List of critically endangered birds
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 216 species
- Endangered (EN): 372 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 670 species
- Near threatened (NT): 967 species
- Least concern (LC): 8,767 species
- Data deficient (DD): 37 species
- 11,198 extant species have been evaluated
- 11,161 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 9,734 are not threatened at present[b]
- 1,427 to 1,464 are threatened[c]
- 169 to 187 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 164 extinct (EX) species[d]
- 5 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 18 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
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.
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. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.[3] 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".[4]
This is a complete list of critically endangered avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Ducks, geese, swans, screamers
- Laysan duck
- White-winged duck
- Baer's pochard
- Madagascan pochard
- Brazilian merganser
- Pink-headed duck (possibly extinct)
- Crested shelduck (possibly extinct)
Landfowl
- Blue-billed curassow
- Belem curassow (subspecies, bare-faced curassow)
- Edwards's pheasant (possibly extinct in the wild)
- Malay crestless fireback
- Maleo
- Himalayan quail
- Sira curassow
- Manipur bush quail
- Trinidad piping guan
- Djibouti francolin
- Crested argus
- New Caledonian buttonquail (possibly extinct)
- Buff-breasted buttonquail
Grebes
Pigeons and doves
- Polynesian ground dove
- Purple-winged ground dove
- Silvery pigeon
- Blue-eyed ground dove
- Tooth-billed pigeon
- Negros bleeding-heart
- Sulu bleeding-heart
- Mindoro bleeding-heart
- Grenada dove
- Black-naped pheasant-pigeon (in some taxonomies, considered a subspecies of Pheasant pigeon)
- Negros fruit dove
- Rapa fruit dove
Bustards
Cuckoos
Cranes, rails, trumpeters, and finfoots
- Zapata rail
- New Caledonian rail (possibly extinct)
- Guam rail
- Siberian crane
- Samoan woodhen (possibly extinct)
- Makira woodhen or Moorhen (possibly extinct)
- White-winged flufftail
- Masked finfoot
- Black-winged trumpeter
Shorebirds and gulls
- Spoon-billed sandpiper
- Southern red-breasted plover (subspecies, New Zealand dotterel)
- Black stilt
- Eskimo curlew (possibly extinct)
- Jerdon's courser
- Chinese crested tern
- Buff-breasted buttonquail
- Sociable lapwing
- Javan lapwing (possibly extinct)
Owlet-nightjars
- New Caledonian owlet-nightjar (possibly extinct)
Nightjars
- New Caledonian nightjar (possibly extinct)
- Jamaican poorwill (possibly extinct)
Hummingbirds and swifts
Penguins
Petrels, albatrosses, and shearwaters
- Tristan albatross
- New Zealand storm petrel
- Guadalupe storm petrel (possibly extinct)
- MacGillivray's prion
- Waved albatross
- Mascarene petrel
- Beck's petrel
- Fiji petrel
- Jamaican petrel (possibly extinct)
- Magenta petrel
- Galápagos petrel
- Townsend's shearwater
- Bryan's shearwater
- Rapa shearwater
- Newell's shearwater
- Balearic shearwater
Cormorants and allies
Pelicans, ibises, and herons
Hawks, eagles, kites, and vultures
Owls
- Pernambuco pygmy owl (possibly extinct)
- Principe scops owl
- Annobon scops owl
- Seychelles scops owl
- Siau scops owl
Hornbills and hoopoes
Kingfishers and allies
Woodpeckers, toucans, and barbets
- Imperial woodpecker (possibly extinct)
- Ivory-billed woodpecker (possibly extinct)
Parrots
There are 23 parrot species assessed as critically endangered.
- Imperial amazon
- Lilicine amazon
- Puerto Rican amazon
- Yellow-naped amazon
- Glaucous macaw (possibly extinct)
- Great green macaw
- Blue-throated macaw
- Red-fronted macaw
- Red-throated lorikeet
- New Caledonian lorikeet (possibly extinct)
- Malherbe's parakeet
- Coxen's fig parrot
- Swift parrot
- Orange-bellied parrot
- Blue-winged racket-tail
- Sinú parakeet (possibly extinct)
- Ultramarine lorikeet
Passerines
Ovenbirds
Antbirds
Antpittas
Tapaculos
Tyrant flycatchers
- Kinglet calyptura (possibly extinct)
- Alagoas tyrannulet
Cotingas
Manakins
Honeyeaters
New Zealand wattlebirds
- South Island kokako (possibly extinct)
Cuckooshrikes
Whistlers and allies
Figbirds, Old World orioles, piopios
Monarchs
Shrikes
Crows, jays, and allies
Larks
Bulbuls
Swallows and martins
Reed warblers and allies
- Moorea reed warbler (possibly extinct)
- Rimatara reed warbler
- Speckled reed warbler
Cisticolas and allies
White-eyes
Laughingthrushes and allies
Wrens
Mockingbirds and thrashers
Starlings
- Pohnpei starling (possibly extinct)
- Nias hill myna (sometimes regarded as subspecies of Common hill myna)
- Bali myna
Thrushes
- Olomaʻo (possibly extinct)
- Puaiohi
- Príncipe thrush
Old World flycatchers
Flowerpeckers
Finches and euphonias
- São Tomé grosbeak
- Palila
- ‘Akeke‘e
- ʻAkikiki
- ʻAkohekohe
- Oʻahu ʻalauahio (possibly extinct)
- Maui parrotbill
- Nihoa finch
Buntings
New World Sparrows
New World warblers
- Semper's warbler
- Bachman's warbler (possibly extinct)
Tanagers and allies
See also
[edit]- Lists of IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- List of least concern birds
- List of near threatened birds
- List of vulnerable birds
- List of endangered birds
- List of extinct bird species since 1500
- List of data deficient birds
- List of possibly extinct 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). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2019-3)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). 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). Retrieved 11 January 2016.