould, 1836	Norfolk Island starling, Norfolk starling, Tasman starling (NI subspecies)	1923	Norfolk Island, Australia	Extinct	Access
Aplonis fusca hulliana	Mathews, 1912	Lord Howe (Island) starling, Doctor bird, Cudgimeruk, Cujermerook (archaic)	1918	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Aplonis mavornata	Buller, 1887	Mysterious starling, Mauke starling	9 August 1825	Mauke, Cook Islands	Extinct	Access
Aplonis pelzelni	Finsch, 1876	Pohnpei Mountain starling, Ponapé Mountain starling	-	Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	Rediscovered	Access
Aplonis ulietensis	(Gmelin, 1788)	Bay thrush, Chestnut thrush, Raiatea starling, Bay starling	May 1774	Raiatea (=Ulietea), Leeward Islands	Extinct	Access
Aplonis sp. nov. 'Vanuatu'	-	Erromango starling	?	Erromango, Vanuatu	Extinct	Access
Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus	Hume, 2014	Mauritius starling	?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Fregilupus varius	Boddaert, 1783	Réunion starling, Réunion crested starling, Bourbon crested starling, Hoopoe starling, Huppe	mid-1800's	Réunion, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Gracula religiosa miotera	Oberholser, 1912	Simeulue Hill myna	2017-18?	Sumatra (west), Indonesia	Extinct in the wild?	Access
Gracupica jalla	(Horsfield, 1821)	Javan pied starling	?	Java, Indonesia	Extinct in the wild	Access
Necropsar leguati	Forbes, 1898	White Mascarene starling, Leguat's starling	?	Rogrigues, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Necropsar rodericanus	Slater in Günther & Newton, 1879	Rodrigues starling	1726	Rodrigues (including offshore Islet au Mât?), Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Sylviidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Chrysomma altirostre altirostre	Jerdon, 1862	Irrawaddy Jerdon’s babbler, Burmese Jerdon’s babbler, Jerdon's babbler (generic)	-	Irrawaddy-Sittang Plain, Myanmar (=Burma)	Rediscovered	Access
Curruca melanocephala norissae	Nicoll, 1917	Fayyum warbler, Faiyum Sardinian warbler	7 February 1939	Egypt	Missing or invalid (synonym)	Access
Sylvia deserticola ticehursti	Meinertzhagen, 1939	Meinertzhagen’s warbler	?	Morocco	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Sylvia melanocephala norrisae	Nicoll, 1917		1939	Fayyum area, central Egypt	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Clytoctantes alixii	Elliot, 1870	Recurve-billed bushbird	-	Colombia & Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Clytoctantes atrogularis	Lanyon, Stotz & Willard, 1990	Rondônia bushbird	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Dysithamnus occidentalis	(Chapman, 1923)	Bicolored antvireo, Bicoloured antvireo, Western antvireo	-	Colombia & Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Formicivora erythronotos	(Hartlaub, 1852)	Black-hooded antwren, Red-rumped ant-thrush	-	Rio de Janeiro (south), Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Myrmeciza castanea castanea	Zimmer, 1932	Zimmer's antbird, Northern chestnut-tailed antbird	-	San Martín, Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Myrmotherula fluminensis	Gonzaga, 1988	Rio de Janeiro antwren	1982	Santo Aleixo, Magé, Rio de Janeiro state (central), Brazil	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Pithys castaneus	Berlioz, 1938	White-masked antbird	-	Peru	Rediscovered	Access
Rhopornis ardesiacus	(Wied, 1831)	Slender antbird	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Thamnophilus praecox	Zimmer, 1937	Cocha antshrike	-	Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Thraupidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Bangsia flavovirens	(Lawrence, 1867)	Yellow-green tanager, Yellow-green bush-tanager, Yellow-green bush tanager, Yellow-green bush-tanager	-	Colombia & Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Bangsia melanochlamys	(Hellmayr, 1910)	Black-and-gold tanager	-	Colombia	Rediscovered	Access
Conothraupis mesoleuca	Berlioz, 1939	Cone-billed tanager	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Diglossa gloriosissima	Chapman, 1912	Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer, Chestnut-bellied flower-piercer	-	Colombia	Rediscovered	Access
Embernagra longicauda	Strickland, 1844	Pale-throated pampa-finch, Pale-throated pampa-finch, Serra finch	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Geospiza dentirostris	Gould, 1837		?	Galapgos Islands, Ecuador	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Geospiza magnirostris	Gould, 1837	Darwin's large ground-finch	-	Floreana (=Charles Island) and San Cristóbal (=Chatham Island), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Rediscovered	Access
Melanospiza richardsoni	(Cory, 1886)	St Lucia black finch, St. Lucia black finch	-	Saint Lucia	Rediscovered	Access
Melopyrrha grandis	(Lawrence, 1881)	Saint Kitts bullfinch, St Kitts bullfinch, Barbuda bullfinch, Saint Kitts Puerto Rican bullfinch, St. Christopher bullfinch	1880 or 26 July 1929	St. Kitts (=St. Christopher) & Barbuda	Missing	Access
Melopyrrha latirostris	Steadman & Morgan, 1985	Cayman bullfinch	?	Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands	Extinct	Access
Nemosia rourei	Cabanis, 1870	Cherry-throated tanager	-	Espírito Santo, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Nesospiza sp. nov. 'Tristan Da Cunha'	-	Tristan bunting	pre-1900	Tristan Da Cunha (island), Tristan Da Cunha (island group)	Extinct if distinct	Access
Paroaria xinguensis	(Sick, 1950)		-	Mato Grosso, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Sporophila melanops	Pelzeln, 1870	Hooded seedeater	October 1823	Goiás, Brazil (central)	Missing or invalid	Access
Sporophila telasco insulata	Chapman, 1921	Tumaco seedeater, Tumaco chestnut-throated seedeater	-	Bocagrande Island & Tumaco, Colombia	Invalid (hybrid)	Access
Stilpnia cyanicollis albotibialis	(Traylor, 1950)	Blue-necked tanager	(rediscovered)	Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil	Rediscovered	Access

