List of Birds that Have Recently Gone Extinct
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution | Ex-Date |
| Kangaroo Island Black Emu | Dromaius diemenianus | Kangaroo Is. S. Australia | 1803 |
| Great Elephantbird | Apyornis maximus | Madagasca | 1650 |
| Atitlan Grebe | Podilymbus gigas | Guatemala | 1980 |
| Columbian Grebe | Podiceps andinus | Columbia | 1977 |
| Burley Lesser Moa | Eurapteryx gravis | New Zealand | 1640 |
| Brawny Great Moa | Dinornis torosus | New Zealand | 1670 |
| South Island Tokoweka | Megalapteryx didinus | New Zealand | ca. 1785 |
| Gaudalupe Storm-petrel | Oceanodroma macrodactyla | Guadalupe | 1912 |
| Speckled Cormorant | Phalocrocorax perspicillatus | Beringa Is. USSR | 1852 |
| Reunion Flightless Ibis | Borbonibis latipes | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1773 |
| New Zealand Little Bittern | Ixobrychus novaezelandiae | New Zealand | 1900 |
| Mauritius Night-heron | Nycticorax mauritianus | Mauritius | pre 1700 |
| Rodrigues Night-heron | Nycticorax megacephalus | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1761 |
| Chatham Island Swan | Cygnus sumnerensis | Chatham Is. New Zealand | pre 1690 |
| Mauritian Shelduck | alopochen mauritianus | Mauritius | 1698 |
| Crested Sheldrake* | Tadorna cristata | Korea, Japan | 1971 |
| Mauritian Duck | anas theodori | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1696 |
| Labrador Duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius | Canada USA | 1875 |
| Pink-headed Duck | Rhodonessa caryophyllacea | India | 1935 |
| Auckland Island Merganser | Mergus australis | New Zealand | 1905 |
| Gaudalupe Caracara | Polyborus lutosus | Guadalupe | 1900 |
| New Zealand Quail | Coturnix novaezelandiae | New Zealand | 1875 |
| Himalayan Mountain Quail | Ophrysia superciliosa | Himalayas | 1868 |
| Wake Island Rail | Rallus wakensis | Wake Is. USA | 1945 |
| Chatham Island Banded Rail | Rallus dieffenbachii | Chatham Is. New Zealand | 1840 |
| Chatham Island Rail | Rallus modestus | Chatham Is. New Zealand | 1900 |
| ascension Flightless Crake | Atlantisia elpenor | Ascension Is. | 1656 |
| New Caledonia Wood Rail | Tricholimnas lafresnayanus | New Caledonia | 1904 |
| Laysan Rail | Porzanula palmeri | Laysan, Hawaii | 1944 |
| Hawaiin Rail | Porzana sandwichensis | Hawaii | 1884 |
| Kosrae Crake | Aphanolimnas monasa | Caroline Is. | 1827 |
| Tristan Moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis | Tristan da Cunha | pre 1900 |
| Samoan Woodhen | Gallinula pacifica | Samoan Is. | 1908 |
| Lord Howe Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio albus | Lord Howe Is. Australia | 1834 |
| Red Rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia | Mauritius | 1693 |
| Rodrigues Rail | aphanapteryx leguati | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1761 |
| Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtoni | Reunion Is. Mauritius | 1693 |
| Canarian Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus meadewaldoi | Canary Is. | 1931 |
| Thahiti Sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera | Tahiti | 1773 |
| Great Auk | Alca impennis | North Atlantic Is. | 1844 |
| Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | Mauritius | 1665 |
| Reuinon Dodo | Raphus solitarius | Reuinion Is. | 1715 |
| Rodrigues Solitaire | Pezophaps solitarius | Rodrigues Is. | 1765 |
| Bonin Wood Pigeon | Columba versicolor | Bonin Is. Japan | 1889 |
| Ryukyu Wood Pigeon | Columba jouyi | Ryukyu Is. Japan | 1936 |
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | USA | 1914 |
