List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene

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This is a list of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE)[a] and continues to the present day.[1]

Oceania is a geographical region in the Pacific Ocean comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.[2][3] Numerous species across Oceania became extinct as humans moved across the Pacific. Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, and Hawaii have particularly large numbers of extinct species, so they listed in separate articles. Extinctions from the remaining Pacific Islands are listed below. This list includes sovereign states (such as Fiji) as well as island territories (such as French Polynesia). Extinctions from the associated states and dependent territory of New Zealand are listed below, and not with New Zealand proper. Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Region of Bougainville (part of the Solomon Islands archipelago) is included below, although the rest of Papua New Guinea is covered in List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene.

Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.

Mammals (class
Mammalia
)

Rodents (order Rodentia)

Old World rats and mice (family Muridae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat Melomys spechti Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville Most recent remains dated to 3050 BCE.[4]
Buka Island solomys Solomys spriggsarum
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Emperor rat Uromys imperator Aola, northern Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Not recorded with certainty since it was last collected in 1886-1888, though anecdotal information suggests the species survived until the 1960s. The causes of extinction are unknown.[5]
Guadalcanal rat Uromys porculus Not recorded since it was last collected in 1886-1888. The causes of extinction are unknown.[6]

Bats (order Chiroptera)

Megabats (family Pteropodidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat Nyctimene sanctacrucis
Nendö
, Solomon Islands 		Last recorded in 1907.[7]
Small Samoan flying fox Pteropus allenorum Upolu, Samoa Only known from the holotype collected in 1856.[8]
Large Samoan flying fox Pteropus coxi Samoa Known from two individuals collected in 1839-1841. The exact island of origin is unknown because it was not recorded, but unconfirmed sightings happened until the 1980s.[9]
Large Palau flying fox Pteropus pilosus Palau Known from two individuals collected before 1874. The causes of extinction are unknown.[10]
Guam flying fox Pteropus tokudae Guam Last known individual was killed in 1968, with an unconfirmed sighting happening in the late 1970s. It was probably hunted to extinction, though the introduced brown tree snake could have contributed.[11]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Montane monkey-faced bat Pteralopex pulchra Mount Makarakomburu, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Only known from the holotype collected in 1991. The causes of extinction are unknown.[12]

Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Insular myotis Myotis insularum Samoa Last recorded in the 1860s.[7]

Birds (class
Aves
)

Landfowl and relatives (clade Pangalliformes)

Sylviornithids (family Sylviornithidae)

Scientific name Range Comments Images
Megavitiornis altirostris Fiji Most recent remains at the Naigani Lapita culture site dated to 950 BCE.[13] Flightless and totally terrestrial, it would have been quickly exterminated by humans and introduced mammals.[14]
Sylviornis neocaledoniae Grande Terre and Isle of Pines, New Caledonia Most recent remains at the Pindai Caves dated to 1120-840 BCE.[15] The species was flightless and laid a single egg uncovered on the ground, which wasn't incubated. This made it easy prey for introduced predators.[14]

Megapodes (family
Megapodidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Consumed scrubfowl Megapodius alimentum Tonga and Fiji Dated in Fiji around 850 BCE
Lifuka Island to 840-740 BCE.[17] It retained the ability to fly despite being almost as large as New Caledonia's pile-builder megapode. Nevertheless, it went extinct a couple of centuries after human settlement as a result of hunting, egg harvesting, and predation by introduced animals.[14]
Viti Levu scrubfowl Megapodius amissus Aiwa Levu, Fiji[16] Likely flightless unlike other small megapodes, which would make it vulnerable to introduced predators.[14]
Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor New Caledonia Most recent remains at the Pindai Caves dated to 86-428 CE.[7] It was the largest species of its genus and almost certainly hunted to extinction by humans. Megapodius andersoni, a hypothetical species named from a brief description written by William Anderson during the third voyage of James Cook (1776-1780), may or may not be the same animal.[14] Remains provisionally assigned to this species in Tonga are different enough to represent another species, or even genus.[18]
Megapodius sp. Tonga A large megapode similar to M. molistructor of New Caledonia, but likely a different species or even genus. Lived alongside, but was rarer than the smaller M. alimentum.[18]
Large Solomon Islands megapode Megapodius sp. Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville Prehistoric
Lini's megapode Mwalau walterlinii Efate, Vanuatu Described from remains found in Lapita culture levels dating to 1050-850 BCE. It could fly despite being larger than any extant megapode.[19]
Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet From the Maluku Islands to Tonga[14] Currently only present from the Maluku Islands to the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea.[20] It survived in Tikopia, Solomon Islands until the Lapita period.[21]

Pheasants and allies (family Phasianidae)

Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Stubble quail Coturnix pectoralis Australia and New Caledonia Extirpated from New Caledonia after human settlement.[15]

Waterfowl (order Anseriformes)

Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Rennell Island teal Anas gibberifrons remissa Rennell, Solomon Islands Restricted to a single lagoon in the island, it disappeared in 1959 after Tilapia fish was introduced and presumably destroyed its food supply.[14]
Mariana mallard Anas platyrhynchos oustaleti Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, Mariana Islands A captive breeding program intended to save it from extinction ended in failure with the death of the last individual (pictured) in 1981.[22]
Coues's gadwall Mareca strepera couesi Teraina, Line Islands, Kiribati A sedentary subspecies likely descended from stranded birds. It was never seen alive again after its discovery in 1874.[23]
Rota flightless duck Anatidae incertae sedis Rota, Mariana Islands Described from a
subfossil juvenile coracoid.[24]

Nightjars (order
Caprimulgiformes
)

Typical nightjars (family
Caprimulgidae
)

Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
New Caledonian nightjar Eurostopodus exul Northwestern New Caledonia Known only from the type specimen collected in 1939.[25]

Owlet-nightjars (order Aegotheliformes)

Owlet-nightjars (family Aegothelidae)

Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
New Caledonian owlet-nightjar Aegotheles savesi Southwestern New Caledonia Last known individual was shot in 1960, and an unconfirmed sighting and calls were recorded in 1998. Like other owlet-nightjars, it could have declined due to predation by introduced cats and rats, and habitat loss through fire, mining, and logging.[26][14]

Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)

Swifts (family
Apodidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Mangaia swiftlet Aerodramus manuoi Mangaia, Cook Islands Known from Holocene remains.[27]

Pigeons and doves (order Columbiformes)

Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Henderson archaic pigeon
 Bountyphaps obsoleta Henderson Island, Pitcairn Most recent remains from Polynesian middens[14] dated to 1000-1600 CE.[7] It was the largest of four pigeon species originally present in the island, and a poor flier but not flightless. It was likely hunted to extinction.[14]
Kanaka pigeon Caloenas canacorum New Caledonia; possibly Vanuatu and Fiji[14] Most recent remains at the Pindai Caves dated to 86-428 CE.[7] It was likely hunted to extinction.[14] Remains provisionally assigned to this taxon in Tonga likely belong to a different species.[18]
Caloenas sp. Tonga Known from subfossil remains.[18]
Spotted green pigeon Caloenas maculata unknown, possibly Tahiti, French Polynesia Known from two specimens of unknown origin that were collected in 1783 and 1823, believed to have come from somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Its coloration suggests that it was a forest-dweller, and its short and rounded wings that it evolved in a predator-free island. 1928 native accounts of a bird in Tahiti may refer to this species. It could have disappeared due to hunting or introduced predators before extensive European exploration of the Pacific.[28]
Tongan tooth-billed pigeon Didunculus placopedetes Tonga Most recent remains dated to 900-750 BCE.[7]
David's imperial pigeon
 Ducula david Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia Most recent remains at Utuleve dated to 550-50 BCE.[7]
Henderson imperial pigeon Ducula harrisoni Henderson Island, Pitcairn Most recent remains dated to 1000-1600 CE.[7]
Lakeba pigeon
 Ducula lakeba Lakeba and Aiwa Levu, Fiji Most recent remains dated to around 850 BCE.[16]
Ducula shutleri Tonga Known from subfossil remains dated to 855-730 BCE.[18]
Rota large ground dove Gallicolumba sp. Rota, Mariana Islands Known from
extirpated from the Marianas.[24]
Huahine cuckoo-dove Macropygia arevarevauupa Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains at Fa'ahia dated to 700-1150 CE.[7]
Marquesas cuckoo-dove Macropygia heana Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesa Islands Most recent remains at Hane, Ua Huka dated to 300-1200 CE.[7]
Choiseul pigeon Microgoura meeki Choiseul, and speculatively Bougainville and Malaita, Solomon Islands Not recorded since 1904; more recent observations are believed to be confusions with other doves and pigeons. It was probably exterminated by introduced dogs and cats.[29]
Viti Levu giant pigeon Natunaornis gigoura Viti Levu, Fiji Known from subfossil remains. It was the third largest pigeon ever after the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, flightless and adapted to eat large fruit, seeds, and insects on the ground. Like the former, it would have been extremely vulnerable to hunting and introduced mammals predating on its eggs and chicks.[14]
Mangaia ground dove Pampusana erythroptera ssp. Mangaia, Cook Islands Known from subfossil remains.[14]
Society Islands ground dove Pampusana erythroptera ssps.
Moorea
and Tahiti, French Polynesia 		Known from a few specimens collected between 1768 and 1779 (mostly lost), paintings and descriptions. Differences in the paintings suggest that they represent two undescribed subspecies. Two other subspecies were described in the
Tuamotu Islands, where at least one survives.[14]
Tanna ground dove Pampusana ferruginea
Tanna Island
, Vanuatu 		Only known from a 1774 painting by Georg Forster.[30]
Henderson ground dove Pampusana leonpascoi Henderson Island, Pitcairn Most recent remains dated to 1000-1600 CE.[7]
New Caledonian ground dove Pampusana longitarsus New Caledonia Most recent remains at the Pindai Caves dated to 86-428.[7]
Great ground dove Pampusana nui Marquesas, Cook, Society, and Tuamotu Islands[14] Most recent remains in Mangaia dated to 1390-1470 CE.[7]
Thick-billed ground dove Pampusana salamonis Makira and Ramos, Solomon Islands Known from one individual collected in Makira in 1882 and another from Ramos in 1927. Likely declined due to hunting, predation by introduced rats and cats, and habitat destruction.[31]
Red-moustached fruit dove Ptilinopus mercierii Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa, Marquesa Islands, French Polynesia Only recorded in Nuku Hiva when the holotype was collected in 1836-1839, and last recorded in Hiva Oa in 1922. A record from 1980 was mistaken. Disappeared due to predation by introduced great horned owls, cats, and rats.[32]
Mauke fruit dove
 Ptilinopus rarotongensis byronensis Mauke, Cook Islands Only known from a 1825 description by Andrew Bloxam.[14]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
White-headed Polynesian ground dove Pampusana erythroptera albicollis Hao, Hiti, and possibly Tahanea, French Polynesia Last sighted in the 1950s. Disappeared due to predation by introduced cats and rats.[14]
Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Tongan ground dove Pampusana stairi From Wallis and Futuna to New Caledonia Extirpated from New Caledonia after human settlement.[15]

Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)

Rails (family
Rallidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Nuku Hiva rail Hypotaenidia epulare Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands Most recent remains dated to around 950 CE.[33] The remains were found in middens along with other vertebrate bones and shells of animals consumed by Polynesians. It was probably hunted to extinction.[14]
Ua Huka rail Hypotaenidia gracilitibia[14] Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands Most recent remains dated to around 600 CE.[33]
Niue rail Hypotaenidia huiatua Niue Known from subfossil remains predating human settlement, but believed to have been driven to extinction by hunting or anthropogenic changes to its environment.[14]
Tongatapu rail Hypotaenidia hypoleucus Tongatapu, Tonga Known from
feral dogs introduced by Cook's previous visit in 1773.[14]
Tahiti rail Hypotaenidia pacifica Tahiti and Mehetia, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last reported in Tahiti in 1844 and in Mehetia in the 1930s. It was flightless. Its extinction was presumably caused by introduced cats and rats.[34]
Tinian rail Hypotaenidia pendiculentus Tinian, Mariana Islands Known from subfossil remains.[14]
Aguiguan rail Hypotaenidia pisonii Aguiguan, Mariana Islands Known from subfossil remains, nearly all of which show charring from cooking fires.[14]
Bar-winged rail Hypotaenidia poeciloptera Viti Levu and Ovalau, Fiji Last seen with certainty before 1890. There were unconfirmed sightings in Taveuni in 1971, and in Waisa, Viti Levu in 1973. It was possibly exterminated by introduced cats and mongooses.[14]
Mangaia rail Hypotaenidia ripleyi Mangaia, Cook Islands Known from subfossil remains. Likely extinct due to hunting, habitat alteration, and introduction of mammalian predators.[14]
Tahuata rail Hypotaenidia roletti Tahuata, Marquesas Islands Most recent remains dated to around 950 CE.
eastern Polynesia, it was likely flightless and had robust legs adapted to a terrestrial lifestyle. As a result, it would have been extremely vulnerable to humans and introduced predators.[14]
Tabuai rail Hypotaenidia steadmani Tabuai, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Known from subfossil remains. It possibly disappeared around 1300 CE, soon after the arrival of Polynesians.[14]
Huahine rail Hypotaenidia storrsolsoni Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains at Fa'ahia dated to 700-1150 CE.[7] Its remains were found in Polynesian middens, and it likely disappeared due to hunting or predation by introduced mammals.[14]
Rota rail Hypotaenidia temptatus Rota, Mariana Islands Known from subfossil remains.[14]
Vava'u rail Hypotaenidia vavauensis
Vava'u
, Tonga 		Depicted alive by the Malaspina Expedition in 1793.[14] Its existence was confirmed with the finding of Lapita culture remains in 2004-2014.[18]
Eua rail
 Hypotaenidia vekamatolu ʻEua, Tonga Known from subfossil remains. It disappeared between the arrival of Polynesians around 1300 and Europeans in 1800.[14]
Wake Island rail Hypotaenidia wakensis Wake and Wilkes Island Likely hunted to extinction by besieged
Japanese Empire troops during the World War II occupation of Wake Island.[14]
Hiva Oa rail Hypotaenidia sp. Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands One of only two rail species from eastern Polynesia. It was flightless.[14]
New Caledonian gallinule Porphyrio kukwiedei New Caledonia Most recent remains at the Pindai Caves dated to 86-428 CE.[7] A possible native name, n'dino, was recorded in 1860.[14]
Huahine swamphen Porphyrio mcnabi Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains at Fa'ahia dated to 700-1150 CE.[7]
Marquesas swamphen Porphyrio paepae Hiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Though described from subfossil remains, it could have survived until the 20th century on account of a gallinule depicted being hunted by a dog on the 1902 painting Le Sorcier d'Hiva Oa, by Paul Gauguin. Thor Heyerdahl also observed a similar bird in 1937.[14]
Rota swamphen Porphyrio sp. Rota, Mariana Islands Known from subfossil remains.[24]
