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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
[1] [2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN. Additionally 55 avian species (0.48% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status.
Of all evaluated avian species, 4% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN. For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction".
Despite decades of intensive protection, the black stilt remains one of the rarest species of wading bird, and one of the most endangered birds in the world. The population may have numbered 500–1000 birds in the 1940s, [ 5 ] but began to rapidly decline in the 1950s, and just 68 adults were counted in 1962. [ 2 ]
The World Center for Birds of Prey is one of the few places in the world where you can see a California condor, the largest bird in North America. Some of the world’s rarest birds are being ...
Sean Dooley of Birdlife: The Magazine described the find as, "The bird watching equivalent of finding Elvis flipping burgers in an outback roadhouse". [29] South Australian Museum collection manager Philippa Horton called the find, "One of the holy grails, one of the world's rarest species probably". [28]
Other wins for nature in 2024 include closing of sandeel fisheries which has thrown seabirds such as puffins a “lifeline”, to saving one of the world’s rarest birds with the help of a ...
It's a big day for bird lovers in the United States. Michael Sanchez from Oregon happened to be at the beach recently when he snapped a photo of a rare sighting — a Blue Rock Thrush — a breed ...