| Solomon Island Crowned Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | Solomon Is. | 1904 |
| Red-moustached Fruit-dove | Ptilinopus mercierii | Marquesas IS. | 1922 |
| Hollandais Pigeon | Alectroenas nitidissima | Mauritius | 1835 |
| Rodrigues Pigeon | Alectroenas rodericana | Rodrigues Is. | 1726 |
| New Caledonia Lorikeet | Charmosyna diadema | New Caledonia | 1860 |
| Norfolk Island Kaka | Nestor productus | Phillip Is. Australia | 1851 |
| Black-fronted Parakeet | Cyanoramphus zealandicus | Tahiti | 1844 |
| Raiatea Parakeet | Cyanoramphus ulietanus | Raiatea Is. Tahiti | 1773 |
| Mauritius Parrot | Lophopsittacus mauritianus | Mauritius | 1680 |
| Mauritius Grey Parrot | Lophopsittacus bensoni | Mauritus | 1765 |
| Rodrigues Parrot | Necropsittacus rodericanus | Rodrigues Is. | 1761 |
| Mascarene Parrot | mascarinus mascarius | Reunion Is. | 1834 |
| Seychelles Alexandrine Parrot | Psittacula wardi | Seychelles | 1870 |
| Rodrigues Ring-necked Parakeet | Psittacula exsul | Rodrigues Is. | 1876 |
| Glaucous Mawcaw | Andorhynchus glaucus | Brazil, Uraguay | 1955 |
| Cuban Red Mawcaw | Ara tricolor | Cuba | 1885 |
| Carolina Parakeet | Conurposis carolinensis | USA | 1914 |
| Snail-eating Coua | Coua delandei | Madagascar | 2930 |
| Rodrigues Little Owl | Athene murivora | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1726 |
| New Caledonian Owlet-frogmouth | Aegotheles savesi | New Caledonia | 1880 |
| Jamaican Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis americanus | Jamaica | 1859 |
| RyuKyu Kingfisher | Halcyon miyakoensis | Ryukyu Is'. Japan | 1841 |
| New Zealand Bush Wren | Xenicus longipes | New Zealand | 1972 |
| Stephen Island Wren | Xenicus lyalli | New Zealand | 1874 |
| Kittlitz's Thrush | Zoothera terrestris | Bonin Is. Japan | 1828 |
| Grand Cayman Thrush | Turdus ravidus | Grand Cayman Is. | 1938 |
| Laysan Millerbird | Acrocephalus familiaris | Laysan Is. Hawaii | 1923 |
| Pipio or New Zealand Thrush | Dicaeum quadracolor | New Zealand | 1906 |
| Four-coloured Flowerpecker | Turnagra capensis | Cebu Is' Philippines | 1963 |
| Lord Howe White-eye | Zosterops strenua | Lord Howe Is. Australia | |
| Oahu Oo | Moho apicalis | Oahu Is. Hawaii | 1837 |
| Hawaii Oo | Moho nobilis | Hawaii | 1934 |
| Kioea | Chaetoptila angustipluma | Hawaii | 1860 |
| Kakawihie | Paroreomyza flammea | Hawaii | 1963 |
| Greater Amakihi | Hemignathus sagittirostris | Hawaii | 1900 |
| Layson Honeyeater | Himatiore sanquinea | Hawaii | 1923 |
| Greater Koa-finch | Rhodocanthis palmeri | Hawaii | 1896 |
| Lesser Koa-finch | Rhodocanthis flaviceps | Hawaii | 1891 |
| Kona Grosbeak | Chloridops kona | Hawaii | 1894 |
| Ula-ai-hawane | Ciridops ana | Hawaii | 1892 |
| Hawaii Mamo | Drepanis pacifica | Hawaii | 1899 |
| Black Mamo | Drepanis funerea | Molokai Is. Hawaii | 1907 |
| Townsend's Finch | Spiza townsendi | USA | 1833 |
| Slender-billed Grackle | Quiscalus palustris | Mexico | 1910 |
| Bonin Grosbeak | Chaunoproctus ferreorostris | Bonin Is. Japan | 1890 |
| Pohnpei Mountain Starling | Aplonis pelzelni | Caroline Is. | 1956 |
| Kosrae Mountain Starling | Aplonis corvina | Caroline Is. | 1828 |
| Mysterious Starling | Aplonis mavornata | Raiatea (Society Is.) | 1774 |
| Norfolk Island Starling | Aplonis fusca | Norfolk IS. Australia | 1925 |
| Rodrigues Island Starling | Rodrigues Is. Mauritius | 1726 | |
| Reunion Island Starling | Fregilupus various | Reunion Is. | 1860 |
| Huia | Heteralocha acutirostris | New Zealand | 1907 |
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