Kauai 'O'o
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters share it whenever extinction or lost birdsong comes up, as an eerie and moving record of the last of a species calling for a mate.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2021 to 2026.
What it is
A 1m24s clip of the recorded call of the last known male Kauai 'O'o, a Hawaiian bird now extinct, singing his mating song with no female answering. It is a short audio-driven upload from 2009.
What people said
Recommends pingou · 2026-10 · Hacker News · on “Scientists are teaching birds to sing lost songs”
It's different but it reminds me of the lonely song of one of the last known Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, sad but beautiful: [this video]
Cites MawKKe · 2021-05 · Hacker News · on “Chinese paddlefish, one of the world's largest fish, declared extinct”
Last time similar topic came up (either here or reddit), someone posted this recording of a ”Kauaʻi ʻōʻō” bird [1] in which a male, apparently the last of its species, is trying to connect with a female. Reeally eerie. [1] [this video]
Cites ng12 · 2021-10 · Hacker News · on “YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven innocent”
One of my favorite YouTube videos is an audio recording of an extinct bird: [this video] Some shmuck sampled it in a piano composition and now is apparently getting royalties from the video. It really leaves a bad taste in your mouth.