List of critically endangered birds

*   Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species
*   Critically endangered (CR): 223 species
*   Endangered (EN): 460 species
*   Vulnerable (VU): 798 species
*   Near threatened (NT): 1,001 species
*   Least concern (LC): 8,460 species
*   Data deficient (DD): 46 species

Avian species (IUCN, 2020-3)

* 10,999 extant species have been evaluated
* 10,947 of those are fully assessed[a]
* 9,461 are not threatened at present[b]
* 1,481 to 1,533 are threatened[c]
* 164 to 183 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
* 159 extinct (EX) species[d]
* 5 extinct in the wild (EW)
* 19 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]

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1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
2. ^ NT and LC.
3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 223 critically endangered avian species, including 19 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild.[1][2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.

Additionally 55 avian species (0.48% 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.[3] 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".[4]

This is a complete list of critically endangered avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

## Galliformes

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* Blue-billed curassow
* Belem curassow
* Edwards's pheasant (possibly extinct in the wild)
* Malay crestless fireback
* Maleo

* Himalayan quail
* Sira curassow
* Horned curassow
* Manipur bush quail
* Trinidad piping guan
* Djibouti francolin
* New Caledonian buttonquail (possibly extinct)
* Buff-breasted buttonquail

## Anseriformes

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("Goose-like")

* Laysan duck
* White-winged duck
* Baer's pochard
* Madagascan pochard
* Brazilian merganser
* Pink-headed duck (possibly extinct)
* Crested shelduck (possibly extinct)

## Podicipediformes

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("Grebes")

* Hooded grebe

## Pigeons and doves

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* Polynesian ground dove
* Purple-winged ground dove
* Silvery pigeon
* Blue-eyed ground dove
* Tooth-billed pigeon
* Negros bleeding-heart
* Sulu bleeding-heart
* Mindoro bleeding-heart
* Grenada dove
* Negros fruit dove
* Rapa fruit dove

## Otidiformes

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("Bustards")

* Great Indian bustard
* Lesser florican
* Bengal florican

## Cuculiformes

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("Cuckoos")

* Sumatran ground cuckoo
* Black-hooded coucal

## Gruiformes

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("Crane-like")

* Zapata rail
* New Caledonian rail (possibly extinct)
* Guam rail
* Siberian crane
* Samoan woodhen (possibly extinct)
* Makira woodhen or Moorhen (possibly extinct)
* White-winged flufftail
* Masked finfoot

## Charadriiformes

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* Spoon-billed sandpiper
* Southern red-breasted plover
* Black stilt
* Eskimo curlew (possibly extinct)
* Slender-billed curlew (possibly extinct)
* Jerdon's courser
* Chinese crested tern
* Buff-breasted buttonquail
* Sociable lapwing
* Javan lapwing

## Caprimulgiformes

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* New Caledonian owlet-nightjar (possibly extinct)
* New Caledonian nightjar (possibly extinct)
* Jamaican poorwill (possibly extinct)

## Apodiformes

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* Santa Marta sabrewing
* Turquoise-throated puffleg (possibly extinct)
* Gorgeted puffleg
* Chilean woodstar
* Short-crested coquette
* Blue-bearded helmetcrest
* Juan Fernández firecrown

## Sphenisciformes

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("Penguins")

* African penguin

## Procellariiformes

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Includes petrels and albatrosses.

* Tristan albatross
* New Zealand storm petrel
* Guadalupe storm petrel (possibly extinct)
* MacGillivray's prion
* Waved albatross
* Mascarene petrel
* Beck's petrel
* Fiji petrel
* Jamaican petrel (possibly extinct)
* Magenta petrel
* Galápagos petrel
* Townsend's shearwater
* Bryan's shearwater
* Rapa shearwater
* Newell's shearwater
* Balearic shearwater

## Suliformes

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* Chatham shag

## Pelecaniformes

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("Pelican-like")

* White-bellied heron
* São Tomé ibis
* White-shouldered ibis
* Giant ibis

## Accipitriformes

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Main article: List of Accipitriformes by population

Includes most of the diurnal birds of prey.

* California condor
* Ridgway's hawk
* Cuban kite
* White-backed vulture
* White-rumped vulture
* Indian vulture
* Rüppell's vulture
* Slender-billed vulture
* Madagascan fish eagle
* Hooded vulture
* Philippine eagle
* Red-headed vulture
* White-headed vulture

## Owls

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* Pernambuco pygmy owl (possibly extinct)
* Annobon scops owl
* Siau scops owl

## Bucerotiformes

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Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.

