Late Quaternary prehistoric birds

The study of Late Quaternary avifauna is a sub-discipline of Paläornithologie that deals with Vogeltaxa, between the Upper Pleistocene and the year 1500 ( the beginning of the colonization of America and the world by the Europeans ) are extinct. Another aspect of the research field is the dwarf or giant growth of birds, the loss of the ability to fly and the line of descent from prehistoric to recent taxa.

Leaders in this field are or were Trevor H. Worthy, Storrs Lovejoy Olson, Pierce Brodkorb, Jean -Christophe Balouet, David William Steadman, Anthony Cheke and Helen Frances James, whose research in the caves and sediments of Australia, the Mascarene Islands, Hawaii, New Zealand, the Caribbean, St. Helena, Ascension's, Madagascar, the Mediterranean Islands, the Canary Islands, Melanesia and Polynesia promoted invaluable data on the extinct avifauna of these regions to days.

One of the pioneers of Paläornithologie was Richard Owen, who dealt the first with the investigation of Moa bones.

In the period of the late Quaternary (from 40,000 BC to 1500 AD) many bird species have become extinct, which today is known only from skeletal remains from Pleistozänablagerungen or mixed Pleistocene / Holozänablagerungen and their age is very difficult with the help of radiocarbon dating may determine or DNA analysis. In some island forms from the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the Pacific region and indoaustralischen you go in some species even believe that they could have survived until shortly before the 16th century.

In the opinion of many scientists, especially the human being is either directly or indirectly responsible for the extinction of many bird species at this time. Scientifically proven this is the first colonization of the Pacific Islands 3500 years ago, where the endemic avifauna took damage by pathogens, over-hunting, egg collecting, habitat destruction or entrained Pacific rat (Rattus exulans ). Also for Australia to take some scholars to this, but what in the professional world is extremely controversial (see Quaternary extinctions ).

The following overview lists Vogeltaxa that have become extinct between 40,000 BC and 1500 AD:

Struthioniformes

The group includes the ratites

† Aepyornithidae - elephant birds

Aepyornis Aepyornis hildebrandti (Madagascar)
Aepyornis maximus (Madagascar)
Aepyornis medius (Madagascar)
Aepyornis gracilis (Madagascar)

Mullerornis Mullerornis agilis (Madagascar)
Mullerornis betsilei (Madagascar)
Mullerornis rudis (Madagascar)

† Dinornithidae - Moa

Anomalopteryx Anomalopteryx didiformis ( South Island, New Zealand)

Euryapteryx curtus ( North Island, New Zealand)
Euryapteryx geranoides ( South Island, New Zealand)

Pachyornis australis ( South Island, New Zealand)
Pachyornis elephantopus ( South Island, New Zealand)
Pachyornis mappini ( North Island, New Zealand)

Dinornis novaezealandiae ( North Island, New Zealand)
Dinornis robustus ( South Island, New Zealand)

Emeus crassus ( South Island, New Zealand)

Megalapteryx benhami ( South Island, New Zealand)

Struthionidae - Ostriches

Extinct species of extant genus Asian Ostrich, Struthio asiaticus (Central Asia and China)

Anseriformes

This group includes modern ducks and geese.

† Dromornithidae - The Australian Thunderbirds or mihirungs

† Genyornis Genyornis newtoni (Australia)

Anatidae - ducks, geese and swans

† Cnemiornis - New Zealand geese South Island giant goose Cnemiornis calcitrans ( South Island, New Zealand)
Cnemiornis gracilis ( North Island, New Zealand)

Chatham Duck Pachyanas chathamica ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )

Centrornis majori (Madagascar)

Chelychelynechen quassus ( Kauai, Hawaii)

Ptaiochen pau (Maui, Hawaii)

Thambetochen chauliodous (Maui and Molokai, Hawaii)
Thambetochen xanion (Oahu, Hawaii)

Chendytes lawi (California and the southern Oregon coast, California Channel Islands Eastern Pacific Ocean )

Talpanas lippa ( Kauai, Hawaii)

