Bird extinction is the complete elimination of all species members under the taxonomic class, Aves. Out of all known bird species, (approximately 11,154)...

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

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

Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the...

deficient (DD): 46 species About 129 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, and the rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified...

De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of generating an organism that either resembles or is an extinct...

Kauaʻi ʻōʻō's extinction marking the only extinction of an entire avian family in over 500 years. The native Hawaiians named the bird ʻōʻō ʻāʻā, from...

P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event,...

candidate due to a common history with the L.A. specimen. Following the bird's extinction, remains of the great auk increased dramatically in value, and auctions...

accepted sighting of a dodo was in 1662. Its extinction was not immediately noticed, and some considered the bird to be a myth. In the 19th century, research...

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if...

Tyrberg, Tommy (1993). "Naïve birds and noble savages – a review of man-caused prehistoric extinctions of island birds". Ecography. 16 (3): 229–250. doi:10...

The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over...

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

Bird's eye extinction, or bird's eye maple, is a specific type of extinction exhibited by minerals of the mica group under cross polarized light of the...

Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction...

hundreds more before then. Human activity threatens about 1,200 bird species with extinction, though efforts are underway to protect them. Recreational birdwatching...

clade, the Archosauria. Four distinct lineages of bird survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago, giving rise to ostriches...

though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions. Local extinctions mark a change in the ecology of an area...

There are several plausible pathways that could lead to an increased extinction risk from climate change. Every plant and animal species has evolved to...

In ecology, extinction debt is the future extinction of species due to events in the past. The phrases dead clade walking and survival without recovery...

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

their decline to extinction was the flocking behavior that led them to return to the vicinity of dead and dying birds (e.g., birds downed by hunting)...

Robert (December 2017). "From 'abundance of emues' to a rare bird in the land: The extinction of the Tasmanian emu". Tasmanian Historical Research Association...

Atlantic bird species seems to have been as dependent on such food as the Labrador duck. Another theory that was said to lead to their extinction was a huge...

to extinction was alien to the early colonists, because the number of birds did not appear to diminish, and also because the concept of extinction was...

by a channel of about 100 meters. It was hunted to extinction during World War II. The adult bird had a length of 22 cm (9 in). The wing spread was between...

upright It is widely believed that the extinction of elephant birds was a result of human activity. The birds were initially widespread, occurring from...

extinction brought the number of confirmed bird extinctions since 1600 AD to 162. The previous declaration of a bird species as extinct was that of the Liverpool...

bird extinction, especially in the face of climate change. Conversely, so-called "ship-assisted migration" may be a modern benefit to migrating birds...