This is a list of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
Oceania is a geographical region in the Pacific Ocean comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Numerous species across Oceania became extinct as humans moved across the Pacific. Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, and Hawaii have particularly large numbers of extinct species, so they listed in separate articles.
Extinctions from remaining Oceanian islands are listed below. This list includes sovereign states (such as Fiji) as well as island territories (such as French Polynesia). Extinctions from the associated states and dependent territory of New Zealand are listed below, and not with New Zealand proper. Papua New Guinea's Autonomous Region of Bougainville (part of the Solomon Islands archipelago) is included below, although the rest of Papua New Guinea is covered in List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene.
Extinctions in Easter Island, a territory of Chile, are included, but extinctions in the Juan Fernández Islands are included in the List of South American species extinct in the Holocene, and extinctions in the Galapagos Islands are in their own separate List of Galapagos Islands species extinct in the Holocene, as neither archipelago was ever settled by Polynesians and are not usually considered part of Oceania. Similarly, the Daito and Bonin Islands, under the sovereignty of Japan, are considered in the List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Rodents (order Rodentia)
Old World rats and mice (family Muridae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Birds (class Aves)
Landfowl and relatives (clade Pangalliformes)
Locally extinct
Pheasants and allies (family Phasianidae)
Locally extinct
Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)
Typical nightjars (family Caprimulgidae)
Possibly extinct
Owlet-nightjars (family Aegothelidae)
Possibly extinct
Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)
Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)
Possibly extinct
Locally extinct
Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Locally extinct
Gulls, terns, and skimmers (family Laridae)
Buttonquails (family Turnicidae)
Boobies, cormorants, and allies (order Suliformes)
Boobies and gannets (family Sulidae)
Locally extinct
Pelicans, herons, and ibises (order Pelecaniformes)
Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family Accipitridae)
True owls (family Strigidae)
Locally extinct
Barn-owls (family Tytonidae)
Kingfishers and relatives (order Coraciiformes)
Extinct in the wild
Old World parrots (family Psittaculidae)
Possibly extinct
Fantails and silktails (family Rhipiduridae)
Grassbirds and allies (family Locustellidae)
Possibly extinct
Starlings (family Sturnidae)
Possibly extinct
Monarch flycatchers (family Monarchidae)
Possibly extinct
Reptiles (class Reptilia)
Crocodilians (order Crocodilia)
Squamates (order Squamata)
Australia-New Zealand geckos (family Diplodactylidae)
Iguanas and chuckwallas (family Iguanidae)
Monitor lizards (family Varanidae)
Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)
Amphibians (class Amphibia)
Frogs (order Anura)
Insects (class Insecta)
Predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)
Moths and butterflies (order Lepidoptera)
Smoky moths (family Zygaenidae)
Bark lice, book lice, and parasitic lice (order Psocodea)
Bird chewing lice (family Philopteridae)
Possibly extinct
Snails and slugs (class Gastropoda)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Plants (kingdom Plantae)
Palm trees (family Arecaceae)
Legumes (family Fabaceae)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Extinct in the wild
Hernandias and relatives (family Hernandiaceae)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Coachwood and allies (family Cunoniaceae)
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