Viti Levu rail
 Vitirallus watlingi Viti Levu, Fiji Known from subfossil remains. It was apparently restricted to lowlands, which would be more susceptible to fires. Likely disappeared due to hunting, habitat destruction, and predation by introduced mammals like the Polynesian rat.[14]
Kosrae crake Zapornia monasa Kosrae, Micronesia Known from two individuals collected in 1827-1828. Considered sacred by the natives and not hunted, it likely disappeared due to predation by rats, which were plentiful by the time ornithologists fruitlessly searched for the bird again, in 1880.[14]
Tahiti crake Zapornia nigra Tahiti, Society Islands, and possibly Mangaia, Cook Islands Depicted by Georg Forster during
Cook's second voyage (1772-1775); John Frederick Miller's more famous painting from 1784 is a copy. It disappeared soon after from Tahiti but it or a similar species (different from Zapornia rua) could have survived in Mangaia until recently.[14]
Mangaia crake Zapornia rua Mangaia, Cook Islands Known from subfossil remains.[14]
Easter Island crake Zapornia sp. Easter Island, Chile Disappeared between 1000 and 1430 CE.[14]
Buka swamphen Porphyrio sp. Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville Prehistoric
Easter Island rail Rallidae incertae sedis Easter Island, Chile Disappeared between 1000 and 1430 CE.[14]
Rallidae incertae sedis Tonga A species of size intermediate between H. vavauensis and
H. philippensis, dated to 855-730 BCE.[18]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
New Caledonian rail Gallirallus lafresnayanus New Caledonia Not seen with certainty since 1890 and likely extirpated by predation from introduced rats, cats, and
montane forests inaccessible to such predators.[36][14]
Samoan wood rail
 Pareudiastes pacificus
Savai'i
, Samoa 		Last seen in 1873 and likely extirpated by hunting and predation by introduced rats, cats, dogs, and pigs.[37][14]
Makira woodhen Pareudiastes silvestris Makira, Solomon Islands Known from the type collected in 1929 and a single confirmed observation in 1953. It likely declined due to introduced predators like cats, dogs, and electric ants.[38][14]
Extinct in the wild
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Guam rail Hypotaenidia owstoni Guam Extirpated from the wild in 1987, as a result of predation by introduced
reintroduced to the smaller offshore islands of Rota and Cocos in 2010, but only the Cocos population is self-sustaining.[39]
Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Lewin's rail Lewinia pectoralis Australia, Wallacea, New Guinea, and New Caledonia Extirpated from New Caledonia after human settlement.[15]

Shorebirds (order Charadriiformes)

Sandpipers (family Scolopacidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Viti Levu snipe Coenocorypha miratropica Viti Levu, Fiji Known from subfossil remains. Probably disappeared due to predation by introduced pigs, dogs, and Polynesian rats.[14]
New Caledonian snipe Coenocorypha neocaledonica[40] New Caledonia Known from two subfossil humeri and a coracoid. Probably driven to extinction by introduced rats.[14]
Christmas sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata Kiritimati, Kiribati Only known from the type, collected in 1778 and subsequently lost. It was probably exterminated by invasive cats.[14]
Moorea sandpiper Prosobonia ellisi Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Only known from two paintings based on individuals collected during Cook's third voyage in 1777, and subsequently lost.[41] Some authors suggest it was the same species as the Tahiti sandpiper, while others defend its specific status on plumage differences. In the absence of specimens, the species must be considered dubious.[14] It was probably exterminated by invasive mammals, though habitat destruction could have been another factor.[14]
Tahiti sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Known from an individual collected during Cook's voyage in 1773. It could have been driven to extinction by habitat destruction caused by invasive pigs and goats, or predation by rats.[14]

