The Arabian ostrich, often called the "Camel bird," is the second extinct species on the list. Some few million years ago, this bird was common in Middle Eastern regions.
The Labrador duck, native to the northeast coast of North America, was the first bird to go extinct after 16th century.
The flightless Great Auk, sometimes known as the Garefowl, lived in the rocky North Atlantic, Iceland, and Europe. Both penguins and it can swim and survive on land.
The laughing owl was unique among New Zealand's owls because it preferred to live in the dark caves. Its piercing, shrill wail was immediately recognisable (hence its name).
The so-called "Madagascars monster," the Elephant bird, is the next avian relic to make it onto this list.
When it comes to birds, the elephant bird takes the cake. This bird shared the bulky build and keen claws of its emu and ostrich kin. Although it could walk, this bird could not sprint or fly.
The Saint Helena dovewas endemic only to Saint Helena Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. This bird was heavily hunted until its extinction in the years following the island's discovery in 1502 by Europeans.
The Tasmanian Emu was, as its name suggests, a subspecies of the Emu bird that was exclusive to the island state of Tasmania in Australia.
The Laysan rail, a flightless brown bird, lived on Northwestern Hawaiian Island in the US.
Bachman's warblers are a species of sexually dimorphic birds that were last seen in the United, but are now thought to be extinct due to habitat loss.