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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 460 endangered avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 4% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 223 critically endangered avian species, including 19 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
The last record of multiple birds at Lake Alaotra is from 9 June 1960 when a small flock of about 20 birds was spotted on the lake. Despite the rarity of the species in 1960, a male was shot, and the specimen was held by the Zoological Museum Amsterdam , and later the Naturalis Biodiversity Center . [ 10 ]
The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American duck species. It has the distinction of being the first known endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last reported sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York [3], and the last preserved specimen was shot in the fall of 1875 in Long Island, New York by J.G. Bell ...
The pink-headed duck was much sought after by hunters and later as an ornamental bird, mainly because of its unusual plumage. Like most diving ducks, it was not considered good eating, which should facilitate the survival of any remnant birds. The last specimen was obtained in 1935 in Darbhanga by C. M. Inglis. [46]
The blue duck feeds almost entirely on aquatic invertebrate larvae. A study of blue ducks on the Manganuiateao River in the central North Island found the most common prey items were Chironomidae (midge) and cased caddisfly larvae, although cased caddisfly were less preferred and were only consumed so much because of their abundance.
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 ...
They are distributed among 36 genera, six of which have only one species. One species, the Bermuda flicker, is extinct . [ 1 ] The family's taxonomy is unsettled; the Clements taxonomy lists 235 species [ 2 ] and BirdLife International 's Handbook of the Birds of the World lists 254 [ 3 ] .