Dendrocygna sp. ( Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
Nene -nui, Branta hylobadistes (Maui, Hawaii)
Branta rhuax (Big Iceland, Hawaii) (formerly described as Geochen rhuax, a unidentifzierte giant Hawaii goose? Branta sp. ( Olson & James, 1991) Big Iceland has been synonymized with Branta rhuax )
Tadorna cf variegata ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Aff. Tadorna sp. ( Kauai, Hawaii)
Madagascar Goose alopochen sirabensis (Madagascar)
Malacorhynchus Scarletti (New Zealand)
Bermuda Anas pachyscelus ( Bermuda )
Anas cf chlorotis ( Macquarie, South West Pacific )
Anas sp. ( Viti Levu )
Mergus australis cf ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Oxyura vantetsi ( North Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand - cloth duck Biziura delautouri (New Zealand)
Anser aff. erythropus (Ibiza)
Neochen barbadiana ( Barbados)
Cygnus falconeri (Malta )
Cygnus equitum ( Sicily and Malta)

New Zealand Swan, Cygnus atratus sumnerensis (New Zealand, similar bones were found on the Chatham Islands)
Anas chlorotis ssp. nov. ( Subspecies of the New Zealand duck from the Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )

Anatidae sp. et Gen. indet. (Oahu, Hawaii)
Anatidae sp. et Gen. indet. (Rota, Mariana Islands )

Galliformes

The group includes the modern Galliformes and Erdwachteln

† Sylviornithidae - Sylviornis

Sylviornis Sylviornis neocaledoniae (New Caledonia, Melanesia )

Megapodiidae - Megapodes

† Megavitiornis Megavitiornis altirostris ( Viti Levu, Fiji)

Megapodius Alimentum ( Tonga and Fiji)
Megapodius sp. Undescribed species of Iceland Eua ( Tonga ), Lifuka ( Tonga ) and New Ireland ( Melanesia )

Phasianidae - pheasants, quail and Related

Extinct species of extant genus Canary Islands Quail (Coturnix gomerae ) (Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic )

Charadriiformes

This group includes gulls, auks and Charadriiformes

Laridae - Gulls

Extinct species of extant genus Huahine Gull (Larus utunui ) (Huahine, Society Islands )
Larus sp. ( Kauai, Hawaii)
Larus sp. (Saint Helena, Atlantic )

Charadriidae - lapwings and plovers

Extinct species of extant genus Madagascar Lapwing Vanellus madagascariensis (Madagascar)

Alcidae - Auks

Extinct species of extant genus Fratercula dowi ( California Channel Islands Eastern Pacific Ocean )

Scolopacidae - snipe and beach runners

Extinct species of extant genera Henderson beach runners, Prosobonia sp. ( Henderson, South Pacific )
Mangaia beach runners, Prosobonia sp. ( Mangaia, Cook Islands )
Ua- Huka beach runners, Prosobonia sp. (Ua Huka, Marquesas )
Forbes snipe, Coenocorypha chathamica ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Fiji snipe, Coenocorypha miratropica ( Viti Levu, Fiji)
New Caledonia - snipe, Coenocorypha neocaledonica (New Caledonia, Melanesia )
Norfolk snipe, Coenocorypha sp. ( Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific )
Gallinago sp. ( unnamed species from Cuba, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas )
Scolopax anthonyi (Puerto Rico)
Scolopax sp. ( unnamed kind of Hispaniola )

Gruiformes

This group includes the modern rails and cranes.

Rallidae - Rails

† Capellirallus Schnepf Rail, Capellirallus Karamu ( North Island, New Zealand)

Viti Levu - Rail, Vitirallus watlingi ( Viti Levu, Fiji)

Hovacrex roberti (Madagascar)

Nesotrochis debooyi of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands ( Lesser Antilles ), known only from subfossil bone finds. In German, the species was erroneously referred to as Carrao - Rail. However, the name " Carrao " refers to the Limpkin. (see " Wolters - The birds of the Earth" 1982)
Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies )
Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies )

Porpyhrio kukwiedei (New Caledonia, Melanesia )
Porphyrio mcnabi (Huahine, Society Islands )
Porphyrio paepae ( Hiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas )
Porphyrio sp. ( Buka, Solomon Islands)
Porphyrio sp. ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
? Porphyrio sp. ( Mangaia, Cook Islands) - could have probably heard in the genus Pareudiastes, a renaming is still out.
Porphyrio sp. ( Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific )
Porphyrio sp. (Rota, Mariana Islands )
Ibiza Rail, Rallus eivissensis (Ibiza, Mediterranean)
Lifuka - Rail, Nesoclopeus sp. ( Lifuka, Tonga )
Niue - Rail, Gallirallus huiatua ( Niue, Cook Islands)
Mangaia - Rail, Gallirallus ripleyi ( Mangaia, Cook Islands )
Huahine - Rail, Gallirallus storrsolsoni (Huahine, Society Islands )
Gallirallus vekamatolu ( Iceland Eua, Tonga )
Gallirallus pendiculentus ( Tinian, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific )
Gallirallus pisonii ( Aguignan, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific )
Gallirallus temptatus (Rota, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific )
Gallirallus cf owstoni ( Mariana Islands, Western Pacific )
Gallirallus gracilitibia (Ua Huka, Marquesas )
Gallirallus epulare ( Nuku Hiva, Marquesa )
Gallirallus Roletti ( Tahuata, Marquesas )
Gallirallus steadmani ( Tubuai, French Polynesia)
New Ireland - Rail, Gallirallus ernstmayri ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
Norfolk Rail, Gallirallus sp. ( Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific )
Gallirallus sp. ( Rapa Iti, Austral Islands)
Porzana ralphorum (Oahu, Hawaii)
Porzana severnsi (Maui, Hawaii)
Porzana rua ( Mangaia, Cook Islands )
Porzana menehune ( Molokai, Hawaii)
Porzana ziegleri (Oahu, Hawaii)
Porzana keplerorum (Maui, Hawaii)
Porzana sp. (Easter Island ( Rapa Nui ), Southeast Pacific)
Porzana sp. (Big Iceland, Hawaii)
Porzana sp. ( Kauai, Hawaii)
Porzana sp. (Huahine, Society Islands )
Porzana sp. (Ua Huka, Marquesas )
Porzana sp. ( Marianas, Western Pacific )
Porzana sp. (Maui, Hawaii)
? Gallinula sp. ( Viti Levu, Fiji)
Fulica chathamensis ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Fulica prisca (New Zealand)
Rallus cyanocavi ( Abaco, Bahamas)

Barbados - Rail, Rallidae Gen. et sp. indet. (Barbados, West Indies ) - formerly classified as 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 ) - could have survived into historic times.

† Aptornithidae

Aptornis Aptornis otidiformis (New Zealand, North Island )
Aptornis defossor (New Zealand, South Island )

Rhynochetidae - Kagus

Extinct species of extant genus Rhynochetos orarius (New Caledonia)

Ciconiiformes

This group includes the storks, herons and New World vultures.

Ardeidae - Herons

Extinct species of extant genera Ardea bennuides (United Arab Emirates)
Eua Night Heron, Nycticorax sp. ( 'Eua, Tonga )
Lifuka Night Heron, Nycticorax sp. ( Lifuka, Tonga ) - could be identical with the kind of 'Eua
Niue Night Heron, Nycticorax kalavikai ( Niue, Cook Islands)

Ardeidae Gen. et sp. indet. (Easter Island, eastern Pacific )

Ciconiidae - Storks

Extinct species of extant genera Ciconia Maltha (California )
Mycteria wetmorei (Cuba)
Leptoptilos robustus (Flores )

Threskiornithidae - Ibises

† Maui Nui ibises ( Apteribis ) Apteribis brevis (Maui, Hawaiian Islands )
Apteribis glenos ( Molokai, Hawaii Islands )
Apteribis sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands )
Apteribis sp. ( Lanai, Hawaii Islands )

Xenicibis xympithecus (Jamaica, West Indies )

† Teratornithidae - Teratorns or giant vultures

Teratornis Teratornis merriami ( southwest and south of the U.S.)

Cathartidae - World vultures

Extinct species of extant genus Coragyps occidentalis ( southwest and west of the USA)

? Cathartes sp. (Cuba, West Indies )

Pelecaniformes

This group includes modern pelicans and cormorants.

Phalacrocoracidae - cormorants

Extinct species of extant genus Micro Carbo serventyorum (Western Australia)

Sulidae - boobies

Extinct subspecies of extant species Papasula abbotti costelloi (Ua Huka, Marquesas )

Procellariiformes

This group includes albatrosses, petrels and storm petrels.

