List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene

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 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, [List of List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene|New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene|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 as well as island territories. 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 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.

Mammals (class [Mammalia])

Rodents (order [Rodent]ia)

Old World rats and mice (family [Muridae])

Possibly extinct

Bats (order Chiroptera">Bat">Chiroptera)

Megabats (family Pteropodidae">Megabat">Pteropodidae)

Possibly extinct

Birds (class [Aves])

Landfowl and relatives (clade [Pangalliformes])

Megapodes (family [Megapodidae])

Locally extinct

Pheasants and allies (family [Phasianidae])

Locally extinct

Nightjars (order [Caprimulgiformes])

Typical nightjars (family [Caprimulgidae])

Possibly extinct

Owlet-nightjars (order Aegotheliformes">Owlet-nightjar">Aegotheliformes)

Owlet-nightjars (family Aegothelidae">Owlet-nightjar">Aegothelidae)

Possibly extinct

Pigeons and doves (order Columbiformes">Columbidae">Columbiformes)

Pigeons and doves (family [Columbidae])

Possibly extinct

Locally extinct

Rails and cranes (order [Gruiformes])

Rails (family [Rallidae])

Possibly extinct

Extinct in the wild

Locally extinct

Boobies, cormorants, and allies (order [Suliformes])

Boobies and gannets (family [Sulidae])

Locally extinct

Owls (order [Strigiformes])

True owls (family [Strigidae])

Locally extinct

Kingfishers and relatives (order [Coraciiformes])

Kingfishers (family [Alcedinidae])

Extinct in the wild

Parrots (order Psittaciformes">Parrot">Psittaciformes)

Old World parrots (family [Psittaculidae])

Possibly extinct

Perching birds (order [Passeriformes])

Fantails and silktails (family [Rhipiduridae])

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Guam rufous fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae	Guam	Last recorded in either 1984 or 1985. Extinct primarily because of predation by introduced brown tree snakes, assisted by rats, monitor lizards, and possibly residual pesticides.

Grassbirds and allies (family [Locustellidae])

Possibly extinct

White-eyes (family Zosteropidae">White-eye">Zosteropidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Guam bridled white-eye	Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus	Guam	Last recorded in 1983. Disappeared due to predation by the introduced brown tree snake.

Starlings (family Sturnidae">Starling">Sturnidae)

Possibly extinct

Monarch flycatchers (family [Monarchidae])

Possibly extinct

Reptiles (class [Reptilia])

Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines">Turtle">Testudines)

Horned turtles (family [Meiolaniidae])

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Vanuatu horned turtle	?Meiolania damelipi	Vanuatu and Viti Levu, Fiji	Hunted to extinction by about 810 BCE.
New Caledonia horned turtle	Meiolania mackayi	New Caledonia	Extinct around 531 CE.

Amphibians (class [Amphibia])

Frogs (order Anura">frog">Anura)

Wrinkled ground frogs (family [Ceratobatrachidae])

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments
Giant Fiji ground frog	Platymantis megabotoniviti	Viti Levu, Fiji	Became extinct after humans arrived on Fiji with the commensal Polynesian rat and large New Guinea spiny rat during the first millennium BCE. Unlike other platymantine frogs that survived, it was a fully terrestrial species that didn't climb trees nor live near water. It probably also had relatively large eggs and juveniles, like its relatives, all of which would make this species more vulnerable to introduced predators.

Insects (class [Insecta])

Beetles (order [Coleoptera])

Predaceous diving beetles (family [Dytiscidae])

Scientific name	Range
Rhantus novacaledoniae	New Caledonia

Moths and butterflies (order [Lepidoptera])

Smoky moths (family [Zygaenidae])

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Levuana moth	Levuana iridescens	Viti Levu, Fiji	Last recorded in 1956. The extinction followed the introduction of the parasitic fly Bessa remota by coconut farmers, as a form of biological pest control. However, it's been argued that L. iridescens was not actually native to Fiji and that lack of post-1956 records is the result of diminished enthomological research after Fiji's independence.

Bark lice, book lice, and parasitic lice (order Psocodea)

Bird chewing lice (family Philopteridae)

Possibly extinct

Snails and slugs (class [Gastropoda])

Order [Stylommatophora]

Family [Charopidae]

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Mautodontha acuticosta	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha consimilis	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha consobrina	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha maupiensis	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha parvidens	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha punctiperforata	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha saintjohni	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha subtilis	French Polynesia	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha unilamellata	Cook Islands	Last recorded in the 1880s.
Mautodontha zebrina	Cook Islands	Last recorded in the 1880s.

Family [Helicarionidae]

Common name	Scientific name	Range
Mount Matafao different snail	Diastole matafaoi	American Samoa

Family [Partulidae]

Possibly extinct

Extinct in the wild

Plants (kingdom [Plant]ae)

Order [Asterales]

Sunflowers (family [Asteraceae])

Scientific name	Range
Fitchia mangarevensis	Taravai, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia

Order [Fabales]

Legumes (family [Fabaceae])

Possibly extinct

Extinct in the wild

Order [Gentianales]

Dogbanes (family [Apocynaceae])

Extinct in the wild

Order [Lauraceae]

Hernandias and relatives (family [Hernandiaceae])

Possibly extinct

Order [Lamiales]

Figworts (family [Scrophulariaceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Myoporum rimatarense	Rimatara, Austral Islands, French Polynesia	Only known from the holotype collected in 1921. Presumably lost due to overxploitation of coastal forests for timber.

Order [Malvales]

Mallows (family [Malvaceae])

Extinct in the wild

Order [Myrtales]

Myrtles (family [Myrtaceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Xanthostemon sebertii	Prony Bay, New Caledonia	Last collected in 1869.

Order [Oxalidales]

Coachwood and allies (family [Cunoniaceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Weinmannia spiraeoides	Ovalau, Fiji	Known only from the holotype collected in 1840.

Order [Proteales]

Proteas (family [Proteaceae])

Scientific name	Range
Stenocarpus dumbeensis	Nouméa, New Caledonia

Order [Sapindales]

Soapberries (family [Sapindaceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Cupaniopsis crassivalvis	Northeast of La Conception, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Last collected in 1869.