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North American Birds which are Endangered or Extinct


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This set includes 37 species or subspecies that are extinct or listed, either nationally or on a state level, as being in danger of extinction in the continental US and Hawaii. Photos of some extinct species; Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Eskimo Curlew, Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Heath Hen, Carolina Parakeet, and Passenger Pigeon, are of mounted specimens.

Common NameScientific Name
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianus
California CondorGymnogyps californianus
Whooping CraneGrus americana
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Thick-billed ParrotRhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Greater Prairie-ChickenTympanuchus cupido
Clapper RailRallus longirostris
Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Least TernSterna antillarum
Bachman's WarblerVermivora bachmanii
Kirtland's Warbler Dendroica kirtlandii
Ivory-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus principalis
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerPicoides borealis
Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Spotted OwlStrix occidentalis
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Short-tailed AlbatrossDiomedea albatrus
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
Black-capped VireoVireo atricapillus
Golden-cheeked WarblerDendroica chrysoparia
PalilaLoxioides bailleni
Laysan FinchTelespyza cantans
Hawaiian HawkButeo solitarius
Hawaiian GooseNesochen sandvicensis
Dark-rumped PetrelPterodroma phaeopygia
Laysan DuckAnas laysanensis
Eskimo CurlewNumenius arquata
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius
Carolina ParakeetConuropsis carolinensis
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis
Labrador DuckCamptorhynchus labradorius