page_title: List of extinct bird species since 1500
section_title: Passeriformes
hierarchical_section_title: List of extinct bird species since 1500 / Extinct bird species / Passeriformes
caption_attribution_description: Male and female Moho nobilis - Hawaii 'O'o
context_page_description: Over 190 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, and the rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived. Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hit hard; Guam has lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the last 30 years, many of them due to the introduced brown tree snake.
  Currently there are approximately 10,000 living species of birds, with an estimated 1,200 considered to be under threat of extinction.
  Island species in general, and flightless island species in particular, are most at risk. The disproportionate number of rails in the list reflects the tendency of that family to lose the ability to fly when geographically isolated. Even more rails became extinct before they could be described by scientists; these taxa are listed in List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species.
  The extinction dates given below are usually approximations of the actual date of extinction. In some cases, more exact dates are given as it is sometimes possible to pinpoint the date of extinction to a specific year or even day.
context_section_description: Perching birds
  Furnariidae- Ovenbirds
  Cryptic treehunter, Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti (E Brazil, 2007?)
  Alagoas foliage-gleaner, Philydor novaesi (E Brazil, 2011?)
  Acanthisittidae– New Zealand "wrens"
  Lyall's wren, Traversia lyalli (New Zealand, 1895?)
  The species famously (but erroneously) claimed to have been made extinct by a single cat named "Tibbles".
  Bushwren, Xenicus longipes (New Zealand, 1972)
  Three subspecies: X. l. stokesi (North Island, extinct 1955); X. l. longipes (South Island, extinct 1968); X. l. variabilis (Stewart Island, extinct 1972).
  Mohoidae – Hawaiian "honeyeaters". Family established in 2008, previously in Meliphagidae.
  Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, 1860s)
  Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō, Moho nobilis (Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, 1930s)
  Oʻahu ʻōʻō, Moho apicalis (Oʻahu, Hawaiian Islands, mid-19th century)
  Molokaʻi ʻōʻō, Moho bishopi (Molokaʻi and probably Maui, Hawaiian Islands, c. 1910 or 1980s)
  Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, Moho braccatus (Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands, 1987)
  Meliphagidae – honeyeaters and Australian chats
  Chatham bellbird, Anthornis melanocephala (Chatham Islands, Southwest Pacific, c. 1910)
  Sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis melanura. Unconfirmed records exist from the early-mid-1950s.
  The identity of "Strigiceps leucopogon" (an invalid name), described by Lesson in 1840, is unclear. Apart from the holotype supposedly from "New Holland", a second specimen from the "Himalaya" may have existed (or still exist). Lesson tentatively allied it to the Meliphagidae, and Rothschild felt reminded of the kioea.
  Acanthizidae – scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
  Lord Howe gerygone, Gerygone insularis (Lord Howe Island, Southwest Pacific, c. 1930)
  Pachycephalidae – whistlers, shrike-thrushes, pitohuis and allies
  Mangarevan whistler, ?Pachycephala gambierana (Mangareva, Gambier Islands, late 19th century?)
  Tentatively placed here. A mysterious bird of which no specimens exist today. It was initially described as a shrike, then classified as an Eopsalteria "robin" and may actually be an Acrocephalus warbler.
  Dicruridae – monarch flycatchers and allies
  Maupiti monarch, Pomarea pomarea (Maupiti, Society Islands, mid-19th century)
  Eiao monarch, Pomarea fluxa (Eiao, Marquesas, late 1970s)
  Previously considered a subspecies of the Iphis monarch, this is an early offspring of the Marquesan stock.
  Nuku Hiva monarch, Pomarea nukuhivae (Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, mid-late 20th century)
  Previously considered a subspecies of the Marquesas monarch, this is another early offspring of the Marquesan stock.
  Ua Pou monarch, Pomarea mira (Ua Pou, Marquesas, c. 1986)
  Previously considered another subspecies of the Marquesas monarch, this was a distinct species most closely related to that bird and the Fatuhiva monarch.
  Guam flycatcher, Myiagra freycineti (Guam, Marianas, 1983)
  Oriolidae – Old World orioles and allies
  North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra	(North Island, New Zealand, c. 1970?)
  Not reliably recorded since about 1900.
  South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis (South Island, New Zealand, 1960s?)
  Two subspecies, T. c. minor from Stephens Island (extinct c. 1897) and the nominate T. c. capensis from the South Island mainland (last specimen taken in 1902, last unconfirmed record in 1963)
  Callaeidae – New Zealand wattlebirds
  Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris (North Island, New Zealand, early 20th century)
  Hirundinidae – swallows and martins
  White-eyed river martin, Pseudochelidon sirintarae (Thailand, late 1980s?)
  Officially classified as critically endangered, this enigmatic species is only known from migrating birds and it was last seen in 1986 at its former roost site. Recent unconfirmed reports suggest that it may occur in Cambodia.
  Red Sea cliff swallow, Petrochelidon perdita (Red Sea area, late 20th century?)
  Known from a single specimen, this enigmatic swallow probably still exists, but the lack of recent records is puzzling. It is alternatively placed in the genus Hirundo.
  Acrocephalidae –  marsh and tree warblers
  Nightingale reed warbler, Acrocephalus luscinius (Guam,
caption: Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō
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