List of critically endangered birds
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 218 species
- Endangered (EN): 416 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 741 species
- Near threatened (NT): 971 species
- Least concern (LC): 7,872 species
- Data deficient (DD): 61 species
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 218 critically endangered avian species, including 18 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild.[1][2] 2.1% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
Additionally 61 avian species (0.59% 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.
Procellariiformes
Includes petrels and albatrosses.
Gruiformes
("Crane-like")
- Zapata rail
- New Caledonian rail
- Siberian crane
- Samoan woodhen
- Makira woodhen
- Black-winged trumpeter (Psophia obscura)
- White-winged flufftail
Parrots
There are 18 parrot species assessed as critically endangered.
Kakapo species
Cockatoos
Psittacids
- Puerto Rican amazon
- Glaucous macaw
- Blue-throated macaw
- Red-throated lorikeet
- New Caledonian lorikeet
- Blue-fronted lorikeet
- Spix's macaw (possibly extinct in the wild)
- Malherbe's parakeet
- Cyclopsitta coxeni
- Fuertes's parrot
- Swift parrot
- Orange-bellied parrot
- Blue-winged racket-tail
- Grey-breasted parakeet
- Sinu parakeet (Pyrrhura subandina) (possibly extinct)
Pigeons and doves
Pelecaniformes
("Pelican-like")
Galliformes
Bucerotiformes
Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.
Accipitriformes
Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.
Anseriformes
("Goose-like")
Owls
Charadriiformes
- Spoon-billed sandpiper
- Saint Helena plover
- Black stilt
- Eskimo curlew (possibly extinct)
- Slender-billed curlew
- Jerdon's courser
- Chinese crested tern
- New Caledonian buttonquail (possibly extinct)
- Sociable lapwing
- Javan lapwing
Coraciiformes
Includes kingfishers and bee-eaters.
- Blue-banded kingfisher
- Sangihe dwarf kingfisher
- Mangareva kingfisher
- Marquesan kingfisher
Passerines
- Millerbird
- Nightingale reed warbler
- Raso lark
- Carrizal seedeater
- Araripe manakin
- Apalis fuscigularis
- Masafuera rayadito
- Pohnpei starling
- Long-billed forest warbler
- Antioquia brush finch
- Kinglet calyptura
- Mangrove finch
- Medium tree finch
- Rio Branco antbird
- Royal cinclodes
- White-bellied cinclodes
- Javan green magpie
- Golden white-eye
- Sangihe shrikethrush
- Cone-billed tanager
- Réunion cuckooshrike
- Mariana crow
- Banggai crow
- Rück's blue flycatcher
- Cebu flowerpecker
- White-eyed river martin
- Cerulean paradise flycatcher
- Blue-crowned laughingthrush
- Táchira antpitta
- Urrao antpitta
- Crow honeyeater
- Oʻahu nukupuʻu (possibly extinct)
- Munchique wood wren
- Archer's lark
- Bahama oriole
- Montserrat oriole
- São Tomé fiscal
- Semper's warbler
- Bali myna
- Bugun liocichla
- Chestnut-capped piha
- Palila
- ‘Akeke‘e
- Uluguru bushshrike
- Poʻouli (possibly extinct)
- Stresemann's bristlefront
- Socorro mockingbird
- Floreana mockingbird
- Black-chinned monarch
- Olomaʻo (possibly extinct)
- Puaiohi
- Rio de Janeiro antwren
- Alagoas antwren
- Cherry-throated tanager
- São Tomé grosbeak
- ʻAkikiki
- Isabela oriole
- ʻAkohekohe
- Oʻahu ʻalauahio (possibly extinct)
- Alagoas foliage-gleaner
- Liberian greenbul
- Iquitos gnatcatcher
- Ua Pou monarch (possibly extinct)
- Tahiti monarch
- Fatu Hiva monarch
- Maui parrotbill
- ʻŌʻū (possibly extinct)
- Gough finch
- Hooded seedeater (possibly extinct)
- Black-winged starling
- Hoary-throated spinetail
- Marañón spinetail
- Nihoa finch
- Seychelles paradise flycatcher
- Niceforo's wren
- Cozumel thrasher
- Santa Marta wren
- Taita thrush
- Príncipe thrush
- Bachman's warbler (possibly extinct)
- Regent honeyeater
- White-chested white-eye
- Mauritius olive white-eye
- Sangihe white-eye
- Rota white-eye
Caprimulgiformes
- New Caledonian owlet-nightjar
- Dusky starfrontlet
- Turquoise-throated puffleg (possibly extinct)
- Gorgeted puffleg
- Colorful puffleg
- Black-breasted puffleg
- Chilean woodstar
- New Caledonian nightjar (possibly extinct)
- Sapphire-bellied hummingbird
- Short-crested coquette
- Blue-bearded helmetcrest
- Juan Fernández firecrown
- Jamaican poorwill (possibly extinct)
Piciformes
("Woodpecker-like")
- Imperial woodpecker (possibly extinct)
- Ivory-billed woodpecker
- Okinawa woodpecker
Other bird species
See also
- 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 recently extinct birds
- List of data deficient birds
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". 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.