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): 52 species

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)]

^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
^ NT and LC.
^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 460 endangered avian species.^[1] 4% of all evaluated avian species 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.

Penguins[]

Northern rockhopper penguin
Erect-crested penguin
Yellow-eyed penguin
African penguin
Galapagos penguin

Procellariiformes[]

Includes petrels and albatrosses.

Amsterdam albatross
Antipodean albatross
Northern royal albatross
Polynesian storm petrel
Ashy storm petrel
Townsend's storm petrel
Macgillivray's prion (Pachyptila macgillivrayi)
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

Gruiformes[]

("Crane-like")

Grey crowned crane
Whooping crane
Red-crowned crane
Talaud rail
Masked finfoot
Okinawa rail
Lord Howe woodhen
Junin crake
Takahē
Olive-winged trumpeter (Psophia dextralis)
Bogotá rail
Plain-flanked rail
Slender-billed flufftail
Sakalava rail

Parrots[]

There are 41 parrot species assessed as endangered.

Kakapo species[]

New Zealand kaka
Kea

Cockatoos[]

White cockatoo
Baudin's black cockatoo
Carnaby's black cockatoo

Psittacids[]

Black-billed amazon
Yellow-naped amazon
Lilac-crowned amazon
Yellow-headed amazon
Vinaceous-breasted amazon
Red-crowned amazon
Lear's macaw
Sun parakeet
Grey-cheeked parakeet
Chatham parakeet
Coxen's fig-parrot
Red-and-blue lory
Purple-naped lory
Night parrot
Green-thighed parrot
Green racket-tail
Golden-shouldered parrot
Echo parakeet
Grey parrot
Timneh parrot
Santarem parakeet
Perija parakeet (Pyrrhura caeruleiceps)
Azuero parakeet (Pyrrhura eisenmanni)
El Oro parakeet
Pfrimer's parakeet
Santa Marta parakeet
Thick-billed parrot
Maroon-fronted parrot
Scarlet-breasted lorikeet
Kuhl's lorikeet

Ciconiiformes[]

Oriental stork
Storm's stork
Greater adjutant
Milky stork

Suliformes[]

Cape gannet
Abbott's booby
Cape cormorant
Pitt shag
Bank cormorant

Pigeons and doves[]

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

Pelecaniformes[]

("Pelican-like")

Humblot's heron
Malagasy pond heron
Australasian bittern
Northern bald ibis
White-eared night heron
Crested ibis
Black-faced spoonbill
Malagasy sacred ibis

Galliformes[]

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

Bucerotiformes[]

Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.

White-crowned hornbill
Mindoro hornbill
Visayan hornbill
Wrinkled hornbill
Sumba hornbill
Narcondam hornbill

Accipitriformes[]

Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.

Secretarybirds[]

Secretarybird

Accipitridae[]

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

Anseriformes[]

("Goose-like")

Bernier's teal
Meller's duck
Hawaiian duck
White-winged duck
Blue duck
Scaly-sided merganser
White-headed duck

Owls[]

Blakiston's fish owl
Forest owlet
Camiguin hawk-owl
Cebu hawk-owl
Romblon hawk-owl
Little Sumba hawk-owl
Flores scops owl
Anjouan scops owl
Seychelles scops owl
Sokoke scops owl
Moheli scops owl
Karthala scops owl
Serendib scops owl
Congo bay owl

Charadriiformes[]

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

Passerines[]

Pittas[]

Sangihe pitta
Siau pitta
Superb pitta

Cotingas[]

Yellow-billed cotinga
Bare-necked umbrellabird
Apolo cotinga

Tyrant flycatchers[]

Ash-breasted tit-tyrant
Santa Marta bush tyrant
Urich's tyrannulet
Bahia tyrannulet
Antioquia bristle tyrant
Minas Gerais tyrannulet
Lulu's tody-flycatcher
Giant kingbird

Antbirds[]

Recurve-billed bushbird
Yellow-rumped antwren
Black-hooded antwren
Restinga antwren
Sincora antwren
Ash-throated antwren
Scalloped antbird
Fringe-backed fire-eye
Slender antbird

Tapaculos[]

Bahia tapaculo
Paramillo tapaculo
Diamantina tapaculo
Boa Nova tapaculo
Marsh tapaculo
Brasilia tapaculo
El Oro tapaculo
Magdalena tapaculo

Ovenbirds[]

Perijá thistletail
Pernambuco foliage-gleaner
Scaled spinetail
White-browed tit-spinetail
White-throated barbtail
Pinto's spinetail
Russet-bellied spinetail
Delta Amacuro spinetail

