As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 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.
- 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
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 edit
Includes petrels and albatrosses.
- 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
Gruiformes edit
("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 edit
There are 21 parrot species assessed as critically endangered.
New Zealand parrots edit
Cockatoos edit
Psittacids edit
- 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
- Coxen's fig parrot
- Swift parrot
- Orange-bellied parrot
- Blue-winged racket-tail
- Sinú parakeet (possibly extinct)
- Ultramarine lorikeet
Pigeons and doves edit
Pelecaniformes edit
("Pelican-like")
Galliformes edit
Bucerotiformes edit
Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.
Accipitriformes edit
Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.
Anseriformes edit
("Goose-like")
- Laysan duck
- Baer's pochard
- Madagascan pochard
- Brazilian merganser
- Pink-headed duck (possibly extinct)
- Crested shelduck (possibly extinct)
Owls edit
Charadriiformes edit
Coraciiformes edit
Includes kingfishers and bee-eaters.
Passerines edit
Antbirds edit
Ovenbirds edit
Monarchs edit
Corvids edit
Reed-warblers edit
- Millerbird
- Saipan reed warbler
- Moorea reed warbler (possibly extinct)
- Rimatara reed warbler
White-eyes edit
Laughingthrushes and allies edit
Thrushes edit
Starlings edit
- Black-winged starling
- Pohnpei starling (possibly extinct)
- Nias hill myna
- Bali myna
True finches edit
- 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 edit
Other passeriformes edit
- 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
- Javan blue flycatcher
- Rück's blue flycatcher
- Cebu flowerpecker
- Yellow-breasted bunting
- Táchira antpitta
- Urrao antpitta
- Crow honeyeater
- Archer's lark
- Bahama oriole
- Réunion cuckooshrike
- São Tomé fiscal
- Semper's warbler
- Chestnut-capped piha
- Stresemann's bristlefront
- Socorro mockingbird
- Isabela oriole
- Alagoas tyrannulet
- Iquitos gnatcatcher
- White-eyed river martin
- Straw-headed bulbul
- Niceforo's wren
- Cozumel thrasher
- Santa Marta wren
- Bachman's warbler (possibly extinct)
Caprimulgiformes edit
- New Caledonian owlet-nightjar (possibly extinct)
- New Caledonian nightjar (possibly extinct)
- Jamaican poorwill (possibly extinct)
Apodiformes edit
Piciformes edit
("Woodpecker-like")
- Imperial woodpecker (possibly extinct)
- Ivory-billed woodpecker (possibly extinct)
- Okinawa woodpecker
Other bird species edit
See also edit
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.