Birds

Birds are the descendants of Dinosaurs dating back to the Jurassic.

List of Extinct Birds

Ornithuraes

• Apatornis
• Iaceornis

Birds of Prey

• Several New World vultures (Cathartidae) spp.
  • Pleistocene black vulture (Coragyps occidentalis ssp.)
  • Megafaunal Californian condor (Gymnogyps amplus)
  • Clark's condor (Breagyps clarki)
  • Cuban condor (Gymnogyps varonai)
  • Pampagyps imperator
  • Geronogyps reliquus
  • Wingegyps cartellei
  • Pleistovultur nevesi
• Teratornithidae
  • Argentavis
  • Teratornis
  • Aiolornis incredibilis
  • Cathartornis gracilis
  • Oscaravis olsoni
  • Teratornis merriami
  • Teratornis woodburnensis
  • A few giant condors
  • Several Accipitridae spp.
  • American neophrone vulture (Neophrontops americanus)
  • Woodward's eagle (Amplibuteo woodwardi)
  • Cuban great hawk (Buteogallus borrasi)
  • Daggett's eagle (Buteogallus daggetti)
  • Fragile eagle (Buteogallus fragilis)
  • Cuban giant hawk (Gigantohierax suarezi)
  • Errant eagle (Neogyps errans)
  • Grinnell's crested eagle (Spizaetus grinnelli)
  • Willett's hawk-eagle (Spizaetus willetti)
  • Caribbean titan hawk (Titanohierax)
• Several Accipiter spp.^[3]
  • Powerful goshawk (Accipiter efficax)
  • Gracile goshawk (Accipiter quartus)
• Haast's Eagle
• Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus maher)
• Several harriers (Circus)
  • Eyles's harrier (Circus eylesi)
  • Wood harrier (Circus dossenus; endemic to Hawaii)

Terror Birds

• Diatryma
• Bathornis
• Brontornis
• Gastornis
• Kelenken
• Lavocatavis
• Mesembriornis
• Paleopsilopterus
• Phorusrhacos
• Procariama simplex
• Psilopterus
• Titanis

Charadriiformes

• Ceramornis
• Dow's puffin (Fratercula dowi)
• Graculavus

Various Coenocorypha spp.

• New Caledonian snipe (Coenocorypha miratropica)
• Viti Levu snipe (Coenocorypha neocaledonica)

Columbiformes

• Marquesas cuckoo-dove (Macropygia heana)
• New Caledonian ground dove (Gallicolumba longitarsus)
• Passenger pigeon
• Viti Levu giant pigeon (Natunaornis gigoura)

Various Corvus spp.

• New Zealand raven (Corvus antipodum)
• Chatham raven (Corvus moriorum)
• High-billed crow (Corvus impluviatus; large crow endemic to Maui)

Dromornithidae

• Dinornis
• Dromornis
  • Dromornis stirtoni
• Bullockornis planei
• Genyornis
• Mihirung

All members of elephant bird, also known as vorompatra in Malagasy language (Aepyornithidae)

• Long-legged bunting (Emberiza alcoveri)
  • Aepyornis
  • Mullerornis
  • Vorombe titan (largest bird on record)

Enantiornithes

• Alexornis
• Avisaurus
• Elbretornis
• Elsornis
• Enantiornis
• Flexomornis
• Gurilynia
• Halimornis
• Iberomesornis
• Lectavis
• Madeupornis birdi
• Martinavis
• Protopteryx
• Shanweiniao
• Soroavisaurus
• Vorona
• Yungavolucris

Various flamingo (Phoenicopteridae) spp.

• Minute flamingo (Phoenicopterus minutus)
• Cope's flamingo (Phoenicopterus copei)
• American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber; extirpated in Australia)
• Xenorhynchopsis spp. (Australian flamingo)
• Xenorhynchopsis minor
• Xenorhynchopsis tibialis
• Ocyplanus proeses (Australian flamingo)

Moa Birds

• Giant moa (Dinornis)
• Upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus)
• Bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)
• Eastern moa (Emeus crassus)
• Coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus)
• Pachyornis

Galliformes

• Phasianidae
  • Canary Islands quail (Coturnix gomerae)
  • Turkey (Meleagris) spp.
    • Californian turkey (Meleagris californica)
    • Meleagris crassipes
• Megapode
  • Giant malleefowl (Leipoa gallinacea)
  • Giant Megapodius spp.
    • Pile-builder megapode (Megapodius molistructor)
    • Consumed scrubfowl (Megapodius alimentum)
    • Viti Levu scrubfowl (Megapodius amissus)
• Sylviornis

