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Hypothetical Extinct Species
Several species have been assumed to exist, but due to a lack of physical evidence they can only be regarded as potential species. Hypothetical species are usually believed to be extinct. They have caused confusion, as they may have been a separate species, a subspecies, an introduced species or a misidentification. List of hypothetical species Birds * Albin's Macaw * Arkansaw siskin, ''Fringilla spaltria''https://www.audubon.org/news/john-james-audubon-crazy-wrong-or-neither * Barraband's mystery black-breasted twelve-wired bird-of-paradise * Bird of Washington, ''Haliaetus washingtoni'' * Blue-browed fig parrot * Blue Mountain warbler, ''Sylvia montana'' * Blue-thighed lory, ''Lorius tibialis'' *Dominican green-and-yellow macaw, ''Ara atwoodi'' * Carbonated warbler, ''Sylvia carbonata'' * Cuvier's kinglet, ''Regulus cuvieri'' *'' Geoffroyus aureus'' * Guadeloupe amazon, ''Amazona violacea'' *Guadeloupe parakeet, ''Psittacara labati'' * Hypothetical relatives of the Rodrigues pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadeloupe Psittaciformes
Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024. Like the other overseas departments, it is an integral part of France. As a constituent territory of the European Union and the eurozone, the euro is its official currency and any European Union citizen is free to settle and work there indefinitely, but is not part of the Schengen Area. It included Saint Barthélemy and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadeloupe Parakeet
The Guadeloupe parakeet (''Psittacara labati'') is a hypothetical species of parrot that would have been endemic to Guadeloupe. Description Jean-Baptiste Labat described a population of small parrots living on Guadeloupe: Taxonomy They were later named ''Conurus labati'', and are now called the Guadeloupe parakeet. It has been postulated to be a separate species based on little evidence. There are no specimens or remains of the extinct parrots. Their taxonomy may never be fully elucidated, and so their postulated status as a separate species is hypothetical. It is presumed to have gone extinct in the late 18th century, if it did indeed exist. References Aratinga Birds described in 1905 Bird extinctions since 1500 Taxa named by Walter Rothschild † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-headed Macaw
The red-headed macaw or Jamaican green-and-yellow macaw (''Ara erythrocephala'') may have been a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae that lived in Jamaica, but its existence is hypothetical. Description Rothschild based it on a description which a Mr. Hill had sent to Philip Henry Gosse: ''Ara erythrocephala'' could have been found in the mountains of Trelawney and St. Anne's Parishes, Jamaica. It was described to have been found in the mountains, and presumably in forest as well. Extinction It is believed that the main reason for the macaw's extinction was overhunting. The macaw is extinct, and it is conjectured to have been hunted to extinction in the early 19th century. It was a close relative of the Cuban and Dominican macaw The Dominican green-and-yellow macaw (''Ara atwoodi''), Atwood's macaw or Dominican macaw, is an extinct species of macaw that may have lived on the island of Dominica. It is known only through the writings of British colonial judge Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiatea Starling
The Raiatea starling, formerly known as the bay thrush, bay starling, or the mysterious bird of Ulieta, is an extinct bird species of uncertain taxonomic relationships that once lived on the island of Raiatea (formerly known as Ulietea, hence the specific epithet ''ulietensis''), the second largest of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. Taxonomy The species is known only from a 1774 watercolour painting of the lost type specimen, contemporary descriptions, and a few brief field notes. The artist was Georg Forster, who accompanied his father Johann Reinhold Forster as naturalists on James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific in HMS ''Resolution'', which visited Raiatea in May and June 1774. The painting, now held by the British Natural History Museum, is annotated "Raiatea, female, June 1, 1774", and depicts the specimen obtained by the Forsters which entered the collection of Sir Joseph Banks and later disappeared.Greenway (1967). The specimen was also described as the "ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Vulture
The king vulture (''Sarcoramphus papa'') is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. It is the only surviving member of the genus ''Sarcoramphus'', although fossil members are known. Large and predominantly white, the king vulture has gray to black ruff, flight, and tail feathers. The head and neck are bald, with the skin color varying, including yellow, orange, blue, purple, and red. The king vulture has a very noticeable orange fleshy caruncle on its beak. This vulture is a scavenger and it often makes the initial cut into a fresh carcass. It also displaces smaller New World vulture species from a carcass. King vultures have been known to live for up to 30 years in captivity. King vultures were popular figures in the Mayan codices as well as in local folklore and medicine. Although currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nefermaat
