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Arabian Eagle-Owl
Bubo milesi
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
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Spotted Eagle-Owl
Bubo africanus
Common Murre
Uria aalge
Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Cape Rockjumper
Chaetops frenatus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Black-and-red Broadbill
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Nordmann's Greenshank
Tringa guttifer
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Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Calandrella dukhunensis
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Progne cryptoleuca
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Himalayan Shrike-Babbler
Pteruthius ripleyi
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Yellow-throated Greenbul
Atimastillas flavicollis
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Dalat Bush Warbler
Locustella idonea
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Rufous Hornbill
Buceros hydrocorax
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African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
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Two-banded Warbler
Myiothlypis bivittata
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Myiothlypis chrysogaster
News
Over the next few weeks, the 2021 eBird Clements taxonomic update will progress. Â This update, our first since the launch of the Birds of the World website, takes into account recent taxonomic knowledge on splits, lumps, name changes, and changes in the sequence of the species lists.
A new species of Melanocharis berrypecker (Melanocharitidae) was discovered during a recent ornithological expedition to the Kumawa Mountains in West Papua, in the cloud forest at an elevation of 1200 m. It has been named Satin Berrypecker (Melanocharis citreola)
Conservation Status
Percentages are calculated based on 10,824 species in Birds of the World.
Data provided by IUCN (2020) Red List.
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| Least Concern |
68%
|
|---|---|
| Near Threatened |
8.3%
|
| Vulnerable |
6.8%
|
| Endangered |
3.8%
|
| Critically Endangered |
1.8%
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| Extinct in the Wild |
0%
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| Extinct |
1.4%
|
| Not Evaluated |
0%
|
| Data Deficient |
0.4%
|
| Unknown |
9.4%
|
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