Vulnerable Species

The following species are considered to be vulnerable to extinction by IUCN and BirdLife International. Each of these species is judged to have a ten percent chance of going extinct in the next one hundred years.

Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius

Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus

Brown Kiwi Apteryx australis

Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx haastii

Little Spotted Kiwi Apteryx owenii

Choco Tinamou Crypturellus kerriae

Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui

Taczanowski's Tinamou Nothoprocta taczanowskii

Lesser Nothura Nothura minor

Dwarf Tinamou Taoniscus nanus

Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

Snares Islands Penguin Eudyptes robustus

Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri

Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
Spheniscus mendiculus
Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii

Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans

Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni

Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica

White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis

Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii

Defilippe's Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana

Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta

Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis

Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri li>
Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis

Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus

Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli

Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas

Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus

Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti

Campbell Island Shag Phalacrocorax campbelli

New Zealand King Shag Phalacrocorax carunculatus

Stewart Island Shag Phalacrocorax chalconotus

Auckland Islands Shag Phalacrocorax colensoi

Pitt Island Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni

Galápagos Cormorant Phalacrocorax harrisi

Chatham Islands Shag Phalacrocorax onslowi

Bounty Islands Shag Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi

Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi

Madagascar Heron Ardea humbloti

Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula

Japanese Night-heron Gorsachius goisagi

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus

Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea

Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus

Andean Flamingo Phoenicopterus andinus

Puna Flamingo Phoenicopterus jamesi

Brown Teal Anas aucklandica

Baikal Teal Anas formosa in South Korea

Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis

Hawaiian Duck Anas wyvilliana

Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus

Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri

Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis

Nene Branta sandvicensis

West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea

Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus

Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris

Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus

White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala

Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri

Salvadori's Teal Salvadorina waigiuensis

Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri

Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa

New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus

Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti

Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga

Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

Galápagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis

Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres

Pallas's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

Steller's Sea-eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus

Sanford's Fish-eagleHaliaeetus sanfordi

Crowned Eagle Harpyhaliaetus coronatus

New Guinea Harpy Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae

White-necked Hawk Leucopternis lacernulata

Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura

Wallace's Hawk-eagle Spizaetus nanus

Philippine Hawk-eagle Spizaetus philippensis

Seychelles Kestrel Falco araea

Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha

Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos

Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

Bruijn's Brush-turkey Aepypodius bruijnii

Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata

Maleo Macrocephalon maleo

Micronesian Scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse

Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi

Nicobar ScrubfowlMegapodius nicobariensis

Moluccan Scrubfowl Megapodius wallacei

Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa

Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus

Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera

Bearded Guan Penelope barbata

Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster

Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni

Black-fronted Piping-guan Pipile jacutinga

Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis

White-breasted Guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides

Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana

Chestnut-necklaced Partridge Arborophila charltonii

White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila gingica

Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii

Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichi

White Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Tibetan Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon harmani

