Lord Howe Swamphen
Extinct circa 1841 CE • Lord Howe Island, Australia
"Porphyrio albus is known from two skins (in Liverpool and Vienna), several paintings, and some subfossil bones from Lord Howe Island, Australia. Although not uncommon when discovered in 1790, the species was rapidly hunted to extinction by whalers and sailors, and had probably already vanished by the time the island was colonised in 1841."
BirdLife International 2008. Porphyrio albus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Downloaded on 08 April 2011.
Tanna Ground Dove, George Forster, 1774.
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