Gulls, terns, and skimmers (family Laridae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Huahine gull Chroicocephalus utunui Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains dated to 700-1150 CE.[7] It could have disappeared due to hunting, habitat loss, disease, or predation from introduced mammals.[14]

Buttonquails (family
Turnicidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
New Caledonian buttonquail Turnix varius novaecaledoniae New Caledonia Known only from the type specimen collected in 1889 and subfossil remains. Studies of
owl pellets are consistent with the subspecies (or species) gradually declining over time and becoming extinct shortly after it was described. Deforestation through burning and introduced mammals could have contributed to its extinction.[14]

Boobies, cormorants, and allies (order Suliformes)

Boobies and gannets (family Sulidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Ua Huka booby Papasula abbotti costelloi Ua Huka and Tahuata, Marquesas Islands Only known from subfossil remains at archaeological middens, indicating that it was regularly hunted by Polynesians before its extinction around 1200 CE. It was larger than Abbott's booby and may be a different species. It probably nested only in tall trees, like Abbott's booby, which would also make it vulnerable to habitat destruction.[14]
Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Abbott's booby Papasula abbotti abbotti Indian Ocean to Micronesia and Melanesia Only found in the present on Christmas Island, an Australian dependency southwest of Indonesia.[14] Subfossil remains are known from Tikopia, Solomon Islands and Efate, Vanuatu. A vagrant female was photographed in Rota, Northern Mariana Islands in 2007.[42]

Pelicans, herons, and ibises (order Pelecaniformes)

Herons (family Ardeidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Easter Island heron cf. Egretta sp. Easter Island, Chile Disappeared around 1000-1430 CE.[14]
Niue night heron Nycticorax kalavikai Niue Most recent remains at Anakuli Cave dated to 2550-1550 BCE. It likely disappeared due to hunting and predation by introduced mammals.[7]
Nycticorax sp. Tonga Known from subfossil remains.[14]

Hawks and relatives (order Accipitriformes)

Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family Accipitridae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Powerful goshawk Accipiter efficax New Caledonia Two species most recently dated to 86-428 CE at the Pindai Caves.[7] The reason of extinction is unknown, as New Caledonia is today home to two other Accipiter species, the brown goshawk and the white-bellied goshawk. However, the extinct and extant species not being found together could indicate that they lived in different habitats, or that the extant species colonized the island after the others disappeared.[14]
Gracile goshawk Accipiter quartus
Vanuatu hawk Accipiter sp. Vanuatu Known from subfossil remains. Became extinct after the arrival of the Lapita peoples.[43]

Owls (order
Strigiformes
)

True owls (family
Strigidae
)

Locally extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Images
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, and New Zealand Extirpated from New Caledonia after human settlement.[15]

Barn-owls (family
Tytonidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
New Caledonian barn owl Tyto letocarti New Caledonia Almost entirely dependent on reptiles, it became extinct when reptile numbers crashed after the colonization of New Caledonia by humans and the Polynesian rat. The island was later colonized by the common barn owl (T. alba), whose diet is rodent-based.[15]

Kingfishers and relatives (order Coraciiformes)

Kingfishers (family
Alcedinidae
)

Extinct in the wild
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Guam kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus Guam Following catastrophic predation by the introduced brown tree snake, the last 29 individuals were caught in 1986 and taken to the United States, where there are over a hundred now in captivity.[44]

Parrots (order Psittaciformes)

Old World parrots (family Psittaculidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Raiatea parakeet Cyanoramphus ulietanus Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Known from two individuals generally believed to have been collected during Cook's second voyage in 1773 or 1774, though 1777 during the third voyage is also possible.[14]
Black-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus zealandicus Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last collected in 1844. It could have become extinct due to habitat loss, hunting, or predation by introduced species.[45]
Oceanic eclectus Eclectus infectus 'Eua, Lifuka, Uiha, and Vava'u in Tonga; possibly also Vanuatu and Fiji Described from subfossil remains. A live bird from Vava'u was likely depicted by members of the Malaspina Expedition in 1793. It presumably became extinct soon after due to hunting and predation by introduced mammals.[14]
Sinoto's lorikeet Vini sinotoi Marquesas and Society Islands Most recent remains dated to 810-1025 CE.[46] It could have become extinct due to predation by Polynesian rats.[14]
Conquered lorikeet Vini vidivici Marquesas, Society, and Cook Islands Most recent remains dated to 1000-1200 CE.[47] It could have become extinct due to predation by Polynesian rats.[14]
Easter Island parrots Psittaciformes incertae sedis Easter Island, Chile Two species extinct between 1000 and 1430 CE.[14]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
New Caledonian lorikeet Charmosyna diadema New Caledonia Known from two individuals collected before 1860. It was reported as existing in Oubatche in 1913, and an unconfirmed sighting southwest of Mount Panié was made in 1976.[14]

