Another species being pursued for de-extinction is the ivory-billed woodpecker, a large bird held to have become extinct during the 20th century. Genetic research stands to break ground on whether ...

including several type specimens and the original fragment of long bone that allowed Richard Owen to deduce the existence of these large extinct flightless birds. The bone was discovered between 1831 ...

The page explains that modern reconstructions and caricatures of the large flightless bird are based on "old pictures and the few bones and skins" left. The dodo went extinct in the 17th century ...

WELLINGTON (AFP): Five extinct species have been included on the ballot to find New Zealand's most popular feathered friend as competition organisers hope to draw attention to endangered birds.

Among the bird species in Hawaii declared extinct include the Kauai akialoa, Kauai nukupu’u, Kauai ‘o’o (honeyeater), large Kauai thrush (kama), Maui ‘akepa, Maui nukupu’u, Molokai ...