Table 3.
Resident species of landbirds for which fossils reveal a broader Bahamian distribution in the past, showing the number of islands with fossil-based extirpated Pleistocene and Holocene populations
| Family | Species | Status | Biogeogr. | Guild | Extirpated Pleistocene | Extirpated Holocene |
| Vultures | Cathartes aura | Extir-iiB | BA,GA,NA,WN | SC | — | 1 |
| Hawks, eagles | Ictinia cf. plumbea | Extir-BA | WN | PV | 1* | — |
| Accipiter undesc. sp. | Extinct | ?? | PV | 1 | 1 | |
| Accipiter striatus | Extir-BA | GA,NA | PV | 2* | — | |
| Buteo quadratus | Extinct | BA | PV | 4 | 1 | |
| Buteo jamaicensis | Extir-iiB | BA,GA,NA | PV | — | 1 | |
| Buteo swainsonii | Extir-BA | NA | PV | 2* | — | |
| Titanohierax gloveralleni | Extinct | ?? | PV | 3* | — | |
| Falcons, caracaras | Falco femoralis | Extir-BA | WN | PV | — | 1 |
| Caracara creightoni | Extinct | CU | SC | 2 | 1 | |
| Caracara undesc. sp. | Extinct | ?? | SC | 1 | 1 | |
| Cranes | Grus canadensis | Extir-BA | NA | PI | — | 1 |
| Grus undesc. sp. | Extinct | NA | PI | — | 1 | |
| Rallus cyanocavi | Extinct | BA | PI | 2* | — | |
| Rails | Rallus gracilipes | Extinct | BA | PI | 2* | — |
| Rallus undesc. sp. 1 | Extinct | BA | PI | 1* | — | |
| Rallus undesc. sp. 2 | Extinct | BA | PI | — | 1 | |
| Rallus/Porzana undesc. sp. 1 | Extinct | BA | PI | 1* | — | |
| Rallus/Porzana undesc. sp. 2 | Extinct | BA | PI | — | 1 | |
| Thick-knees | Burhinus nanus | Extinct | BA | PI | 4 | 3 |
| Snipe, woodcocks | Gallinago kakuki | Extinct | CA,CU | PI | 4 | 1 |
| Scolopax undesc. sp. | Extinct | GA | PI | 2* | — | |
| Pigeons, doves | Patagioenas squamosa | Extir-BA | GA | FG | 6 | 2 |
| Patagioenas cf. inornata | Extir-BA | GA | FG | — | 1 | |
| Geotrygon chrysia | Extir-iiB | BA,GA | FG | — | 1 | |
| Parrots, macaws | Ara cf. tricolor | Extinct | CU | FG | 2* | — |
| Forpus undesc. sp. | Extinct | WN | FG | 1* | — | |
| Amazona leucocephala | Extir-iiB | BA,CA,CU | FG | 4 | 3 | |
| Cuckoos | Saurothera merlini | Extir-iiB | BA,CU | PI | 3 | — |
| Barn owls | Tyto pollens | Extinct | CU | PV | 4* | — |
| Owls | Athene cunicularia | Extir-iiB | BA,GA,NA,WN | PV | 6 | 5 |
| Glaucidium sp. | Extir-BA | CU | PV | 1* | — | |
| Asio flammeus | Extir-BA | CU,NA | PV | 1* | — | |
| Nightjars | Antrostomus cf. cubanensis | Extir-BA | CU | PI | 1* | — |
| Genus uncertain | Extinct | ?? | PI | 1* | — | |
| Hummingbirds | Mellisuga sp. | Extir-BA | GA | NE | — | 1 |
| Anthracothorax sp. | Extir-BA | GA | NE | 1 | 1 | |
| Woodpeckers | Colaptes cf. fernandinae | Extir-BA | CU | PI | 6* | — |
| Melanerpes superciliaris | Extir-iiB | BA,CA,CU | PI | 4 | 1 | |
| Xiphidiopicus percussus | Extir-BA | CU | PI | 2* | — | |
| Flycatchers | Contopus caribaeus | Extir-iiB | BA,CU | PI | — | 1 |
| Myiarchus sagrae | Extir-iiB | BA,CU | PI | 1 | — | |
| Tyrannus cubensis | Extir-BA | CU | PI | 2 | 1 | |
| Crows | Corvus nasicus | Extir-iiB | BA,CU | FG,PI | 6 | 3 |
| Corvus palmarum | Extir-BA | CU | FG,PI | 2* | — | |
| Swallows | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Extir-BA | NA | PI | 2* | — |
| Petrochelidon fulva | Extir-BA | GA,NA,WN | PI | 3 | 1 | |
| Nuthatches | Sitta pusilla | Extir-iiB | BA,NA | PI | 2 | — |
| Thrashers | Margarops fuscatus | Extir-iiB | BA,LA | FG,PI | 1 | — |
| Thrushes | Myadestes sp. | Extir-BA | GA | FG | 1* | — |
| Sialia sialis | Extir-BA | NA | FG,PI | 3* | — | |
| Turdus plumbeus | Extir-iiB | BA,GA,LA | FG | 1 | 1 | |
| Warblers | Geothlypis rostrata | Extir-iiB | BA | PI | 1 | — |
| Highland tanager | Xenoligea cf. montana | Extir-BA | HI | PI | 2* | — |
| Finches, sparrows | Ammodramus savannarum | Extir-BA | GA,NA | FG | 2 | 1 |
| Passerculus sandwichensis | Extir-BA | NA | FG | 2* | — | |
| Spizella passerina | Extir-BA | NA | FG | 1* | — | |
| Blackbirds, etc. | Sturnella magna | Extir-BA | CU,NA | PI | 6* | — |
| Genus uncertain (cowbird) | Extinct | ?? | PI | 2* | — | |
| Molothrus ater | Extir-BA | NA | PI | 2* | — | |
| Icterus northropi | Extir-iiB | BA | PI | 1 | — | |
| Crossbills | Loxia megaplaga | Extir-BA | HI | FG | 3* | — |
Biogeogr., geographical affinities; guild, generalized feeding guilds. Status categories: extinct, globally extinct; Extir-BA, extirpated today throughout the Bahamas; Extir-iiB, extirpated on individual islands in the Bahamas. Geographical affinity categories: BA, Bahamian Archipelago; CA, Cayman Islands; CU, Cuba; GA, Greater Antilles; HI, Hispaniola; LA, Lesser Antilles; NA, North America; WN, widespread Neotropics. Very generalized feeding guilds: FG, frugivore/granivore; NE, nectarivore; PI, predator (invertebrates); PV, predator (vertebrates); SC, scavenger. Undesc. sp., undescribed species.
Not recorded in the Holocene from any island. Derived from data in Table 1 and SI Appendix, Tables S1 and S2.