* Sulu hornbill
* Walden's hornbill
* Helmeted hornbill

## Coraciiformes

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Includes kingfishers and bee-eaters.

* Blue-banded kingfisher
* Mangareva kingfisher
* Marquesan kingfisher

## Piciformes

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("Woodpecker-like")

* Imperial woodpecker (possibly extinct)
* Ivory-billed woodpecker (possibly extinct)

## Parrots

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There are 23 parrot species assessed as critically endangered.

### New Zealand parrots

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* Kākāpō

### Cockatoos

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* Red-vented cockatoo
* Yellow-crested cockatoo
* Baudin's black cockatoo

### Psittacids

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* Imperial amazon
* Lilicine amazon
* Puerto Rican amazon
* Yellow-naped amazon
* Glaucous macaw (possibly extinct)
* Great green macaw
* Blue-throated macaw
* Red-fronted macaw
* Red-throated lorikeet
* New Caledonian lorikeet (possibly extinct)
* Malherbe's parakeet
* Coxen's fig parrot
* Swift parrot
* Orange-bellied parrot
* Blue-winged racket-tail
* Sinú parakeet (possibly extinct)
* Ultramarine lorikeet

### Old World parrots

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* Night parrot

## Passerines

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### Antbirds

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* Rio de Janeiro antwren
* Alagoas antwren
* Orange-bellied antwren

### Ovenbirds

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* Royal cinclodes
* White-bellied cinclodes
* Masafuera rayadito
* Hoary-throated spinetail
* Marañón spinetail

### Monarchs

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* Cerulean paradise flycatcher
* Iphis monarch
* Ua Pou monarch
* Tahiti monarch
* Fatu Hiva monarch
* Black-chinned monarch

### Corvids

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* Javan green magpie
* Mariana crow
* Banggai crow

### Reed-warblers

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* Millerbird
* Moorea reed warbler (possibly extinct)
* Rimatara reed warbler

### Marsh-warblers

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* Speckled reed warbler

### White-eyes

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* Mauritius olive white-eye
* Sangihe white-eye
* Rota white-eye

### Laughingthrushes and allies

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* Bugun liocichla
* Blue-crowned laughingthrush

### Thrushes

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* Olomaʻo
* Puaiohi
* Taita thrush
* Príncipe thrush

### Starlings

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* Black-winged starling
* Pohnpei starling (possibly extinct)
* Nias hill myna
* Bali myna

### True finches

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* São Tomé grosbeak
* Palila
* ‘Akeke‘e
* ʻAkikiki
* ʻAkohekohe
* Oʻahu ʻalauahio (possibly extinct)
* Maui parrotbill
* Nihoa finch

### True tanagers

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* Mangrove finch
* Medium tree finch
* St. Kitts bullfinch (possibly extinct)
* Cherry-throated tanager
* Wilkins's finch
* Gough finch

### Other passeriformes

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* Raso lark
* Carrizal seedeater
* Araripe manakin
* Regent honeyeater
* Taita apalis
* Long-billed forest warbler
* Antioquia brush finch
* South Island kokako (possibly extinct)
* Kinglet calyptura (possibly extinct)
* Sangihe shrikethrush
* Banded cotinga
* Javan blue flycatcher
* Rück's blue flycatcher
* Cebu flowerpecker
* Yellow-breasted bunting
* Táchira antpitta
* Urrao antpitta
* Crow honeyeater
* Archer's lark
* Réunion cuckooshrike
* São Tomé fiscal
* Semper's warbler
* Chestnut-capped piha
* Stresemann's bristlefront
* Socorro mockingbird
* Isabela oriole
* Alagoas tyrannulet
* Iquitos gnatcatcher
* White-eyed river martin
* Straw-headed bulbul
* Niceforo's wren
* Cozumel thrasher
* Santa Marta wren
* Bachman's warbler (possibly extinct)

## See also

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* Lists of IUCN Red List critically endangered species
* List of least concern birds
* List of near threatened birds
* List of vulnerable birds
* List of endangered birds
* List of extinct bird species since 1500
* List of data deficient birds
* List of possibly extinct birds

## References

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1. ^ "IUCN Red List version 2020-3". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
2. ^ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2019-3)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
3. ^ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
4. ^ "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.