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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.
This article lists living orders and families of birds. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of the real number places it at almost twice that. [1] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.
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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 ]
One potential unique visitor is the rufous hummingbird, which is burnt-orange in color. O’Carra recommends birders leave out their hummingbird feeders throughout the colder months for a greater ...
Further afield, one of the world’s rarest birds, the Wilkin’s bunting – which is only found on remote Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, is staving off extinction with the help of a ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize. Belize includes around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea in addition to the mainland. The avifauna of Belize included a total of 621 species as of May 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [1] Of the 618, 99 are rare or accidental and four have been introduced.
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.