John James Audubon and Extinction

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  Carolina Parakeet

  Carolina parakeets by John James Audubon (1833)
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  Passenger Pigeon

  "PASSENGER PIGEON (Columba Migratoria) / Upper bird, female; lower, male / Reproduced from the John J. Audubon Plate"
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  Labrador (or Pied) Duck

  Plate 332 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Pied Duck (now called Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius). From https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camptorhynchus_labradoriusAWP332AA.jpg
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  Great Auk

  The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century.