7 Disappeared Birds Revived!

A bird that laid one egg a year with unique patterns, only recognizable to its parents

Great Auk, known to gone extinct in 1884,  is a large sea bird closely resembling a penguin.  It is large, with an average body length of 75 to 85 cm, but its wings are small compared to its body, so it could not fly. It laid only one egg every year with unique patterns only recognizable to its parents.

A bird whose legacy remains only in 55 taxidermy specimens

Labrador ducks were last spotted in 1875. They were known to be wary of humans, making them ever more precious birds. However, many people at the time did not value them as such. Becuase their feathers were ideal for pillows and beddings, they were overhunted indiscriminately.  

A bird with great chest muscles that was once the most abundant in the world

Passenger pigeons, extinct in 1914, are migratory birds that lived from Central America to eastern North America. They migrated in large herds from south to north during the spring, which was their breeding season, and from north to south during the winter.

Because they were fast migrating birds, their chest muscles, also known as pectoral muscles, were well developed.

Huia, the only bird in the world where both males and females caught prey

This is a male huia, extinct in 1907. Around the middle of the 19th century, European settlers destroyed New Zealand's forests to create pastures and farmland, and the population declined significantly. Huia's unique appearance was of great interest to naturalists, making them one of the most desired subject of specimen collection.

Its calf joint was supposedly long and the wings were round and short, so it was not the strongest flier. It is the only bird where the male and female jointly forage.

Their extinction was accelerated in 1902 when it became fashionable to put huia tail feathers on hats. It was first served as a gift from Maori natives to welcome England's Prince of York (George V). In 2010, it was sold at an auction in New Zealand for $8,400, earning a reputation as ‘the most expensive bird in the world’.

A widely loved parrot that lived in an anthill

The parrot known to have gone extinct in 1927, was a graceful parrot with tail feathers nearly equal in length and beautiful color, and was easy to tame. Because of this, many people have captured them and bred them as pets.

A beautiful bird that lived in the northern hemisphere, rare for a parrot

The Carolina parakeet went extinct in 1918. While most parrots live in the southern hemisphere, the Carolina parrot was uniquely inhabited in New York and the Great Lakes region.

In addition, beautiful feathers are used as decorations for hats. And as bird breeding became popular, a large number of them were captured accelarting their decline.

The very first bird that bought together human effort to save from extinction

Heath hens were once so abundant that, in fact, they were common ingredients to be put on Thanskgiving spread. However, overhaunting led to exponential decrease in numbers around early 1840s to late 1870s.