Extinction
The Long-legged Bunting had lived in the Canary Islands during the Upper Pleistocene to the Holocene. Humans arrived over 2,000 years ago, bringing with them invasive species such as goats, pigs, cats, and sheep. The Europeans impacted the land even more when they arrived, introducing rats to the islands and cultivating the land. The Long-legged Bunting was driven to extinction because of these invasive species and the destruction of their habitat.
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