Gruiformes

• Cranes
  • Various European crane spp. (Genus Grus)
    • Grus primigenia
    • Grus melitensis
  • Cuban flightless crane (Antigone cubensis)
  • La Brea crane (Grus pagei)
• Rallidae
  • Barbados rail (Incertae sedis)
  • All cave rail (Nesotrochis) spp. e.g.
    • Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi)
  • Tasmanian nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii; extirpated on mainland Australia)
  • New Caledonian gallinule (Porphyrio kukwiedei)
  • Various Gallirallus spp.
  • Hodgen's waterhen (Gallinula hodgenorum)
  • Snipe-rail (Capellirallus karamu)
  • Great Maui crake (Porzana severnsi)
  • Easter Island crake (Porzana sp.)
  • Easter Island rail (undescribed)
• Hova gallinule (Hovacrex roberti)
• Adzebill (Aptornis)

Austrodyptornithes

• Penguins
  • Giant Penguins
    • Anthropornis
    • Kumimanu
  • Crossvallia
  • Great Auk
  • Waitaha penguin (Megadyptes waitaha)
  • Inkayacu
  • Kairuku
  • Waimanu: ancestor of the penguins
• Procellariiformes
  • O'ahu petrel (Pterodroma jugabilis)
  • Scarlett's shearwater (Puffinus spelaeus)
  • Tytthostonyx

Piciformes

• Woodpecker
  • Ivory-billed Woodpecker
  • Colaptes
    • Bermuda flicker (Colaptes oceanicus)

Sea Birds

• Hesperornitheans
  • Asiahesperornis
  • Baptornis
  • Brodavis
  • Canadaga
  • Fumicollis
  • Hesperornis
  • Judinornis
  • Parahesperornis
  • Potamornis
• Ichthyornithes
  • Ichthyornis
  • Janavis
• Vegaviiformes
  • Neogaeornis
  • Polarornis
  • Vegavis
• Pelagornis
• Tytthostonyx

Heron

• Storks
  • Leptoptilos robustus
  • La Brea/Asphalt stork (Ciconia maltha)
  • Wetmore's stork (Mycteria wetmorei)
• Bennu heron
• Niue night heron (Nycticorax kalavikai)
• Undescribed Easter Island heron

Telluraves

• Falconiformes
  • Several caracara (Caracarinae) spp.
    • Bahaman terrestrial caracara (Caracara sp.)
    • Puerto Rican terrestrial caracara (Caracara sp.)
    • Jamaican caracara (Carcara tellustris)
    • Cuban caracara (Milvago sp.)
    • Hispaniolan caracara (Milvago sp.)
    • Venezuelan caracara (Caracara major)
    • Seymour's caracara (Caracara seymouri)
    • Peruvian caracara (Milvago brodkorbi)
• Owls
  • Bahaman barn owl (Tyto pollens)
  • Cretan owl (Athene cretensis)
  • Eagle Owl
  • Ornimegalonyx / Cuban giant owl
  • Primoptynx
  • Tyto gigantea
  • Brea miniature owl (Asphaltoglaux)
  • Kurochkin's pygmy owl (Glaucidium kurochkini)
  • Brea owl (Oraristix brea)
  • Cuban giant owl (Ornimegalonyx)
  • New Caledonian barn owl (Tyto letocarti)
  • Stilt-owl (Grallistrix)
  • Barn owl (Tyto alba; extirpated on Easter Island)

Palaeognathae

• Ostriches
  • Asian ostrich (Struthio asiaticus)
• Casuariiformes
  • Pygmy Cassowary (Casuarius lydekkeri)

Passeriformes

• Fringillidae
  • Stout-legged finch (Ciridops tenax)
  • Several finches of the genus Telespiza
    • Kaua'i finch (Telespiza persecutrix)
    • Maui Nui finch (Telespiza ypsilon)
  • Kaua'i palila (Loxioides kikuchi)
  • Several Rhodacanthis spp.
    • Primitive koa finch (Rhodacanthis litotes)
    • Scissor-billed koa finch (Rhodacanthis forfex)
  • O'ahu grosbeak (Chloridops wahi)
• Giant nukupu'u (Hemignathus vorpalis)
• Long-billed wren (Dendroscansor decurvirostris)
• Stout-legged wren (Pachyplichas yaldwyni)

