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The Stephens Island Wren
This
species of Wren was a flightless nocturnal bird that could only be found
on Stephens Island near New Zealand. When the lighthouse keeper
brought his cat, Tibbles, to the island, the feline set out hunting the
birds and, over the course of a very short time, killed every one on the
island and driving the birds into extinction.
Therefore, the Stephen Island Wren
has the dubious distinction of being the one species on Earth wiped out by
a single individual.

And now, on to the Hawaiian Crow!

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