A new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that more than 1,000 bird species became extinct on Pacific islands following human colonization. Restoration of the Lesser Megalapteryx, also known as the Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus. The Lesser Megalapteryx was the last moa species to become extinct (Lionel Walter Rothschild) Scientists had long known extinction rates in the region were high but estimates...