Bushshrikes and allies[]

Mount Kupe bushshrike
Gabela bushshrike
Braun's bushshrike
Uluguru bushshrike

Vangas[]

Helmet vanga
Bernier's vanga
Gabela helmetshrike
Van Dam's vanga

Monarchs[]

O'ahu ʻelepaio
Santa Cruz shrikebill
Chuuk monarch
Marquesan monarch
Biak monarch
White-tipped monarch
Flores monarch

Crows, jays, magpies, and allies[]

Flores crow
Asir magpie
White-winged magpie
Stresemann's bushcrow

Larks[]

Rudd's lark
Ash's lark
Sharpe's lark (subspecies M. a. sharpii)
Botha's lark

Cisticolas[]

Yellow-throated apalis
Namuli apalis
Mozambique forest warbler (subspecies A. m. sousae)
Sierra Leone prinia

Marsh-warblers[]

Bokikokiko

F*Basra reed warbler

Speckled reed warbler
Pitcairn reed warbler

White-eyes[]

Golden white-eye
Flame-templed babbler
Teardrop white-eye
Bridled white-eye
Príncipe white-eye
Javan white-eye
Gizo white-eye
Saipan white-eye
Taita white-eye
Negros striped babbler

Laughingthrushes[]

Sumatran laughingthrush
Grey-crowned crocias
Nilgiri laughingthrush
Banasura laughingthrush
Golden-winged laughingthrush
Collared laughingthrush

Old World flycatchers[]

Black shama
Seychelles magpie-robin
Matinan blue flycatcher
Lompobattang flycatcher
Humblot's flycatcher
Rufous-headed robin
Amber Mountain rock thrush
Nilgiri blue robin
Sri Lanka whistling thrush
Rubeho akalat
Gabela akalat
Usambara akalat
White-throated jungle flycatcher

Weavers[]

Aldabra fody
Mauritius fody
Gola malimbe
Ibadan malimbe
Golden-naped weaver
Bates's weaver
Clarke's weaver
Usambara weaver

Finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers[]

Yellow-throated seedeater
ʻAkiapolaʻau
Black rosy finch
Brown-capped rosy finch
Warsangli linnet
Hispaniolan crossbill
Hawaiʻi ʻakepa
Hawaiʻi creeper
Maui alauahio
Red siskin

True sparrows[]

Saltmarsh sparrow
Black-spectacled brush finch
Pale-headed brush finch
Guadalupe junco
Worthen's sparrow
Sierra Madre sparrow

Grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles[]

Tricolored blackbird
Yellow-shouldered blackbird
Saint Lucia oriole
Colombian mountain grackle
Jamaican blackbird
Baudó oropendola
Saffron-cowled blackbird

New World warblers[]

Grey-headed warbler
Whistling warbler
Paria whitestart
Elfin woods warbler
Bahama warbler
Golden-cheeked warbler

True tanagers[]

Golden-backed mountain tanager
Cone-billed tanager
Venezuelan flowerpiercer
Carriker's mountain-tanager (Dubusia carrikeri)
Yellow cardinal
Saint Lucia black finch
Wilkins's finch
Plain-tailed warbling finch
Cochabamba mountain finch
Rufous-breasted warbling finch
Ibera seedeater
Great-billed seed finch
Marsh seedeater

Other Passeriformes[]

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

Caprimulgiformes[]

There are 23 species in the order Caprimulgiformes assessed as endangered.

Hummingbirds[]

Venezuelan sylph
Mangrove hummingbird
Perija starfrontlet
Glittering starfrontlet
Colorful puffleg
Black-breasted puffleg
Blue-capped hummingbird
Hook-billed hermit
Royal sunangel
Scissor-tailed hummingbird
Marvellous spatuletail
Violet-throated metaltail
Perijá metaltail
Black-backed thornbill
Glow-throated hummingbird
Grey-bellied comet
Long-tailed woodnymph

Nightjars[]

Puerto Rican nightjar
Prigogine's nightjar

Swifts[]

Mariana swiftlet

Piciformes[]

("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[]

Moustached kingfisher
Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher
Bay-breasted cuckoo
Saker falcon
Mauritius kestrel
Junin grebe
Banded ground cuckoo
Ludwig's bustard
Kagu
Titicaca grebe
Secretarybird
Lesser florican
Madagascar grebe
Dwarf tinamou
Bannerman's turaco

References[]

^ "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.
^ "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.

[1] xcludes 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

[IUCNDATA-5] "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.

[6] "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[7] "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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