Early this year, the ornithological world was rocked when Frank Rheindt and colleagues published a paper in which they described five entirely new species of birds, and five new subspecies of birds, all from several small islands near Sulawesi, Indonesia (Rheindt et al. 2020).
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Tricolored Brushfinch Atlapetes tricolor
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Conservation Status
Percentages are calculated based on 10,721 species in Birds of the World.
Data provided by IUCN Red List.
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| Least Concern |
69.6%
|
|---|---|
| Near Threatened |
8.5%
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| Vulnerable |
6.9%
|
| Endangered |
4%
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| Critically Endangered |
1.9%
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| Extinct in the Wild |
0%
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| Extinct |
1.4%
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| Not Evaluated |
0%
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| Data Deficient |
0.4%
|
| Unknown |
7.1%
|
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