“Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct | Audubon”.“Laysan Rail (Zapornia palmeri) – BirdLife species factsheet”.“Laysan crake videos, photos, and facts – Porzana palmeri | Arkive”.“Seychelles Parakeet (Psittacula wardi) – BirdLife species factsheet”.“The extinction of The Great Auk | John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove”.“The sad story of the Arabian Ostrich – #ConcernedOfTheMarina”.“Nature of Tasmania: The Tasmanian Emu”.“Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis - Tasmanian Emu, Emu (Tasmanian)”.“Bachman’s Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) – BirdLife species factsheet”.“Carolina Parakeet: Removal of a "Menace" | All About Birds”.All images are from Wikimedia under the creative commons licenses.Birds also share the planet earth, and it is not just for humans! In summary, if humans take conscious initiatives to conserve the environment, the birds going extinct can be reversed. The bird might be a new species that evolved from other bird species (such as cross-breeding) and lack adaptability and is extremely sensitive to new environmental changes. In some rare situations, losing a bird species is inevitable.The toxic poisoning makes the bird infertile or even fatal. For example, man-made contamination in the ocean bed gets into the fish diet, which is then consumed by seabirds. Another reason is Biological Magnification (i.e., chemical toxins travel from the lowest chain species in the ecological pyramids to top of the chain).This, in turn, alters the hormonal balance in the birds and results in weak eggs which cannot survive too long. The concentrated pesticides on the field get stuck on the grains birds consume. Pesticides play a major destructive role in birds’ population.Bycatch of marine birds in fisheries occurs regularly when birds such as albatrosses and petrels inadvertently get tangled in gill and trawl nets, causing them to lose their lives.Birds starve for food due to the shortage of food resources, or other bird species compete for the same food resources in the ecosystems.The introduction of non-native species (examples: rats, snakes) to the environment also disturbs the birds’ population since these animals make the birds nesting on the trees and ground very unsafe to hatch or raise the off-springs. One main reason birds go extinct is hunting and poaching.The first reason is Habitat loss due to human-made urban development activities (i.e., deforestation, industrialization, etc.), natural catastrophes, cell phone towers with amplified frequencies more than recommended levels, and climate change.Reasons Why Birds Are Becoming Extinct?īirds are becoming endangered or even extinct for an array of reasons:.Kangaroo Island Emu (†Dromaius baudinianus) Saint Helena Dove (†Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos) Marianne White Eye (†Zosterops semiflavus) Mauritius Blue Pigeon (†Alectroenas nitidissimus) Chatham island Penguin (†Eudyptes chathamensis) Labrador Duck (†Camptorhynchus labradorius) New Zealand Quail (†Coturnix novaezelandiae) Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (†Campephilus principalis) Stephen’s island Wren († Traversia lyalli) Passenger Pigeon (†Ectopistes migratorius) Carolina Parakeet (†Conuropsis carolinensis) Originally purchased by Harvard University, the ROM traded an Anchiceratops skull for it in 1938 - it is the only dodo skeleton in Canada. The ROM’s skeleton was originally assembled in the 1860s by Sir Richard Owen (the man who, among other accomplishments, came up with the word “dinosaur”). Most of the dodo remains found in museums today are skeletons reconstructed from bones found at the Mare aux Songes locality in Mauritius. Rather, it was probably more to do with the introduction of other species (e.g., pigs, monkeys and rats) by humans which variously competed with the dodos for food and/or ate their eggs. The poster child for extinction due to human interference, modern scientists believe that while sailors clubbed and ate their share of the plump birds, this was likely not the principal cause of their extinction. First mentioned by sailors in the 1500’s, Dodos were driven to extinction within 200 years or less of their discovery. The Dodo is an extinct flightless bird which was only found on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. Oh no! Rats have invaded the island of Mauritius!Īs the last of the dodos, how long can you evade this new invasive species? Gain more time by seeking out delicious fruit, but don't let the rats catch you! The Facts Behind the Game
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