Perching birds (order
Passeriformes
)

Pittas (family Pittidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Bougainville black-faced pitta Pitta anerythra pallida Bougainville Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville Last recorded in 1938.[48]

Fantails and silktails (family Rhipiduridae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Guam rufous fantail
 Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae Guam Last recorded in either 1984 or 1985. Extinct primarily because of predation by introduced brown tree snakes, assisted by rats, monitor lizards, and possibly residual pesticides.[14]

Reed warblers (family Acrocephalidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Mangareva reed warbler Acrocephalus astrolabii unknown; possibly the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia Known only from two individuals collected by Jules Dumont d'Urville in either 1826-1829 or 1838-1839. Likely disappeared due to deforestation and introduced predators.[14]
Moorea reed warbler Acrocephalus longirostris Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1973; a later reported observation is unconfirmed. It probably disappeared due to severe deforestation, predation by introduced mammals, or avian malaria which was introduced to the island in the 1970s.[14]
Nightingale reed warbler Acrocephalus luscinius Guam Last recorded in 1969. It was driven to extinction by the introduced predatory brown tree snake. Habitat loss caused by fire and drainage of wetlands, pesticide use, and additional introduced predators like cats and rats were also contributing factors.[14]
Huahine warbler Acrocephalus musae garretti Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Only known from five individuals collected around 1869. It likely became extinct due to predation by introduced rats.[14]
Raiatea warbler Acrocephalus musae musae Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last collected between 1870 and 1873.[14]
Aguijan reed warbler
 Acrocephalus nijoi Aguiguan, Mariana Islands Last recorded in the mid-1990s. Extinct due to habitat loss caused by deforestation and grazing by introduced goats.[14]
Pagan reed warbler Acrocephalus yamashinae Pagan, Mariana Islands Last recorded in the 1970s. It was made extinct by draining its wetland habitat for agriculture, grazing
volcanic eruption that destroyed much of the remaining woody vegetation.[14]

Grassbirds and allies (family Locustellidae)

Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Vanua Levu long-legged thicketbird Cincloramphus rufus cluniei Vanua Levu, Fiji Only known from the type specimen collected in 1974. An unconfirmed sighting was made in 1990.[14]

White-eyes (family Zosteropidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Guam bridled white-eye Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus Guam Last recorded in 1983. Disappeared due to predation by the introduced brown tree snake.[14]

Starlings (family Sturnidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Kosrae starling Aplonis corvina Kosrae, Micronesia Last collected in 1828. It disappeared due to predation by introduced rats.[49]
Huahine starling Aplonis diluvialis Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains at Fa'ahia dated to 700-1150 CE.[7]
Mysterious starling
 Aplonis mavornata Mauke, Cook Islands Only known from the type specimen collected in 1825. It disappeared due to predation by introduced rats.[50]
Raiatea starling Aplonis ulietensis Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Known from a 1774 painting and descriptions. It is presumed to have been driven to extinction by introduced rats.[51]
Erromango starling Aplonis sp. Erromango, Vanuatu Last dated in Ponamia after 950 BCE.[7]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Pohnpei starling Aplonis pelzelni Pohnpei, Micronesia Last collected in 1995, with unconfirmed sightings in 2008. The reasons for its decline, which began in the 1930s, is unknown. Habitat loss, hunting, and predation by introduced rats have been suggested.[52]

Monarch flycatchers (family
Monarchidae
)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Guam flycatcher Myiagra freycineti Guam Once common through the island, its population crashed rapidly after brown tree snakes were introduced, becoming restricted to the northern plateau in 1971, then to the Pajon Basin in early 1983. By the time a captive breeding program was set up in October of the same year, only one male could be found and captured. This animal died in captivity in May 1984 of unknown causes. Introduced diseases could also have contributed to its extinction.[14]
Myiagra sp. Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Known from subfossil remains.[14]
Eiao monarch Pomarea fluxa Eiao, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1977. Disappeared soon after the chestnut-breasted mannikin was introduced to the island, implying that a exotic avian disease was transmitted to the population. The species may have also declined earlier due to habitat loss caused by sheep grazing, and predation by feral cats, black rats, and Polynesian rats.[53]
Nuku Hiva monarch Pomarea nukuhivae Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1930s. Declined due to habitat loss caused by intense grazing and fire, and predation by introduced species including the black rat.[54]
Maupiti monarch Pomarea pomarea Maupiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Known only from the type specimen, collected in 1823. It was likely driven extinct by introduced species.[55]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Ua Pou monarch Pomarea mira Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Last confirmed record in 1985, with an unconfirmed sighting in 2010. It likely declined due to habitat loss and degradation through overgrazing and fires, along with predation by introduced mammals.[56]

