Eight types of bird have become extinct due to human interference since Lord Howe Island was discovered, including the Lord Howe pigeon ("Columba vitiensis godmanae"), the Lord Howe parakeet ("Cyanoramphus subflavescens"), the Lord Howe gerygone ("Gerygone insularis"), the Lord Howe fantail ("Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina"), the Lord Howe thrush ("Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus"), the robust white-eye ("Zosterops strenuus") and the Lord Howe starling ("Aplonis fusca hulliana").