Guide to Bird Watching

Extinct Birds - Index of Articles

A bird or other animal is said to be extinct when the last one of its kind is dead. Extinction may result from natural conditions being unfavorable to the life of the species, it may be caused by man, or , again, it may be a from a combination of both. The extinction of North American birds has been largely caused through the agency of man. And men, if they will, can save most of the species which remain. To that end, governments have protective laws relating to game and other birds, and much has been done and is being done to teach people the value of wild birds and the wisdom of protecting them.

• The Great Auk
  The great auk, a flightless waterbird about the size of a goose, is perhaps the most famous of North America's extinct birds.
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• The Labrador Duck
  The Labrador duck (also once known as the skunk duck because of the coloring of the drake) bred in Labrador, as its name suggests, and was found on the Atlantic coast south to Chesapeake Bay.
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• The Passenger Pigeon
  Although the wild passenger pigeon was once extremely abundant, in 1914 the last known living passenger pigeon died as a captive bird in the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens.
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• The Carolina Parakeet
  The Carolina parakeet was one of America's most interesting birds; it ws the only parrot-like species native to the North American continent.
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