7634

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7634
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Threatened Wildlife of the United States.
• USFW Year: 1973.
• USFW - Doc Type: Washington, D.C.
• Copyright Material: NO

Culebra Puerto Rican Parrot, Amazona vitata gracilipes . Culebra Island, Puerto Rico .
Extinct about 1899. Reason--unknown .
Mauge's Parakeet, Aratinga chloroptera maugei. Puerto Rico. Extinct about 1892.
Reason--destruction of forest habitat.
Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis . Southeastern United States .
Extinct about 1920. Reasons--overhunting and loss of forest habitat.
Louisiana Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis ludoviciana . South central United States .
Extinct about 1912. Reasons--overhunting and loss of forest habitat.
Oahu Thrush, Phaeornis obscurus oahensis. Oahu Island, Hawaii. Extinct after 1825.
Reasons--alteration of environment by modern man, probably avian disease from
introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes . Predation by introduced rats
and cats hypothetical.
Lanai Thrush, Phaeornis obscurus lanaiensis . Lanai Island, Hawaii . Extinct in 1931.
Reasons--alteration of environment by modern man, probable avian disease from
introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes . Predation by introduced
.rats , cats , and mongooses hypothetical .
Molokai Thrush, Phaeornis obscurus rutha. Molokai Island, Hawaii. Extinct in 1936.
Reasons--alteration of environment by modern man, probable avain disease from
introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes . Predation by introduced
rats , cats , and mongooses hypothetical .
Laysan Millerbird, Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris . Laysan Island, Hawaii . Extinct
between 1904 and 1923. Reason--loss of habitat 'due to introduced rabbits eating
vegetation .
Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma. 'Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Extinct after 1859. Reasons--
alteration of environment by modern man, probable avian disease from introduced
birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes , Predation by introduced rats and cats
hypothetical .
Oahu Oo, Moho a icalis. Oahu Island, Hawaii. Extinct about 1837. Reasons--alteration
of environment by modern man, probable avian disease from introduced birds and
spread by introduced mosquitoes, killing by native plume hunters. Predation by
introduced rats and cats hypothetical.
Molokai Oo , Moho bishopi . Molokai Island, Hawaii . Extinct in 1915. Reasons--alteration
of environment by modern man, probable avian disease from introduced birds and
spread by introduced mosquitoes, killing by native plume hunters. Predation by
introduced rats , cats , and mongooses hypothetical .
Hawaii Oo, Moho nobilis. Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Extinct in 1934. Reasons--alteration of
environment by modern man, probable avian disease from introduced birds and spread
by introduced mosquitoes , killing by native plume hunters . Predation by introduced
rats, cats, and mongooses hypothetical.