Procellariidae - Petrels

Extinct species of extant genera Canary shearwater ( Puffinus holeae ) (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands and the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula)
Saint Helena shearwater ( Puffinus pacificoides ) (St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean )
Puffinus Olsoni (Canary Islands, eastern Atlantic )
Puffinus spelaeus ( South Island, New Zealand)
Puffinus sp. (Menorca, Balearic Islands) - could be an extinct population of a still existing type
Little Hawaiian shearwater ( Pterodroma jugabilis ) ( Oahu, Hawaiian Islands )
Pterodroma sp. (El Hierro, Canary Islands) - could be an extinct population of a still existing type
Pterodroma sp. ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Pterodroma sp. (Henderson Island, South Pacific )

Procellariidae sp. (Easter Island, eastern Pacific ) - could be an extinct population of a still existing type

Sphenisciformes

Spheniscidae - Penguins

† Tasidyptes Tasidyptes hunteri (Hunter Iceland, Bass Strait )

Eudyptes sp. ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific ) - could have possibly survived to 1867

Columbiformes

Columbidae - Doves

† Dysmoropelia Have so far only known from Pleistozänablagerungen, but could be up to the early settlement of St. Helena in the 16th century survived - Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos (Saint Helena, Atlantic Ocean ).

Natunaornis gigoura ( Viti Levu, Fiji)

Bountyphaps obsoleta (Henderson Island, South Pacific )

Columba melitensis (Malta )
Huahine Cuckoo Dove ( Macropygia arevarevauupa ) (Huahine, Society Islands )
Macropygia heana ( Marquesas, the Pacific)
Puerto Rico - Dove ( Geotrygon larva ) (Puerto Rico, West Indies )
Riesenerdtaube ( Gallicolumba nui ) ( Marquesas and Cook Islands)
Gallicolumba leonpascoi (Henderson Island, South Pacific )
New Caledonian Ground Dove ( Gallicolumba Longitarsus ) ( New Caledonia)
Gallicolumba sp. (Huahine, Society Islands ) - could be the same or subspecies of Gallicolumba nui
Gallicolumba sp. ( Mangaia, Cook Islands) - could be the same or subspecies of Gallicolumba nui
Gallicolumba sp. (Rota, Mariana Islands )
Didunculus placopedetes ( Tonga, Pacific)
Caloenas canacorum (New Caledonia, Tonga )
Ducula harrisoni (Henderson Island, South Pacific )
Ducula Lakeba ( Lakeba, Fiji)
Ducula david ( 'Eua, Tonga, and Wallis )
Ducula sp. ( 'Eua, Foa and Lifuka, Tonga ) - could be to D. David, D. Lakeba or a new undescribed species.
Ducula cf galeata (Cook Islands) - could be a new undescribed species.
Ducula cf galeata (Society Islands) - could be a new undescribed species.
Ducula sp. ( Viti Levu, Fiji) - may have been identical with D. Lakeba.
Ducula sp. ( Rapa Iti, Austral Islands)
Ptilinoipus sp. ( Tubuai, Austral Islands)
Zenaida aurita cf (Bermuda) - could have been identical with Zenaida aurita.

Psittaciformes

Strigopidae

Extinct species of extant genus Nestor sp. ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )

Cacatuidae - cockatoos

Extinct species of extant genus Cacatua sp. (New Caledonia)
Cacatua sp. ( New Ireland )

Psittacidae - parrots, parakeets and lories

Extinct species of extant genera Vini sinotoi ( Marquesas, Huahine, Pacific)
Vini Vidivici ( Marquesas, Huahine, Pacific)
Polynesian eclectus parrot ( Eclectus infectus ) ( Tonga, Vanuatu) - According to a drawing he might have survived until the 18th century
Cyanoramphus sp. ( Campbell Iceland, New Zealand)
Cyanoramphus sp. ( Rapa Iti, Austral Islands)

Psittacidae Gen. et sp. indet. 1 (Easter Island)
Psittacidae Gen. et sp. indet. 2 (Easter Island)
Psittacidae Gen. et sp. indet. (Rota, Mariana Islands )

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae - Cuckoos

Extinct species of extant genera Eudynamis cf taitensis (Henderson Island)
Coua primaeva (Madagascar)
Coua berthae (Madagascar)

Geococcyx californianus conklingi ( Southwestern North America )

Accipitriformes

Birds of prey

Accipitridae - Hawk

† Gigantohierax Gigantohierax suarezi (Cuba, West Indies )

Titanohierax gloveralleni (Bahamas, West Indies )
Titanohierax sp. ( Hispaniola, West Indies )

