List of endangered birds
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 223 species
- Endangered (EN): 460 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 798 species
- Near threatened (NT): 1,001 species
- Least concern (LC): 8,460 species
- Data deficient (DD): 46 species
- 10,999 extant species have been evaluated
- 10,947 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 9,461 are not threatened at present[b]
- 1,481 to 1,533 are threatened[c]
- 164 to 183 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 159 extinct (EX) species[d]
- 5 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 19 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
- ^ NT and LC.
- ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
- ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
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.
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". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered birds are listed separately. There are 683 avian species which are endangered or critically endangered.
Additionally 53 avian species (0.48% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.[2] While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed".[3]
This is a complete list of endangered avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible, common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Includes petrels and albatrosses.
- Amsterdam albatross
- Antipodean albatross
- Northern royal albatross
- Polynesian storm petrel
- Ashy storm petrel
- Townsend's storm petrel
- Sooty albatross
- Westland petrel
- Phoenix petrel
- Henderson petrel
- Barau's petrel
- Bermuda petrel
- Black-capped petrel
- Atlantic petrel
- Zino's petrel
- Hawaiian petrel
- Bannerman's shearwater
- Hutton's shearwater
- Indian yellow-nosed albatross
- Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
- Grey-headed albatross
("Crane-like")
- Black-billed amazon
- Lilac-crowned amazon
- Yellow-headed amazon
- Vinaceous-breasted amazon
- Red-crowned amazon
- Lear's macaw
- Sun parakeet
- Grey-cheeked parakeet
- Red-and-blue lory
- Purple-naped lory
- Night parrot
- Green-thighed parrot
- Green racket-tail
- Golden-shouldered parrot
- Echo parakeet
- Grey parrot
- Timneh parrot
- Perija parakeet
- El Oro parakeet
- Pfrimer's parakeet
- Santa Marta parakeet
- Thick-billed parrot
- Maroon-fronted parrot
- Scarlet-breasted lorikeet
- Kuhl's lorikeet
- Palau ground dove
- Wetar ground dove
- Caroline ground dove
- Marquesas ground dove
- Santa Cruz ground dove
- São Tomé olive pigeon
- Polynesian imperial pigeon
- Marquesan imperial pigeon
- Mindoro imperial pigeon
- White-fronted quail-dove
- Indigo-crowned quail-dove
- Tolima dove
- Black-naped pheasant-pigeon
- Tawitawi brown dove
- Raiatea fruit dove
- Mariana fruit dove
- Blue-headed quail dove
- Comoro green pigeon
- Timor green pigeon
- São Tomé green pigeon
- Tuxtla quail dove
("Pelican-like")
- Waigeo brushturkey
- Sichuan partridge
- Gunnison grouse
- Red-billed curassow
- Wattled curassow
- Maleo
- Micronesian megapode
- Horned guan
- Helmeted curassow
- Green peafowl
- White-winged guan
- Baudo guan
- Cauca guan
- Manipur bush quail
- Black-fronted piping guan
- Hainan peacock-pheasant
- Bornean peacock-pheasant
- Black-fronted francolin
- Mount Cameroon francolin
- Swierstra's francolin
- Crested argus
- Udzungwa forest partridge
Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.
Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.
- Gundlach's hawk
- Steppe eagle
- Chaco eagle
- Malagasy harrier
- Réunion harrier
- Black harrier
- Madagascan serpent eagle
- Cape vulture
- White-collared kite
- Egyptian vulture
- Javan hawk-eagle
- Philippine hawk-eagle
- Pinsker's hawk-eagle
- Martial eagle
- Grey-backed hawk
- Black-and-chestnut eagle
- Bateleur
- Lappet-faced vulture
("Goose-like")
- Madagascar jacana
- Marbled murrelet
- Great knot
- Black-fronted tern
- Chatham oystercatcher
- Far Eastern curlew
- Tuamotu sandpiper
- Indian skimmer
- Australian painted-snipe
- Moluccan woodcock
- Black-bellied tern
- Peruvian tern
- Guadalupe murrelet
- Shore dotterel
- Nordmann's greenshank
- Fynbos buttonquail
- Buff-breasted buttonquail
- Rudd's lark
- Ash's lark
- Sharpe's lark (subspecies M. a. sharpii)
- Botha's lark
- Yellow-throated apalis
- Namuli apalis
- Mozambique forest warbler (subspecies A. m. sousae)
- Sierra Leone prinia
Other Passeriformes
[edit]- Elegant sunbird
- Amani sunbird
- Sokoke pipit
- Brown-cheeked bulbul
- Mountain starling
- Noisy scrubbird
- Rufous scrubbird
- Grauer's swamp warbler
- Prigogine's greenbul
- Javan leafbird
- Sumatran leafbird
- Greater green leafbird
- Rufous-brown solitaire
- Apolinar's wren
- Eastern bristlebird
- Western bristlebird
- Grand Comoro drongo
- Tablas drongo
- Jankowski's bunting
- Zapata wren
- Cundinamarca antpitta
- Jocotoco antpitta
- Ochre-fronted antpitta
- Chestnut-capped thrush
- Mao
- Black-cheeked ant tanager
- Kaempfer's tody-tyrant
- Usambara hyliota
- Streak-breasted bulbul
- Sharpe's longclaw
- Pulitzer's longbill
- Rufous-throated white-eye
- Black-eared miner
- Floreana mockingbird
- Yellowhead
- Amber Mountain rock thrush
- Loveridge's sunbird
- Silver oriole
- Java sparrow
- Forty-spotted pardalote
- Black robin
- Banded wattle-eye
- Galápagos martin
- Aceh bulbul
- White-breasted thrasher
- White-throated wren-babbler
- Algerian nuthatch
- Giant nuthatch
- White-browed nuthatch
- Mallee emu-wren
- Bahama swallow
- Long-legged thicketbird
- White-winged cotinga
- Spotted ground thrush
There are 23 species in the order Caprimulgiformes assessed as endangered.
- Venezuelan sylph
- Mangrove hummingbird
- Perija starfrontlet
- Glittering starfrontlet
- Colorful puffleg
- Black-breasted puffleg
- Blue-capped hummingbird
- Hook-billed hermit
- Scissor-tailed hummingbird
- Marvellous spatuletail
- Violet-throated metaltail
- Perijá metaltail
- Black-backed thornbill
- Glow-throated hummingbird
- Grey-bellied comet
- Long-tailed woodnymph
("Woodpecker-like")
- Yellow-browed toucanet
- Red-headed flameback
- Yellow-faced flameback
- Lesser crescent-chested puffbird
- White-rumped woodpecker
- Speckle-chested piculet
- Varzea piculet
- Red-necked aracari
Other bird species
[edit]See also
[edit]- Lists of IUCN Red List endangered species
- List of least concern birds
- List of near threatened birds
- List of vulnerable birds
- List of critically endangered birds
- List of extinct bird species since 1500
- List of data deficient birds
References
[edit]- ^ "IUCN Red List version 2020-3". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2016.