Reptiles (class
Reptilia
)

Crocodilians (order Crocodilia)

Mekosuchines (clade Mekosuchinae)

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Mekosuchus inexpectatus Grande Terre and Isle of Pines, New Caledonia Possibly survived until 140-280 CE, although this datation was not made directly on Mekosuchus bones.[43]
Mekosuchus kalpokasi Efate, Vanuatu Known from subfossil remains dated to around 1050 BCE.[43]
Volia athollandersoni Fiji Most recent remains at Naigani dated to 950 BCE.[13]

Squamates (order Squamata)

Australia-New Zealand geckos (family Diplodactylidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Delcourt's giant gecko
 Gigarcanum delcourti unknown; probably New Caledonia Only known from a unlabelled, stuffed specimen discovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum of
Maori folklore, but a genetic phylogeny in 2023 placed it among New Caledonian geckos instead.[57]

Skinks (family Scincidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Tonga ground skink Tachygia microlepis Tonga Only known specimens collected by Dumont d'Urville during the Astrolabe expedition, which returned to France in 1829.[58]

Iguanas and chuckwallas (family Iguanidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Tongan giant iguana Brachylophus gibbonsi Tonga and Aiwa Levu, Fiji Possibly introduced to Fiji by Tongan visitors. It was hunted to extinction, disappearing from Tonga around 900 BCE and from Fiji around 350 BCE.[16]
Fiji giant iguana Lapitiguana impensa Fiji Most recent remains at Naigani dated to 950 BCE.[13]

Monitor lizards (family Varanidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
New Caledonian goanna Varanus sp. New Caledonia Present before human settlement and presumed extinct for anthropogenic causes, though the evidence of interaction with humans is lacking.[15]

Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)

Horned turtles (family Meiolaniidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Vanuatu horned turtle Meiolania damelipi Vanuatu and Viti Levu, Fiji Hunted to extinction by about 810 BCE.[59]
New Caledonia horned turtle Meiolania mackayi New Caledonia Extinct around 531 CE.[59]

Amphibians (class
Amphibia
)

Frogs (order Anura)

Wrinkled ground frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Giant Fiji ground frog Platymantis megabotoniviti Viti Levu, Fiji Became extinct after humans arrived on Fiji with the
first millennium BCE. Unlike other platymantine frogs that survived, it was a fully terrestrial species that didn't climb trees nor live near water. It probably also had relatively large eggs and juveniles, like its relatives, all of which would make this species more vulnerable to introduced predators.[60]

Insects (class
Insecta
)

Beetles (order
Coleoptera
)

Predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)

Scientific name Range
Rhantus novacaledoniae New Caledonia[61]

Moths and butterflies (order Lepidoptera)

Smoky moths (family Zygaenidae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Levuana moth Levuana iridescens Viti Levu, Fiji Last recorded in 1956. The extinction followed the introduction of the
parasitic fly Bessa remota by coconut farmers, as a form of biological pest control. However, it's been argued that L. iridescens was not actually native to Fiji and that lack of post-1956 records is the result of diminished enthomological research after Fiji's independence.[62]

Snails and slugs (class Gastropoda)

Order Stylommatophora

Family Bothriembryontidae

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Leucocharis loyaltiensis
 		New Caledonia Last recorded in the 1900s.[63]
Leucocharis porphyrocheila New Caledonia Last recorded in the 1900s.[64]

Family Charopidae

Scientific name Range Comments
Mautodontha acuticosta French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[65]
Mautodontha consimilis French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[66]
Mautodontha consobrina French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[67]
Mautodontha maupiensis French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[68]
Mautodontha parvidens French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[69]
Mautodontha punctiperforata French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[70]
Mautodontha saintjohni French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[71]
Mautodontha subtilis French Polynesia Last recorded in the 1880s.[72]
Mautodontha unilamellata Cook Islands Last recorded in the 1880s.[73]
Mautodontha zebrina Cook Islands Last recorded in the 1880s.[74]

Family Helicarionidae

Common name Scientific name Range
Mount Matafao different snail
 Diastole matafaoi American Samoa[75]

