| NEARCTIC
Anatidae
Camptorhynchus labradorius (Gmelin,1789)
Labrador Duck
Anas labradoria Gmelin Syst.Nat.,1,
pt 2,1789,p.537
(Arctic America,Connecticat and Labrador).
Extinct.
Believed to have bred formerly in Labrador. Wintered
from Grand Manan to Chesapeake
Bay (?) but chiefly off Long Island, N.Y.
Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)
Passenger Pigeon
Extinct.
e.N.America from c.Montana, ec.Saskatchewan,
s.Manitoba, Minnesota, Michigan,Ontario,
s.Quebec, New Brunswich, Nova Scotia S to e.Kansas,
Oklaoma, Mississippi, Georgia.
Wintered in se.U.S.
Psittacidae
Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus, 1758
Carolina Parakeet
Extinct.
se.U.S.from e.Nebraska, Iowa, se.Wisconsin, s.Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, c.New York,
S.to s.Oklaoma, Lousiana, Gulf states and c.Florida
Tetraonidae
Tympanuchus cupido cupido Linnaeus, 1758
Greater Prairie-chicken
Extinct ?
Locally and in reduced numbers to 1500 m from e N. Dakota, nw,c Minnesota,
n Wisconsin and n
Michigan s to ne Colorado, Kansas (exc. sw), s,ne Oklahoma, c Missouri
and s Illinois;coastal plains of se Texas. Formerly ranged widely
from s Canada e to New England, incl. Martha's
Vineyard I. off se Massachusetts, and s to e Texas, sw Louisiana and
ce U.S.
Picidae
Campephilus principalis principalis Linnaeus, 1758
Northern Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Nearing extinction or Probably extinct;
From e Texas, se Oklahoma, ne Arkansas, se Missouri, s Illinois, s
Indiana,
Kentucky and se N. Carolina s to Gulf coast and s Florida. Cuba.
Cuban population last observed in the late 1970's; U.S. last seen in
the 1950's.
Campephilus principalis imperialis Gould,1832
Imperial Woodpecker
Extinct
Formerly in mts. from ne Sonora and w Chihuahua s through Sierra Madre
Occidental to w Durango,wc Zacatecas, ne Nayarit, c Jalisco and n Michoacán.
PALAEARCTIC
Anatidae
Tadorna cristata Kuroda 1917
Common Shelduck
Extinct
Known from three specimens from e Asia, two from Korea and one from
Vladivostok.
Last definite record 1916.
Eldey, Iceland
Alcidae
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus 1758)
Great Auk
Extinct
Last specimen in 1844. Bred on Bird Rocks
in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Funk I. off Newfoundland, Greenland,
Iceland and St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides, possibly elsewhere in the
nw Palearctic. Subfossil bones have been found on the Murman coast
of the Barents Sea ca. 400 km e of the Varanger Fjord in ne Norway, the
next nearest site in n Scandinavia (Potapova, O. Poster at XXI
Int. Orn. Congr., 1994).
Iwo Jima
Rallidae
Poliolimnas cinereus brevipes (Ingram,1911)
Porphyrio Vieillot,1819
Porzana cinerea brevipes Ingram,Bull.Brit.Orn.Cl.,29,1911,p.21.
(Sulphur Island,Bonin Group,Iwotima Island,Vulcan
Islands).
Iwotima and Dionisio islands of the Vulcan Islands.
Ashy Crake
Extinct
Ryukyu
Alcedinidae
Halcyon miyakoensis (Kuroda,1919)
Ryukyu Kingfisher
Extinct
Micronesia in Palau, e.Caroline Is. (Pohnpei)
and s.Mariana Is (Guam)
Todirhamphus cinnamominus (Swainson 1821)
Halcyon cinnamomina Swainson, Zool.Illustr.2.,1821,
text to pl.67
Halcyon Swainson,1821
Todirhamphus Lesson 1827
Micronesian Kingfisher
Probably Extinct
Sw Ryukyu Is (known from unique type from Miyako-shima)
Peters V-206: Marianas Islands,Guam
Bonin I.
Columbidae
Columba versicolor Kittlitz,1832
Bonin Wood-pigeon
Extinct
Bonin Is.(Parry Is.on Naconda Shima and Peel)
Muscicapidae
Zootera terrestris Kittlitz,1831
Bonin Thrush
Extinct
Bonin Is
Fringillidae
Chaunoproctus ferreorostris (Vigors,1828)
Bonin Grosbeak
Extinct
Bonin Is (Peel I.)
Bering I.
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Pallas,1811
Pallas's Cormorant
Extinct
Known only from five specimens from Is.Commander (Bering I.)
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