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Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Panterpe insignis
Golden-collared Manakin
Manacus vitellinus
Mrs. Moreau's Warbler
Scepomycter winifredae
Short-clawed Lark
Certhilauda chuana
South African Shelduck
Tadorna cana
Scaly Weaver
Sporopipes squamifrons
Magellanic Tapaculo
Scytalopus magellanicus
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Chloropsis hardwickii
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
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Anthreptes rubritorques
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Fregetta tropica
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Fregetta grallaria
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Buteo ventralis
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Atalotriccus pilaris
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Buteogallus solitarius
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Theristicus branickii
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Aegypius monachus
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Conservation Status
Percentages are calculated based on 10,906 species in Birds of the World.
Data provided by IUCN (2022) Red List.
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| Least Concern |
69.9%
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|---|---|
| Near Threatened |
8.3%
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| Vulnerable |
6.5%
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| Endangered |
3.5%
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| Critically Endangered |
2%
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| Extinct in the Wild |
0.05%
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| Extinct |
1.4%
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| Not Evaluated |
0%
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| Data Deficient |
0.36%
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| Unknown |
8.1%
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