Family Partulidae

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Huahine Tiny Tree Snail Partula arguta Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Exterminated by the introduced predatory snail Euglandina rosea. Individuals were captured for a breeding program, but it ended with the death of the last captive animal in 1994.[76]
Raiatean Ground Partula Partula atilis Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[77]
Golden Partula Partula aurantia Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[78]
Auriculate Tree Snail Partula auriculata Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[79]
Tahaa Banded Tree Snail Partula bilineata Taha'a, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in the 1980s.[80]
Thick-Lipped Tree Snail Partula crassilabris Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Believed exterminated by E. rosea around 1991-1992.[81]
Raiatean Banded Tree Snail Partula cuneata Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[82]
Aphrodite's Tree Snail Partula cytherea Papenoo valley, Tahiti, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[83]
Raiatean Streaked Tree Snail Partula dolichostoma Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[84]
Slender Mountain Tree Snail Partula dolorosa Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[85]
Tahaa Hermit Tree Snail Partula eremita Taha'a, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in the late 1980s.[86]
Burch's Partula Partula jackieburchi Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded after E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[87]
Vinuous Tree Snail Partula labrusca Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since 1992 due to predation by E. rosea. The last captive animal died in 2002.[88]
Thin-Lipped Tree Snail Partula leptochila Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[89]
Raiatean Ground Partula Partula levistriata Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in 1992. Exterminated by E. rosea.[90]
Bora Bora Tree Snail Partula lutea Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in 1986.[91]
Tahaa Large Tree Snail Partula planilabrum Tahaa, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in the late 1980s.[92]
Tahitian Banded Tree Snail Partula producta Faurahi Valley, Tahiti, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[93]
Raiatean Banded Partula Partula protracta Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Thought to have disappeared around 1991-1992 because of predation by E. rosea, introduced in the late 1980s.[94]
Remote Tree Snail Partula remota Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Thought to have disappeared around 1991-1992 because of predation by E. rosea, introduced in the late 1980s.[95]
Mount Alifana partula Partula salifana Guam[96]
Arrow-head tree snail Partula sagitta Tahaa, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in the late 1980s.[97]
Swollen Raiatea tree snail Partula turgida Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in the wild in 1992, due to predation by E. rosea. The last individual in captivity died in 1996.[98]
Tahaa Squat Tree Snail Partula umbilicata Tahaa, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded since E. rosea was introduced in the late 1980s.[99]
Possibly extinct
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Pohnpei ground partula snail Partula guamensis Pohnpei, Micronesia Last recorded in 1936. Declined due to predation by introduced species like the flatworm Platydemus manokwari, brown rat, black rat, Polynesian rat, and snail E. rosea.[100]
Extinct in the wild
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Toothed Partula Partula dentifera Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in the wild in 1992 as a result of predation by E. rosea.[101]
Captain Cook's bean snail Partula faba Raiatea and Taha'a, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in the wild in 1992 as a result of predation by E. rosea. Only individuals from Raiatea survive in captivity.[102]
Rose-tipped partula snail Partula hebe Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Last recorded in the wild in 1992 because of predation by E. rosea.[103]
Miracle Tree Snail Partula mirabilis Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[104]
Moorean Smooth Tree Snail Partula mooreana Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in 1977. A reintroduction program began in 2016.[105]
Raiatean ground partula snail Partula navigatoria Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia The last known wild individuals were taken for a captive breeding program in 1992. The species was reintroduced in 2016.[106]
Tahitian Nodular Partula Partula nodosa Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[107]
Pink Partula Partula rosea Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in the early 1990s.[108]
Sutural partula Partula suturalis Moorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[109]
Mount Tohiea Tree Snail Partula tohiveana Fareahito valley, Moorea, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in 1977.[110]
Mourning Partula Partula tristis Raiatea, French Polynesia Last recorded in the wild in 1992 as a result of predation by E. rosea.[111]
Variable Tree Snail Partula varia Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Not recorded in the wild since E. rosea was introduced in the early 1990s. A reintroduction attempt began in 2018.[112]

Plants (kingdom Plantae)

Order Arecales

Palm trees (family Arecaceae)

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Easter Island palm
 Paschalococos disperta Easter Island, Chile Disappeared between 1250 and 1650 CE, possibly as a result of clearing areas for agriculture and predation of nuts by introduced rats.[113] Easter Island palm symbols in rongorongo script

Order Fabales

Legumes (family Fabaceae)

Extinct in the wild
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Toromiro
 Sophora toromiro Easter Island, Chile Last wild tree was cut down in 1960. Survives in captivity in Chile and other countries, but all attempts at reintroduction have been unsuccessful.[114]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The source gives "11,700 calendar yr b2k (before CE 2000)". But "BP" means "before CE 1950". Therefore, the Holocene began 11,650 BP. Doing the math, that is c. 9700 BCE.

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