Haastadler, Harpagornis moorei ( South Island, New Zealand) (the most recent bones are dated to the year 1400)

Accipiter efficax (New Caledonia)
Accipiter quartus (New Caledonia)
Accipiter sp. 1 ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
Accipiter sp. 2 ( New Ireland, Melanesia ) - one of the two types of New Ireland could be identical to the recent Meyer Goshawk ( Accipiter meyerianus ).
Madagascar Kronenadler Stephanoaetus mahery (Madagascar)
Aquila sp. 1 (Madagascar)
Aquila sp. 2 (Madagascar)
Haliaeetus sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands )
Forest Harrier (Circus dossenus ) ( Molokai, Ohau, Hawaiian Islands )
Eyles - Harrier (Circus eylesi ) (New Zealand )
Aquila simurgh ( Crete), sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the golden eagle.
Aquila nipaloides (Corsica and Sardinia )
Gyps melitensis (Malta, Mediterranean)

Accipitridae Gen. et sp. indet. (Cuba, West Indies ) - formerly Aquila / Titanohierax borrasi

Falconiformes

Falk Family

Falcons - Hawks i.w.S and Caracaras

Extinct species of extant genera Falco kurochkini (Cuba, West Indies )
Caracara creightoni (Bahamas and Cuba, West Indies ) - could be identical with P. latebrosus
Puerto Rican Caracara ( Caracara latebrosus ) (Puerto Rico, West Indies )
Jamaica Caracara ( Caracara tellustris ) (Jamaica, West Indies )

Caprimulgiformes

Schwalm -like

Aegothelidae - Cave Schwalme

Extinct species of extant genus New Zealand Cave Schwalm ( Aegotheles novaezealandiae ) (New Zealand )

Caprimulgidae - nightjars or nightjar

Extinct species of extant genus Siphonorhis daiquiri (Cuba, West Indies ) - Tales of According to locals there could be nightjar in Cuba.

Apodiformes

Apodidae - sailors

Extinct species of extant genus Mangaia swiftlet ( Collocalia manuoi ) ( Mangaia, Cook Islands) - probably belongs to the genus Aerodramus

Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes and Related

Bucerotidae - Hornbills

Extinct species of extant genus Aceros sp. ( Lifou, Loyalty Islands )

Brachypteraciidae - Erdracken

Extinct species of extant genus Ampoza - Erdracke, Brachypteracias long randi (Madagascar)

Piciformes

Picidae - Woodpeckers

Extinct species of extant genus Colaptes sp. (Bermuda)

Strigiformes

Owls and barn owls

Strigidae - Owls

† Grallistrix Kauai Langbeineule ( Grallistrix auceps ) ( Kauai, Hawaiian Islands )
Langbeineule ( Grallistrix erdmani ) ( Maui, Hawaiian Islands )
Molokai Langbeineule ( Grallistrix geleches ) ( Molokai, Hawaii Islands )
Oahu Langbeineule ( Grallistrix orion ) ( Oahu, Hawaiian Islands )

Ornimegalonyx oteroi (Cuba, West Indies )
Ornimegalonyx minor ( Cuba, West Indies )
Ornimegalonyx gigas (Cuba, West Indies )
Ornimegalonyx acevedoi (Cuba, West Indies )

Aegolius gradyi (Bermuda)
Athena cretensis ( Crete, Mediterranean)
Asio priscus (San Miguel Iceland, Channel Islands)
Athene sp. (Puerto Rico, Caribbean)
Athene sp. ( Euboea, Mediterranean)
Ninox cf novaeseelandiae (New Caledonia) - could be a population of New Zealand Kuckuckskauzes.
Madeira scops owl ( Otus mauli )
Porto Santo scops owl ( Otus Otus cf mauli )
Azores scops owl ( Otus frutuosoi )

Tytonidae - Barn Owls

Extinct species of extant genus Puerto Rican Barn Owl Tyto cavatica (Puerto Rico, West Indies )
Tyto? letocarti (New Caledonia)
Tyto melitensis (Malta, Mediterranean)
Tyto Noeli (Cuba, West Indies )
Barbuda Barn Owl Tyto neddi ( Barbuda)
Tyto ostologa ( Hispaniola, West Indies ) (could, according to Alexander Wetmore have survived until the 18th century).
Barn Owl Tyto pollens Bahamas (Andros, Bahamas)
Tyto riveroi (Cuba, West Indies )
Tyto novaehollandiae cf ( Mussau, Melanesia )
Tyto novaehollandiae cf ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
Tyto sp. ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
Tyto sp. (Cuba, West Indies )