Nefermaat I () was an ancient Egyptian prince, a son of king Sneferu. He was a vizier possessing the titles of the king's eldest son, royal seal bearer, and prophet of Bastet. His name means "Maat is beautiful" or "With perfect justice". Biography Nefermaat was the eldest son of Sneferu, the king and founder of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt and his first wife. He was a half-brother of Khufu. Nefermaat's wife was Itet, also spelled as Atet. Fifteen of Nefermaat's offspring are named in his tomb, sons Hemiunu, Isu, Teta, Khentimeresh and daughters Djefatsen and Isesu are depicted as adults, while sons Itisen, Inkaef, Serfka, Wehemka, Shepseska, Kakhent, Ankhersheretef, Ankherfenedjef, Buneb, Shepsesneb and Nebkhenet and daughter Pageti are shown as children. His son Hemiunu is probably identical with vizier Hemiunu, who was believed to have helped plan the Great Pyramids. One of Nefermaat's sisters, Nefertkau had a son also called Nefermaat. Tomb Nefermaat was buried in m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nechisar Nightjar
The Nechisar nightjar (''Caprimulgus solala'') is a hypothetical species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. The species was first discovered in 1990 when researchers discovered a decomposing specimen in the Nechisar National Park. After bringing back a single wing from the specimen to the Natural History Museum in London, it was determined to be a previously unknown species. Its specific name, ''solala'', means "only a wing". Its natural habitat is subtropical. It is probably endemic to Nechisar National Park. In 2025, researchers taking DNA samples from the Nechisar specimen and other African nightjars concluded that the individual was likely a hybrid of a female Standard-winged Nightjar The standard-winged nightjar (''Caprimulgus longipennis'') is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family. Previously placed with the pennant-winged nightjar (''Caprimulgus vexillarius'') in their own genus, ''Macrodipteryx'', it is native to Afric ... and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinique Macaw
The Martinique macaw or orange-bellied macaw (''Ara martinicus'') is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw which may have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was scientifically named by Walter Rothschild in 1905, based on a 1630s description of "blue and orange-yellow" macaws by . No other evidence of its existence is known, but it may have been identified in contemporary artwork. Some writers have suggested that the birds observed were actually blue-and-yellow macaws (''Ara ararauna''). The "red-tailed blue-and-yellow macaw" (''Ara erythrura''), another species named by Rothschild in 1907 based on a 1658 account, is thought to be identical to the Martinique macaw, if either one ever existed. The Martinique macaw is one of 13 extinct macaw species that have been proposed to have lived in the Caribbean islands. Many of these species are now considered dubious because only three are known from physical remains, and there a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martinique Amazon
The Martinique amazon (''Amazona martinicana'') is a hypothetical extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is not known from any material remains, but was said to be similar to the red-necked amazon (''A. arausiaca'') from Dominica, the next major island to the north of Martinique. Natives are known to have traded extensively in parrots between the Antilles, and it seems that the Martinique population was in some way related to or even descended from ''A. arausiaca''. Description Jean-Baptiste Labat described them as follows in 1742: Assuming it was a genuine and distinct taxon, it was endemic to Martinique and became extinct due to habitat loss as Martinique was cleared for agriculture. It has not been recorded since 1722. The Guadeloupe amazon (''"A. violacea"''), a similarly speculative "species", was said to inhabit the island of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeira Finch
The Madeira finch (''Goniaphea leucocephala'') is a hypothetical species of recently extinct small passerine bird from the Portugal, Portuguese archipelago of Madeira, which is biogeography, biogeographically part of Macaronesia. It should not be confused with the extant Madeira chaffinch (''Fringilla maderensis''). Discovery The only known account is the 1823 description and illustration of a bird by United Kingdom, British author Thomas Edward Bowdich, published by his widow Sarah Bowdich Lee in the 1825 book ''Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, during the autumn of 1823, while on his third voyage to Africa''. No remains of this bird survive; if collected it was probably lost while en route to Europe, as it happened to most of Bowdich's specimens.Hume, J.P. (2017) ''Extinct Birds.'' Bloomsbury Publishing, 560 pages. Description Bowdich's original text and footnote read: Taxonomy Bowdich's concern that ''G. leucocephala'' might not be native to Madeira was echoed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesser Antillean Macaw
The Lesser Antillean macaw or Guadeloupe macaw (''Ara guadeloupensis'') is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw that is thought to have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island region of Guadeloupe. In spite of the absence of conserved specimens, many details about the Lesser Antillean macaw are known from several contemporary accounts, and the bird is the subject of some illustrations. Austin Hobart Clark described the species on the basis of these accounts in 1905. Due to the lack of physical remains, and the possibility that sightings were of macaws from the South American mainland, doubts have been raised about the existence of this species. A phalanx bone from the island of Marie-Galante confirmed the existence of a similar-sized macaw inhabiting the region prior to the arrival of humans and was correlated with the Lesser Antillean macaw in 2015. Later that year, historical sources distinguishing between the red macaws of Guadeloupe and the scarlet macaw (''A. macao'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
