Among the bird species in Hawaii declared extinct include the Kauai akialoa, Kauai nukupu’u, Kauai ‘o’o (honeyeater), large Kauai thrush (kama), Maui ‘akepa, Maui nukupu’u, Molokai ...

It’s the events leading up to this final obliteration on Eldey that Tim Birkhead deals with in the first half of The Great Auk, a book that’s both a homage to the extinct bird and an account ...