Passeriformes

Passerines

Acanthisittidae

Maori panties

† Pachyplichas Pachyplichas yaldwyni ( North Island, New Zealand)
( Could be a subspecies of yaldwini ) Pachyplichas jagmi ( South Island, New Zealand)

Dendroscansor decurvirostris ( South Island, New Zealand)

Mohoidae

Pre-Historic extinct species of latter day extinct genus Chaetoptila cf angustipluma (Oahu and Maui, Hawaiian Islands )
? Chaetoptila sp. (Maui, Hawaiian Islands )

Corvidae

Corvids

Extinct species of extant genus Chatham - Raven ( Corvus moriorum ) ( Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific )
Corvus impluviatus (Oahu, Hawaiian Islands )
Maori or New Zealand Crow Crow (Corvus antipodum ) (New Zealand )
Corvus antipodum antipodum ( North Island, New Zealand)
Corvus antipodum pycrafti ( South Island, New Zealand)
Corvus viriosus (Oahu and Molokai, Hawaiian Islands )
Corvus sp. (North Kona District, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands )
Corvus sp. ( New Ireland, Melanesia )
Puerto Rico Crow Corvus pumilis (Puerto Rico and St. Croix, West Indies )

Sturnidae

Stare

Extinct species of extant genus Huahine -Star ( Aplonis diluvialis ) (Huahine, Society Islands )
Erromango -Star ( Aplonis sp. ) ( Erromango, Vanuatu)

Turdidae

Reduce

† Meridiocichla Meridiocichla salotti (Corsica, Crete, Sardinia)

Incertae sedis - Unsecured assignment Turdidae Gen. et sp. indet. (Madeira)

Sylviidae

Warbler

Extinct species of extant genus Eua -Busch singer, Cettia sp. ( 'Eua, Tonga )

Zosteropidae

White-eyes

Incertae sedis - Unsecured assignment Zosteropidae Gen. et sp. indet. ( Eua, Tonga )

Fringillidae

Finches

Extinct species of extant genus Triassic Greenfinch ( Carduelis triasi ) (La Palma, Canary Islands)
Carduelis aurelioi (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Aff. Carduelis sp. (Madeira)

Dresses birds

† Orthiospiza Orthiospiza howarthi (Maui, Hawaii)

Xestospiza conica ( Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii)
Xestospiza fastigialis (Oahu, Maui and Molokai, Hawaii)

Vangulifer mirandus (Maui, Hawaii)
Vangulifer neophasis (Maui, Hawaii)

Aidemedia chascax (Oahu, Hawaii)
Aidemedia zanclops (Oahu, Hawaii)
Aidemedia lutetiae (Maui and Molokai, Hawaii)

Telespiza persecutrix ( Kauai and Oahu, Hawaii)
Telespiza wye (Maui and Molokai, Hawaii)
Telespiza aff. wye (Maui )
Rhodacanthis forfex ( Kauai and Maui, Hawaii)
Rhodacanthis litotes (Oahu and Maui, Hawaii)
Chloridops wahi (Oahu and Maui, Hawaii)
Chloridops regiskongi (Oahu, Hawaii)
Hemignathus vorpalis (Big Iceland, Hawaii)
Hemignathus upupirostris ( Kauai and Oahu)
Ciridops tenax ( Kauai, Hawaii)
Ciridops cf anna ( Molokai subspecies of Kohala Dresses bird, Hawaii)
Ciridops sp. ( Oahu subspecies of Kohala Dresses bird, Hawaii)

Drepanididae Gen. et sp. indet. (Maui, Hawaii) - at least three types
Drepanididae Gen. et sp. indet. (Oahu, Hawaii)

Emberizidae

Buntings

† Pedinorhis Pedinorhis stirpsarcana (Puerto Rico, West Indies )

Emberiza alcoveri (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Caiman Brac- Gimpelfink Melopyrrha latirostris ( Cayman Brac)

Hirundinidae

Swallows

Extinct subspecies of extant species Hirundo tahitensis ssp. nov. (Henderson Island, South Pacific )

Estrildidae

Finches

Extinct species of extant genus Erythrura sp. (Rota, Mariana Islands )

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