 

 

Family: Timaliidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Spelaeornis badeigularis	Ripley, 1948	Mishmi Wren-babbler, Rusty-throated Wren-babbler, Rusty-throated Wren-Babbler	-	Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India	Relocated	Access
Stachyridopsis rodolphei	(Deignan, 1939)	Deignan's babbler	?	Thailand	Invalid (synonym)	Access
Stachyris herberti	(Baker, 1920)	Sooty babbler	-	Laos & Viet Nam	Rediscovered	Access
Timaliinae gen. et sp. nov. 'Rodrigues'	-	Rodrigues babbler	?	Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Tityridae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Iodopleura pipra leucopygia	Salvin, 1885	Buff-throated purpletuft	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Tityra leucura	Pelzeln, 1868	White-tailed tityra	?	Brazil	Rediscovered or invalid	Access

 

 

Family: Troglodytidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cistothorus brevis	Brodkorb, 1959		Late Pleistocene	Florida, USA	Extinct	Access
Pheugopedius mystacalis macrurus	(Allen, 1889)	Colombian whiskered wren	late 1800's?	Colombia	Rediscovered?	Access
Salpinctes obsoletus exsul	Ridgway, 1903	San Benedicto rock wren	pre-1953	San Benedicto Island (=Isla San Benedicto), Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Thryomanes bewickii brevicauda	Ridgway, 1876	Guadalupe wren, Guadalupe Bewick's wren	22 March 1897	Guadalupe, Mexico	Extinct	Access
Thryomanes bewickii leucophrys	(Anthony, 1895)	San Clemente Bewick's wren	1940's?	San Clemente Island, California, USA	Extinct	Access
Troglodytes aedon guadeloupensis	(Cory, 1886)	Guadeloupe wren, Guadaloupe house wren, Antillean House wren (Guadaloupe)	29 May 1973	Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles	Extinct	Access
Troglodytes aedon martinicensis	Sclater, 1866	Martinique house wren, Martinique wren	c.1900	Martinique	Extinct	Access
Troglodytes aedon mesoleucus	(Sclater, 1876)	St. Lucia wren, St. Lucia house wren, Antillean house wren (Saint Lucia)	-	St. Lucia	Rediscovered	Access
Troglodytes monticola	Bangs, 1899	Santa Marta wren	-	Colombia	Relocated?	Access
Troglodytes troglodytes orii	Yamashina, 1938	Daito (winter) wren	1938	Minami Daitō-jima, Daito Archipelago (=Borodino Islands), Japan	Extinct if distinct	Access
TROGLODYTIDAE sp. nov. 'Azores'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Azores, Macaronesia	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Turdidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Geokichla longitarsus	Hume, 2022	Mauritius ground thrush	?	Mauritius, Mascarene Islands	Extinct	Access
Meridiocichla salotti	Louchart, 2004		?	Europe	Extinct	Access
Myadestes elisabeth retrusus	Bangs & Zappey, 1905	Pines solitaire, Isle of Pines solitaire, Cuban solitaire (Isle of Pines)	1930's?	Isle of Pines (=Isla de la Juventud), Cuba	Extinct	Access
Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis	Wilson, 1891	Lanai thrush, Hawaiian thrush, Oloma'o	1933	Lana'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Myadestes lanaiensis rutha	Bryan, 1908	Hawaiian thrush, Oloma'o, Molokaʻi thrush	1980	Moloka'i and Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Missing	Access
Myadestes myadestinus	Stejneger, 1887	Kama'o, Kamao, Hawaiian thrush	1980's	Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Myadestes palmeri	(Rothschild, 1893)	puaiohi	-	Hawaiian Islands, USA	Rediscovered	Access
Myadestes woahensis	Wilson & Evans, 1899	'Amaui	1825	O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA	Extinct	Access
Turdus celaenops yakushimensis	Ogawa, 1905	Yakushima thrush, Yakushima Seven Island thrush	June 1950 (1989?)	Osumi-shoto and Tokara-retto, Nansei Shoto islands (northern), Japan	Invalid (synonym)?	Access
Turdus lherminieri sanctaeluciae	Sclater, 1880		2007	St. Lucia	Extant?	Access
Turdus olivater caucae	Chapman, 1914	Cauca black-hooded thrush, Black-hooded thrush	?	Cauca, Colombia	Extant?	Access
Turdus poliocephalus mareensis	Layard & Tristram, 1879	Maré Island thrush	?	Maré Island, New Caledonia	Extinct	Access
Turdus poliocephalus poliocephalus	Latham, 1801	Norfolk Island thrush, Grey-headed thrush, Grey-headed blackbird, Guava bird	1975	Norfolk Island, Australia	Extinct	Access
Turdus poliocephalus pritzbueri	Layard, 1878	Lifou Island thrush	?	Lifou & Tanna, Vanuatu	Extant?	Access
Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus	(Gould, 1855)	Vinous-tinted thrush, Vinous-tinted blackbird, Ouzel, Island thrush (LHI subspecies), Lord Howe Island vinous-tinted blackbird, Doctor bird	1913	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
Turdus poliocephalus xanthopus	Forster, 1844	Island Thrush	-	Grande Terre & Yandé Island, New Caledonia	Rediscovered	Access
Turdus (poliocephalus) ssp. nov. 'Tonga'	-		?	'Eua, Lifuka & Tongatapu Tonga	Extinct	Access
Turdus ravidus	Cory, 1886	Grand Cayman thrush	1916 (specimen); 1938 (sighting);	Gran Cayman, Cayman Islands	Extinct	Access
Turdus xanthorhynchus	Salvadori, 1901	Príncipe thrush	-	Príncipe, São Tomé e Principe	Rediscovered	Access
Turdus sp. nov. 'Azores'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Azores, Macaronesia	Extinct	Access
Turdus sp. nov. 'Canary Islands'	-	-	Late Pleistocene or Holocene	Canary Islands, Macaronesia	Extinct	Access
Turdus sp. nov. 'Madeira'	-		?	Madeira, Portugal	Extinct	Access
Zoothera camaronensis kibalensis	Prigogine, 1978	Prigogine’s Ground thrush, Kibale Black-eared thrush	pre-1979	Kibale forest, south-west Uganda	Missing?	Access
Zoothera heinei choiseuli	Hartert, 1924	Choiseul russet-tailed thrush	January 1904	Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands	Extant?	Access
Zoothera terrestris	Kittlitz, 1830	Bonin (Island) thrush, Kittlitz's thrush	1828	Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan	Extinct	Access

