#extinct birds
South island kokano
not seen since 2007
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/02/02/reward-sighting-kokako-bird/
Ivory billed woodpecker
https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/ivbwoo/introduction
not seen since 1935
Jerdon’s babbler
no seen since the 1940′s. rediscovered
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150305110237.htm
Night parrot
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-23/night-parrot-sighting-in-wa-shocks-birdwatching-world/8377624
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Cuspirostrisornis houi, a member of the Enantiornithes from early Cretaceous China (Jiufotang Formation, ~120 mya). They shared their forests and wetlands with creatures like the more famous PsittacosaurusandMicroraptor.
With a skull only an inch long, Cuspirostrisornis was roughly sparrow-sized. And like many other Enantiornithes, they probably did not have a full tail fan - just a floofy butt with two long ornamental feathers.
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Lectavis bretincola, a late Cretaceous member of the Enantiornithes from Argentina, chows down on a captured hermit crab.
The only fossils of this species found so far are legs, but they were long and relatively sturdy, suggesting the bird had a similar size and lifestyle to medium-sized wading birds like curlews. They lived in and around freshwater or brackish lakes and river deltas and possibly feasted on crustaceans and other invertebrates found in those habitats.
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