Guadalupe Storm-Petrel
Extinct circa 1914 CE • Guadalupe Island, Mexico
"It was first discovered by Walter E. Bryant. . . From specimens collected in January of 1885 but seems to have become extinct by the outbreak of World War I. . . . Goats were released onto Guadalupe more than 150 years ago and these animals caused a fairly rapid deterioration in the environment. More particularly, cats were introduced to the island and it is this agency that probably brought about the end for the storm petrel. . . . Bryant described the call as, 'here's a letter, here's a letter,' with an answering refrain of, 'for you, for you.'
Fuller, Errol. Extinct Birds. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1988. 62.
Keulemans, John Gerrard. Guadeloupe Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma Macrodactyla). Digital image. Monograph of the Petrels' by Frederick Godman, 1907. Web. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanodroma.macrodactyla.jpg>.
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