List of vulnerable birds

Extinct, since 1500: 140 species
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

Avian species (IUCN, 2015.4)

10,424 species have been evaluated
10,363 are fully assessed (excludes DD)
8843 are not threatened at present (LC, NT)
1375 are threatened (CR, EN, VU)
145 to 163 are extinct or extinct in the wild (EX, EW, CR(PE), CR(PEW))

Vulnerable (VU) species are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of February 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 741 vulnerable avian species.^[1] 7.1% of all evaluated avian species are listed as vulnerable. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.

For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction, the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild". Endangered and critically endangered species face an even higher risk, and are listed separately even though they also meet the quantitative criteria for vulnerable species: List of endangered birds, List of critically endangered birds. The three categories combined are referred to as threatened species.

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.^[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 vulnerable avian species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

Dark-winged trumpeter

Guineafowl species

White-breasted guineafowl

Secretarybird

Black-girdled barbet
White-mantled barbet
Five-coloured barbet
Scarlet-banded barbet
Atlantic black-breasted woodpecker
Javan flameback
Fernandina's flicker
Arabian woodpecker
Coppery-chested jacamar
Helmeted woodpecker
Three-toed jacamar
Chaplin's barbet
Southern sooty woodpecker
Great slaty woodpecker
Sulu pygmy woodpecker
White-bellied piculet
Yellow-ridged toucan (Ramphastos culminatus)
White-throated toucan
Channel-billed toucan

Other bird species

References

↑ "IUCN Red List version 2015.4". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 19 February 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.

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List of vulnerable birds

Kakapo species

Guineafowl species

Other passerine species

Other bird species

See also

References