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- 32 orchid species in Bangladesh—One of the first papers of 2020 to report any extinctions announced the probable loss of 17 percent of Bangladesh’s 187 known orchid species.
- Smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis)—One of the few extinctions of 2020 that received much media attention, and it’s easy to see why. Handfish are an unusual group of species whose front fins look somewhat like human appendages, which they use to walk around the ocean floor.
- 65 North American plants—This past year researchers set out to determine how many plants in the continental United States had been lost. They catalogued 65, including five small trees, eight shrubs, 37 perennial herbs and 15 annual herbs.
- 22 frog species—The IUCN this year declared nearly two dozen long-unseen Central and South American frog species as “critically endangered (possibly extinct)”—victims of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus.
- Pinta Giant Tortoise. The last known Pinta giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii) was Lonesome George, an icon of the Galapagos, who died in captivity on June 24, 2012.
- Splendid Poison Frog. The splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) was declared extinct in 2020 and last recorded in 1992. Researchers believe the chytrid fungus outbreak of 1996 in their home range of the western Cordillera Central in Panama, near Costa Rica, led to their extinction.
- Spix's Macaw. The Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), endemic to Brazil, was last seen in the wild in 2016. It was declared extinct in the wild in 2019, exactly 200 years after it was first described by German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix who spotted it in the Brazilian interior, but there are currently around 160 of these parrots in captivity.
- Pyrenean Ibex. The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is one of two extinct subspecies of the Spanish ibex. It was declared extinct in 2000, although what caused its extinction remains unknown.
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Oct 18, 2023 · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Twenty-one species, including birds, a bat and several mussels, have been labeled extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. The species were...
Sep 29, 2021 · The freshwater mussel is among 23 species that U.S. wildlife officials say have gone extinct. Chris Barnhart/AP. A leading figure in the hunt for the ivory-billed woodpecker said it was...
- Kaua’i ‘o‘o. The only way to hear the Kaua’i ‘o‘o sing now is through recordings. The bird, once native to the Hawaiian islands, was last seen in 1987 and listed as endangered by the FWS in 1967.
- Maui ‘ākepa. The Maui ‘ākepa was a Hawaiian honeycreeper whose last confirmed sighting was in 1970. Over 50 species of honeycreepers used to live in Hawai’i; now there are only 17 species left.
- Kaua’i nukupu’u. The last credible sighting of the Kaua’i nukupu’u was in 1899, and it’s believed to have gone extinct in 1901 due to avian disease and habitat loss.
- Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Birders and conservationists have debated the presence of the ivory-billed woodpecker, which once roamed the woodlands of the southern US, for decades.
Oct 16, 2023 · The extinct species include eight of Hawaiʻi’s precious honeycreepers, the bridled white-eye and little Mariana fruit bat of Guam, a Texas fish, nine southeastern mussels and the Bachman’s warbler. They join the list of 650 U.S. species that have likely been lost to extinction.
Sep 30, 2021 · In a new proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, 23 species are now facing that worst-case scenario. The proposal recommends taking almost two dozen species off of the endangered and threatened species list. The fact is a species cannot be endangered if it no longer exists on the planet.
