List of critically endangered birds

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5 extinct in the wild avian species (0.05%)223 critically endangered avian species (2%)460 endangered avian species (4.2%)798 vulnerable avian species (7.2%)1,001 near threatened avian species (9.1%)8,460 least concern avian species (76.9%)52 data deficient avian species (0.4%)Circle frame.svg
Avian species (IUCN, 2020-3)
  • 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)]

  1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ^ NT and LC.
  3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
Critically Endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 224 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.

Procellariiformes[]

Includes petrels and albatrosses.

  • Tristan albatross
  • New Zealand storm petrel
  • Guadalupe storm petrel (possibly extinct)
  • 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

Suliformes[]

Gruiformes[]

("Crane-like")

  • Zapata rail
  • New Caledonian rail (possibly extinct)
  • Guam rail
  • Siberian crane
  • Samoan woodhen (possibly extinct)
  • Makira woodhen or Moorhen (possibly extinct)
  • White-winged flufftail

Parrots[]

There are 18 parrot species assessed as critically endangered.

New Zealand Parrots[]

Cockatoos[]

  • Red-vented cockatoo
  • Yellow-crested cockatoo

Psittacids[]

  • Imperial amazon
  • Lilicine amazon
  • Puerto Rican amazon
  • Glaucous macaw (possibly extinct)
  • Great green macaw
  • Blue-throated macaw
  • Red-fronted macaw
  • Red-throated lorikeet
  • New Caledonian lorikeet (possibly extinct)
  • Blue-fronted lorikeet
  • Malherbe's parakeet
  • Fuertes's parrot
  • Swift parrot
  • Orange-bellied parrot
  • Blue-winged racket-tail
  • Sinú parakeet (possibly extinct)
  • Ultramarine lorikeet

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
  • Negros fruit dove
  • Rapa fruit dove

Pelecaniformes[]

("Pelican-like")

  • White-bellied heron
  • São Tomé ibis
  • White-shouldered ibis
  • Giant ibis

Galliformes[]

  • Blue-billed curassow
  • Belem curassow
  • Edwards's pheasant
  • Himalayan quail
  • Sira curassow
  • Horned curassow
  • Trinidad piping guan
  • Djibouti francolin
  • New Caledonian Buttonquail (possibly extinct)

Bucerotiformes[]

Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.

  • Sulu hornbill
  • Walden's hornbill
  • Helmeted hornbill

Accipitriformes[]

Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.

  • Ridgway's hawk
  • Cuban kite
  • White-backed vulture
  • White-rumped vulture
  • Indian vulture
  • Rüppell's vulture
  • Slender-billed vulture
  • Madagascan fish eagle
  • Hooded vulture
  • Flores hawk-eagle
  • Philippine eagle
  • Red-headed vulture
  • White-headed vulture

Anseriformes[]

("Goose-like")

  • Laysan duck
  • Baer's pochard
  • Madagascan pochard
  • Brazilian merganser
  • Pink-headed duck (possibly extinct)
  • Crested shelduck (possibly extinct)

Owls[]

  • Pernambuco pygmy owl (possibly extinct)
  • Annobon scops owl
  • Siau scops owl

Charadriiformes[]

  • Spoon-billed sandpiper
  • Southern red-breasted plover
  • Black stilt
  • Eskimo curlew (possibly extinct)
  • Slender-billed curlew
  • Jerdon's courser
  • Chinese crested tern
  • Sociable lapwing
  • Javan lapwing (possibly extinct)

Coraciiformes[]

Includes kingfishers and bee-eaters.

