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Virginia round-leaf birch (Betula uber) Small-anthered bittercress (Cardamine micranthera) Smooth purple coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum) Swamp pink (Helonias bullata) Peter's mountain mallow (Iliamna corei) Small whorled pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Out of all known bird species, (approximately 11,154), 159 (1.4%) have become extinct, with 226 (2%) being critically endangered. [1] There is a general consensus among ornithologists that if anthropogenic activities continue as current trends suggest, one-third of all bird species, and an even greater proportion of bird populations, will be ...
Bird conservation is a field in the science of conservation biology related to ... The harvesting of parrots for the pet trade has led to many species becoming ...
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 77 bird species in the United States are threatened with extinction. [1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014 [1]).
A 2023 paper concluded that under the high-warming SSP5–8.5 scenario, 51.79% of birds would lose at least some habitat by 2100 as the conditions become more arid, but only 5.25% would lose over half of their habitat due to an increase in dryness alone, while 1.29% could be expected to lose their entire habitat.
Flocks of black birds have been spotted in backyards and parks over the past few weeks in the Triangle, causing many of us to do a double take when we leave our homes or pass a large, grassy field.
This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world. It does not include endangered fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, or invertebrates.
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