This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of Oceania. This list covers only extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC). For the extinct animals of Australia, Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand this is a list for the animals not found in these parts of Oceania.
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Emperor rat Uromys imperator [1] |
1960s |
Solomon Islands | -- |
Guadalcanal rat Uromys porculus[2] |
1888 |
Solomon Islands | -- |
Guam flying fox Pteropus tokudae[3] |
1967 |
United States (Guam) | -- |
Large Palau flying fox Pteropus pilosus[4] |
1874 |
Palau | -- |
Small Samoan flying fox Pteropus allenorum |
19th or 20th century |
Samoa | -- |
Large Samoan flying fox Pteropus coxi |
19th or 20th century |
Samoa | -- |
Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat Nyctimene sanctacrucis[5] |
1907 |
Solomon Islands | -- |
Possibly extinct
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Aru flying fox Pteropus aruensis [6] |
1800s |
Aru, Indonesia | ![]() |
Emma's giant rat Uromys emmae [7] |
1944 |
Papua, Indonesia | -- |
New Guinea big-eared bat Pharotis imogene [8] |
1890 |
Papua New Guinea | -- |
Telefomin cuscus Phalanger matanim [9] |
1998 |
Papua New Guinea | -- |
Vanikoro flying fox Pteropus tuberculatus [10] |
Before 1930 |
Vanikoro, Solomon Islands | ![]() |
Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus mayri [11] |
1928 |
Papua, Indonesia | ![]() |
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Bar-winged rail Nesoclopeus poecilopterus[12] |
1973 |
Fiji | ![]() |
Bay thrush Aplonis ulietensis |
1850 |
France (Society Islands, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Black-fronted parakeet Cyanoramphus zealandicus[13] |
1850 |
France (Tahiti, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Christmas sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata[14] |
1850 |
Kiribati | -- |
Choiseul pigeon Microgoura meeki[15] |
1904 |
Solomon Islands | ![]() |
Consumed scrubfowl Megapodius alimentum |
Unknown |
Fiji and Tonga | -- |
Eiao monarch Pomarea fluxa[16] |
1977 |
France (French Polynesia) | -- |
Guam flycatcher Myiagra freycineti[17] |
1983 |
United States (Guam) | ![]() |
Kosrae crake Porzana monasa[18] |
1827 |
Kosrae, Micronesia | -- |
Kosrae starling Aplonis corvina[19] |
1827 |
Kosrae, Micronesia | ![]() |
Liverpool pigeon Caloenas maculata[20] |
1851 |
Unknown (possibly Tahiti) | ![]() |
Makira woodhen Gallinula silvestris[21] |
1953 |
Solomon Islands | -- |
Mariana mallard Anas oustaleti |
1974 |
United States (Northern Mariana Islands) | ![]() |
Marquesas swamphen Porphyrio paepae[22] |
1900? |
France (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Maupiti monarch Pomarea pomarea[23] |
1823 |
France (Maupiti, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Miller's rail Porzana nigra[24] |
1784 |
France (Tahiti, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Mysterious starling Aplonis mavornata[25] |
1774 |
New Zealand (Cook Islands) | -- |
New Caledonian gallinule Porphyrio kukwiedei[26] |
Unknown |
France (New Caledonia) | -- |
New Caledonian giant scrubfowl Sylviornis neocaledoniae |
1500 BC |
France (New Caledonia) | ![]() |
Noble megapode Megavitiornis altirostris |
Unknown |
Fiji | -- |
Nuku Hiva monarch Pomarea nukuhivae[27] |
1930s |
France (Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia) | -- |
Oceanic eclectus parrot Eclectus infectus |
1793? |
Tonga and Vanuatu | ![]() |
Pile-builder megapode Megapodius molistructor[28] |
Unknown |
France (New Caledonia) and Tonga | -- |
Red-moustached fruit dove Ptilinopus mercierii[29] |
1922 |
France (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Society parakeet Cyanoramphus ulietanus[30] |
1777 |
France (Society Islands, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Tahitian red-billed rail Gallirallus pacificus[31] |
late 1800s |
France (Tahiti, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Tahiti sandpiper Prosobonia leucoptera[32] |
1922 |
France (Tahiti, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Moorea sandpiper Prosobonia ellisi[33] |
19th century |
France (Moorea, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Kiritimati sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata[34] |
19th century |
Kiritimati | ![]() |
Tanna ground dove Gallicolumba ferruginea[35] |
1774 |
Vanuatu | ![]() |
Thick-billed ground dove Gallicolumba salamonis[36] |
1927 |
Solomon Islands | -- |
Tongatapu rail Gallirallus hypoleucus[37] |
1777 |
Tonga | ![]() |
Viti Levu scrubfowl Megapodius amissus |
Unknown |
Fiji | -- |
Wake Island rail Gallirallus wakensis[38] |
1945 |
United States (Wake Island) | ![]() |
White-winged sandpiper Prosobonia ellisi[39] |
1777 |
France (Moorea, French Polynesia) | ![]() |
Possibly extinct
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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New Caledonian lorikeet Charmosyna diadema[40] |
1860 |
France (New Caledonia) | ![]() |
New Caledonian rail Gallirallus lafresnayanus[41] |
1860 |
France (New Caledonia) | ![]() |
Pohnpei starling Aplonis pelzelni[42] |
1995 |
Pohnpei, Micronesia | ![]() |
Samoan wood rail Gallinula pacifica[43] |
1873 |
Samoa | ![]() |
Ua Pou monarch Pomarea mira[44] |
1985 |
France (Ua Pou, French Polynesia) | -- |
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Mekosuchus Mekosuchus sp. |
1000 BC |
France (New Caledonia) and Vanuatu | |
Tonga ground skink Tachygia microlepis[45] |
late 1800s |
Tonga | -- |
Volia Volia athollandersoni |
~1000 BC |
Fiji | |
Lapitiguana Lapitiguana impensa |
~1000 BC |
Fiji | |
Brachylophus gibbonsi Brachylophus gibbonsi |
~700 BC |
Tonga | |
Meiolania Meiolania sp. |
5th century |
Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu | ![]() |
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Levuana moth Levuana irridescens[46] |
1925 |
Fiji | ![]() |
Rhantus novacaledoniae [47] | Unknown |
France (New Caledonia) | -- |
Rhantus papuanus[48] | Unknown |
Papua New Guinea | -- |
Common name\scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Leucocharis loyaltiensis[49] | Unknown |
France (New Caledonia) | -- |
Leucocharis porphyrocheila [50] | Unknown |
France (New Caledonia) | ![]() |
Mautodontha acuticosta [51] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha acuticosta [52] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha consimilis [53] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha consobrina [54] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha maupiensis [55] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha parvidens [56] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha punctiperforata [57] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha saintjohni [58] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha subtilis [59] | Unknown |
French Polynesia | -- |
Mautodontha unilamellata [60] | Unknown |
New Zealand (Cook Islands) | -- |
Mautodontha zebrina [61] | Unknown |
New Zealand (Cook Islands) | -- |
Mount Matafao different snail Diastole matafaoi[62] |
Unknown |
United States (American Samoa) | -- |
Mount Alifana partula Partula salifana[63] |
Unknown |
United States (Guam) | -- |
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