  • Blue-banded kingfisher
  • Mangareva kingfisher
  • Marquesan kingfisher

Passerines[]

Antbirds[]

  • Rio Branco antbird
  • Marsh antwren
  • Rio de Janeiro antwren
  • Alagoas antwren
  • Orange-bellied antwren

Ovenbirds[]

  • Royal cinclodes
  • White-bellied cinclodes
  • Masafuera rayadito
  • Hoary-throated spinetail
  • Marañón spinetail

Monarchs[]

  • Cerulean paradise flycatcher
  • Iphis monarch
  • Ua Pou monarch (possibly extinct)
  • Tahiti monarch
  • Fatu Hiva monarch
  • Black-chinned monarch

Corvids[]

  • Javan green magpie
  • Mariana crow
  • Banggai crow

Reed-warblers[]

  • Millerbird
  • Saipan reed warbler
  • Moorea reed warbler (possibly extinct)
  • Rimatara reed warbler

White-eyes[]

  • White-chested white-eye
  • Mauritius olive white-eye
  • Sangihe white-eye
  • Rota white-eye

Laughingthrushes and allies[]

  • Rufous-fronted laughingthrush
  • Bugun liocichla
  • Blue-crowned laughingthrush

Thrushes[]

  • Olomaʻo (possibly extinct)
  • Puaiohi
  • Taita thrush
  • Príncipe thrush

Starlings[]

  • Black-winged starling
  • Pohnpei starling (possibly extinct)
  • Nias hill myna
  • Bali myna

True finches[]

  • São Tomé grosbeak
  • Maui nukupuʻu (possibly extinct)
  • Kauaʻi nukupuʻu (possibly extinct)
  • Palila
  • ‘Akeke‘e
  • Maui ʻakepa (possibly extinct)
  • ʻAkikiki
  • ʻAkohekohe
  • Oʻahu ʻalauahio (possibly extinct)
  • Maui parrotbill
  • ʻŌʻū (possibly extinct)
  • Nihoa finch

True tanagers[]

  • Mangrove finch
  • Medium tree finch
  • Cherry-throated tanager
  • Gough finch

Other passeriformes[]

  • Raso lark
  • Carrizal seedeater
  • Araripe manakin
  • Regent honeyeater
  • Taita apalis
  • Long-billed forest warbler
  • Antioquia brush finch
  • South Island kokako (possibly extinct)
  • Kinglet calyptura
  • Sangihe shrikethrush
  • Banded cotinga
  • Réunion cuckooshrike
  • Rück's blue flycatcher
  • Cebu flowerpecker
  • Yellow-breasted bunting
  • Táchira antpitta
  • Urrao antpitta
  • Crow honeyeater
  • Archer's lark
  • Gurney's pitta
  • Bahama oriole
  • São Tomé fiscal
  • Semper's warbler
  • Chestnut-capped piha
  • Stresemann's bristlefront
  • Socorro mockingbird
  • Isabela oriole
  • Alagoas tyrannulet
  • Iquitos gnatcatcher
  • White-eyed river martin (possibly extinct)
  • Straw-headed bulbul
  • Niceforo's wren
  • Cozumel thrasher
  • Santa Marta wren
  • Bachman's warbler (possibly extinct)

Caprimulgiformes[]

  • New Caledonian owlet-nightjar (possibly extinct)
  • New Caledonian nightjar (possibly extinct)
  • Jamaican poorwill (possibly extinct)

Apodiformes[]

  • Santa Marta sabrewing
  • Turquoise-throated puffleg (possibly extinct)
  • Gorgeted puffleg
  • Chilean woodstar
  • Sapphire-bellied hummingbird
  • Short-crested coquette
  • Blue-bearded helmetcrest
  • Juan Fernández firecrown

Piciformes[]

("Woodpecker-like")

  • Imperial woodpecker (possibly extinct)
  • Ivory-billed woodpecker (Declared extinct in 1938(Resurrected according to wikipedia and sightings))
  • Okinawa woodpecker

Other bird species[]

  • Great Indian bustard
  • Sumatran ground cuckoo
  • Black-hooded coucal
  • California condor
  • Bengal florican
  • Chatham shag
  • Plains-wanderer
  • Hooded grebe

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ "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.


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