101Kidz : Wildlife : Vanishing Wild
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Is our planet only meant for human habitation? This is what they ask.
Great Auk : This penguin like bird which resided in the north Atlantic are now extinct. As they didn't how to fly, the hunters mercilessly slaughtered the defenseless creatures by smashing their heads with rods and sticks.

Dodo : A leg in the British museum, a head in the Copenhagen museum and few bones in Prague are the remains of a magnificent bird which inhabited Mauritius.

Labrador Duck : Due to over hunting, this bird became extinct in north America in the year 1875.



Some Of The Extinct Birds

Name Location
Arabian ostrich Saudi Arabia
Tasmanian emu Tasmania
Spectacled cormorant Bering Island
Indian pink headed duck India
Labrador duck Eastern North America
Coue's gadwall Washington island
New Zealand quail New Zealand
Himalayan quail Himalayas
Hawaiian rail Hawaii
Samoa wood rail Samoa
Eskimo Curlew North America
Mauritius blue pigeon Mauritius
Passenger pigeon Eastern North America
Puerto Rican blue pigeon Puerto Rico
Norfolk Island parrot Norfolk Islands
Guadalupe parrot Guadalupe
Cuba red macaw Cuba
Carolina parakeet South eastern USA
Seychelles Island owl Seychelles
Puerto Rican nighthawk Puerto Rico
Eyrean grass wren Australia
Chatham Island bellbird Chatham Island
Kioea Hawaii
Ochu oo Hawaii
Hawaiii oo Hawaii
Molokai oo Hawaii
Darwin's ground finch Galapagos
Reunion foddy Reunion
Bourbon crested starling Reunion
Rufus gazelle Algeria
Huia New Zealand
Bonin Island Grosbeak weaver Bonin Island
Great Auk North Atlantic
Dodo Mauritius


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