Pacific Territories.įor 189 of these, habitat loss is considered the principal threat. With Biodiversitas, ABC helped expand the Canudos Biological Station in Brazil to 3,649 acres, helping the Lear's Macaw population grow to 1,300, and downgrading the Macaw from Critical to Endangered.ĪBC helped to oppose a hotel development, advocated for habitat conservation, and is helping the Grenada Dove Conservation Program control invasive mongooses by providing support for traps to protect the Grenada Dove.ĪBC supported a CECIA expedition that rediscovered the Pale-headed Brushfinch, and helped Fundacíon Jocotoco to acquire the 400-acre Yunguilla Reserve in Ecuador, which has helped the brushfinch increase to more than 200 birds, downgrading the species from Critical to Endangered.Īccording to BirdLife International scientists, there are currently 263 IUCN-Red Listed Endangered (EN) and Critically Endangered (CR) bird species in the Americas and U.S. Photo by Maggie ForresterĪBC supported ECOAN's community outreach and pollution control programs to help conserve the Junin Grebe in Peru.ĪBC and AZA supported the development of a vaccine to inoculate captive California Condors against West Nile Virus, and ABC pressed successfully for a ban on lead ammunition in condor range counties in California, since condors scavenge on hunted deer carcasses. The Lear's Macaw, one of the species ABC and partners have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Of the 17 bird species extinctions considered to have been averted since 1994 in the Americas, ABC has provided significant support to efforts to prevent five:ĪBC also played a contributory role in the case of a further species, the California Condor. We especially prioritize sites where Endangered or Critically Endangered species are confined to a single site ( Alliance for Zero Extinction or AZE sites). Endangered Species Act list, and then works with partners to identify conservation opportunities and to develop field-based conservation projects, species by species. Scientists believe that an additional 17 bird extinctions have been averted by conservation intervention since 1994 (the year ABC was founded).ĪBC prioritizes its work to halt extinctions by identifying the species at greatest risk, based on the IUCN Red List and the U.S. (Reintroduction efforts are underway for some of these species.) These species are the Aguijan Reed-warbler, Alagoas Foliage-gleaner, Atitlan Grebe, Bishop's Oo, Bridled White-eye, Colombian Grebe, Cryptic Treehunter, Guam Flycatcher, Guam Reed-warbler, Kamao, Kauai Akialoa, Kauai Oo, Least Vermilion Flycatcher, Pagan Reed-warbler, and Po'ouli.įive more bird species have been declared extinct in the wild but survive in captivity: the Alagoas Curassow, Guam Kingfisher, ʻAlalā (Hawaiian Crow), Socorro Dove, and Spix's Macaw. Pacific Territories since 1968, most in Hawai'i. Please visit their site for more specifics.)įifteen bird species have gone extinct in the Americas and U.S. (Much of the data generated in this section was derived from BirdLife International's DataZone. In the U.S., more endangered birds are increasing than are declining, but Hawaiian species in particular need much more recovery support.ĮXPLORE ABC's WORK: Extinctions | IUCN Red List Birds | ESA List BirdsĪraripe Manakin in Oasis Araripe Reserve. have at least some populations in protected areas, but significant gaps remain, and only 18 percent of the most threatened species can be considered effectively protected from extinction at present. Today, the majority of endangered birds outside the U.S. There have been 15 bird extinctions in the Americas over the past 50 years (most in Hawai'i). Endangered Species Act, including mainland species, such as the Piping Plover and California Condor, and Hawaiian birds such as the 'Akikiki and 'Akeke'e. Priority bird species at this level include those listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, such as Stresemann's Bristlefront in Brazil and Blue-billed Curassow in Colombia, as well as species found in the United States and listed under the U.S. At the pinnacle of ABC's Bird Conservation Framework, we work to prevent extinction of the Western Hemisphere's most endangered birds, creating and sustaining protected areas to provide essential habitat and reducing threats to birds within those habitats.
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