when did dodos go extinct

The dodo bird is commonly believed to have gone extinct around the year 1681, although the last confirmed sighting was in 1662. Recent scientific research using statistical methods estimates the actual extinction time of the dodo may have been closer to 1690, almost 30 years after the last confirmed sighting. The extinction happened less than a century after humans discovered the species around the early 1600s. The dodo became extinct due to a combination of human hunting, habitat destruction, and the introduction of invasive animals that preyed on the dodo's eggs and competed for food on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.