Psittacopasserae

• Parrots
  • Saint Croix macaw (Ara autocthones)
  • Mexican thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta phillipsi)
  • Puerto Rican crow (Corvus pumilis)
  • Two species of undescribed Easter Island parrots

Waterfowl

• Anatalavis
• Malagasy sheldgoose (Centrornis)
• Malagasy shelduck (Alopochen sirabensis)
• Vegavis
• Ducks
  • Scarlett's duck (Malacorhynchus scarletti)
  • New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri)
  • Chatham Islands duck (Pachyanas chathamica)
  • Bermuda flightless duck (Anas pachyscelus)
  • Californian flightless sea duck (Chendytes lawi)
    • Kaua'i mole duck (Talpanas lippa; a blind, flightless, terrestrial Hawaiian duck)
  • Mexican stiff-tailed duck (Oxyura zapatima)
  • Japanese flightless duck (Shiriyanetta hasegawai)
• Geese
  • Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes)
  • New Zealand goose (Cnemiornis)
  • Giant Hawaii goose (Branta rhuax)
  • Yakutian goose (Anser djuktaiensis)
• Swans
  • Giant swan (Cygnus falconeri)
  • New Zealand swan (Cygnus sumnerensis)
• All members of Thambetochenini
  • Turtle-jawed moa-nalo (Chelychelynechen quassus; from Kaua'i)
  • Small-billed moa-nalo (Ptaiochen pau; from Maui)
  • O'ahu moa-nalo (Thambetochen xanion)
  • Maui Nui large-billed moa-nalo (Thambetochen chauliodous)

Pleistocene Mexican cormorants spp. (genus Phalacrocorax)

• Phalacrocorax goletensis
• Phalacrocorax chapalensis

Pleistocene Mexican diver spp.

• Plyolimbus baryosteus
• Podiceps spp.
  • Podiceps parvus

Other Extinct Birds

• Aepyornis
• Ampoza ground roller (Brachypteracias langrandi)
• Anchiornis
• Apteribis (a giant, flightless ibis)
• Archaeopteryx
• Balaur
• Bridled white-eye
• Carolina parakeet
• Cathayornis
• Cimolopteryx
• Confuciusornis
• Dalmatian pelican
• Dodo
• Eocypselus: ancestor of Hummingbirds
• Eskimo curlew
• Gansus
• Gargantuavis
• Graculavus
• Gruipeda
• Hova gallinule (Hovacrex roberti)
• Guildavis
• Jeholornis
• Laornis
• Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis)
• Noble megapode (Megavitornis altirostris)
• Osteodontornis
• Jamaican ibis
• Laornis
• Lowland kagu (Rhynochetos orarius)
• Maui nukupuʻu
• Molokaʻi creeper
  • New Zealand owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles novazelandiae)
• Palaeotringa
• Palintropus
• Paractiornis
• Patagopterygiformes
  • Alamitornis
• Phoenicopteriformes
  • Scaniornis
• Poo-uli
• Proapteryx
• Protoavis
• Rahonavis
• Rodrigues Solitaire
• Spix's Macaw
• Styginetta
• Telmatornis
• Teviornis
• Tingmiatornis
• Tsidiiyazhi
• Yanornis

Fictional Birds

Bird Hybrids

• Allodrigues
• Aquilamimus
• Argenteryx
• Claridon
• Coelhaast
• Dodocevia
• Entelorhacos
• Grylenken
• Phorurex
• Phorusaura
• Poukaidei
• Poukandactylus
• Velosrhacos

Skull Island Birds

• Archaeopteryx
• Birds of the Jungle Canopy
• Terror Birds
  • Brutornis
  • Zeropteryx
• Carrion Parrots
• Carrion Storks
• Coastal Birds
• Dapper Crow
• Dark-wing
• Fiery Carrion Parrot
• Foeducrista
• Great Carrion Parrot
• Great Grey Heron
• Green Carrion Parrot
• Hylaeornis
• Martial Parrot
• Noctupervagus
• Pinnatono
• Profanornis sordicus
• Red Carrion Parrot
• Skull Island Egret
• Skull Island Hawk
• Skull Island Hornbill
• Skull Island Ibis
• Skull Island Seagull
• Tiny Brightbird

Mythical

• Griffin
• Phoenix

Extended Links

• Bird Physiology from Powerlisting Wikia