Saint Helena
Saint Helena is not now a major breeding site for seabirds as Ascension is, but it used to have more endemic birds, all but one of which are now extinct. The wirebird ("Charadrius sanctaehelenae") is a type of plover, and is the national bird. It is called the "wirebird" due to its thin legs that look like wire. Extinct birds on the island include the large Saint Helena petrel, small Saint Helena petrel, Saint Helena crake, Saint Helena swamphen, Saint Helena dove, Saint Helena cuckoo and, most famously, the St. Helena hoopoe.