 

 

Family: Tyrannidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Calyptura cristata	Vieillot, 1818	Kinglet calyptura, Kinglet cotinga	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Hemitriccus inornatus	(Pelzeln, 1868)	Pelzeln's tody-tyrant	-	Brazil & Suriname	Rediscovered	Access
Hemitriccus kaempferi	(Zimmer, 1953)	Kaempfer's tody-tyrant	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Lathrotriccus euleri flaviventris	(Lawrence, 1887)	Grenadan Euler's flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher (Grenada)	1950	Grenada, Lesser Antilles	Missing	Access
Phyllomyias urichi	(Chapman, 1899)	Urich's tyrannulet	(rediscovered)	Venezuela	Rediscovered	Access
Phylloscartes roquettei	Snethlage, 1928	Minas Gerais tyrannulet	(rediscovered)	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Poecilotriccus senex	Pelzeln, 1868	Buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher	-	Brazil	Rediscovered	Access
Polystictus pectoralis bogotensis	Chapman, 1915	Bogota bearded tachuri, Bearded tachuri (bogotensis)	1950's	Colombia	Missing	Access
Pyrocephalus dubius	Gould, 1839	San Cristóbal vermilion flycatcher, Least vermilion flycatcher	1980's	San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Vangidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Cyanolanius madagascarinus bensoni	Louette & Herremans, 1982		-	Grande Comore, Comoro Islands	Rediscovered	Access
Hypositta perdita	Peters, 1996	Bluntschli's vanga; Short-toed nuthatch vanga	1931	Madagascar (south-eastern)	Missing or invalid	Access
Newtonia fanovanae	Gyldenstolpe, 1933	Red-tailed newtonia	-	Madagascar	Rediscovered	Access
Prionops gabela	Rand, 1957	Gabela helmet-shrike, Angola helmetshrike, Gabela helmetshrike, Gabela helmet shrike	-	Angola	Rediscovered	Access
Sitta insularis	(Bond, 1931)	Bahama nuthatch	2018	Grand Bahama, Bahamas	Missing	Access

 

 

Family: Zosteropidae

Scientific Name	Author/s	Common Name	Last Record	Distribution	Status	Taxon Profile
Apalopteron familiare familiare	(Kittlitz, 1830 "1831")	Bonin white-eye, Bonin honeyeater	1930's	Muko-jima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan	Missing	Access
Zosterops albogularis	Gould, 1837	White-chested white-eye, White-breasted white-eye, White-breasted silvereye	1980	Norfolk Island, Australia	Missing	Access
Zosterops conspicillatus	Kittlitz, 1833	Bridled white-eye (generic), Guam bridled white-eye	1983	Guam	Extinct	Access
Zosterops everetti everetti	Tweeddale, 1878	Everett's white-eye	(rediscovered)	Cebu, Philippines	Rediscovered	Access
Zosterops meeki	Hartert, 1898	Tagula White-eye, Sudest White-eye, White-throated White-eye	-	Papua New Guinea	Rediscovered	Access
Zosterops nehrkorni	Blasius, 1888	Sangihe white-eye	-	Sangihe Island, Indonesia	Rediscovered	Access
Zosterops semiflavus	Newton, 1867	Marianne white-eye, Mayotte white-eye, Chestnut-sided white-eye, Chestnut-flanked white-eye, Seychelles chestnut-flanked white-eye	1870-1900	Marianne Island, Seychelles	Extinct	Access
Zosterops strenuus	Gould, 1855	Robust white-eye, Lord Howe white-eye, Lord Howe white eye, Robust silvereye, Big grinnell	1908	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia	Extinct	Access
ZOSTEROPIDAE gen. et sp. indet. ''Eua'			?	'Eua, Tonga	Extinct	Access
ZOSTEROPIDAE gen. et sp. indet. 'Guam'			?	Guam, Mariana Islands	Extinct	Access

 

 

Appendix 1: Relocated taxa

Balchin, Chris. (2007). Back from the dead! A potpourri of recent rediscoveries in the Neotropics. Neotropical Birding 2: 4-11. [Thripophaga cherriei (Orinoco softtail); Thryophilus nicefori (Niceforo's wren)]

 

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