Brown Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum

Mount Cameroon Francolin Francolinus camerunensis

Grey-striped Francolin Francolinus griseostriatus

Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis

Harwood's Francolin Francolinus harwoodi

Swierstra's Francolin Francolinus swierstrai

Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii

Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri

Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri

Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi

Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma

Sumatran Pheasant Lophura hoogerwerfi

Crested Fireback Lophura ignita

Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata

Green Peafowl Pavo muticus

Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis

Germain's Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron germaini

Mountain Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum

Malayan Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata

Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti

Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae

Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii

Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii

Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti

Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus

Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor

White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegata

Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanota

Sumba Buttonquail Turnix everetti

Worcester's Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri

Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus

Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus

Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis

Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis

Blue Crane Grus paradisea

White-naped Crane Grus vipio

Brown Wood-rail Aramides wolfi

Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni

Inaccessible Rail Atlantisia rogersi

Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus

Corncrake Crex crex

Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai

Horned Coot Fulica cornuta

Gough Moorhen Gallinula nesiotis

Bald-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii

Invisible Rail Habroptila wallacii

Rusty-flanked Crake Laterallus levraudi

Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus

Auckland Islands Rail Lewinia muelleri

Henderson Crake Porzana atra

Dot-winged Crake Porzana spiloptera

Andaman Crake Rallina canningi

Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata

Great Bustard Otis tarda

Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis

Piping Plover Charadrius melodus

Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

Hooded Plover Charadrius rubricollis

Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus

Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

Chatham Islands Snipe Coenocorypha pusilla

Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola

Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis

Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira

Moluccan Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii

Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus

Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus

Lava Gull Larus fuliginosus

White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalmus

Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris

Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda

Fairy Tern Sterna nereis

Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata

Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis

Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume

Silvery Wood-pigeon Columba argentina

Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii

Pale-backed Pigeon Columba eversmanni

White-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae

Peruvian Pigeon Columba oenops

Somali Pigeon Columba oliviae

Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea

Maroon PigeonColumba thomensis

Sri Lanka Wood-pigeon Columba torringtoni

Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris

Cloven-feathered Dove Drepanoptila holosericea

Polynesian Imperial-pigeon Ducula aurorae

Vanuatu Imperial-pigeon Ducula bakeri

Spotted Imperial-pigeon Ducula carola
Timor Imperial-pigeonDucula cineracea New Caledonian Imperial-pigeon Ducula goliath Grey Imperial-pigeon Ducula pickeringii Christmas Island Imperial-pigeon Ducula whartoni Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba criniger
Wetar Ground-dove Gallicolumba hoedtii

Santa Cruz Ground-dove Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis

Western Crowned-pigeon Goura cristata

Southern Crowned-pigeon Goura scheepmakeri

Victoria Crowned-pigeon Goura victoria

Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris

Dark-eared Brown-dove Phapitreron cinereiceps

Makatea Fruit-dove Ptilinopus chalcurus

Red-naped Fruit-dove Ptilinopus dohertyi

Carunculated Fruit-dove Ptilinopus granulifrons

Rapa Fruit-dove Ptilinopus huttoni

Henderson Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insularis

Flame-breasted Fruit-dove Ptilinopus marchei

Timor Green-pigeon Treron psittacea

Black Cuckoo-doveTuracoena modesta

Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis

Red-necked Amazon Amazona arausiaca

Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis

St Vincent Amazon Amazona guildingii

Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis

St Lucia Amazon Amazona versicolor

Yellow-faced Amazon Amazona xanthops

Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

Blue-winged Macaw Ara maracana

Military Macaw Ara militaris

Golden-capped Parakeet Aratinga auricapilla

Socorro Parakeet Aratinga brevipes

Hispaniolan Parakeet Aratinga chloroptera

Cuban Parakeet Aratinga euops

White Cockatoo Cacatua alba

Salmon-crested Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis

White-tailed Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus baudinii

Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

Slender-billed Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris

Red-throated Lorikeet Charmosyna amabilis

Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosyna toxopei

Antipodes Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor

Black-winged Lory Eos cyanogenia

Horned Parakeet Eunymphicus cornutus

Yellow-faced Parrotlet Forpus xanthops

Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor

Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii

Wallace's Hanging-parrot Loriculus flosculus

Purple-naped Lory Lorius domicella

Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus

Scarlet-chested Parrot Neophema splendida

New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis

Alexandra's Parrot Polytelis alexandrae

Superb Parrot Polytelis swainsonii

Luzon Racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus

Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae

Mindanao Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti

Intermediate Parakeet Psittacula intermedia

Salvadori's Fig-parrot Psittaculirostris salvadorii

Iris Lorikeet Psitteuteles iris

Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus

White-necked Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus

Flame-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera

Blue-chested Parakeet Pyrrhura cruentata

El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi

Santa Marta Parakeet Pyrrhura viridicata

Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi

Black-lored Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus

Spot-winged Parrotlet Touit stictoptera

Mindanao Lorikeet Trichoglossus johnstoniae

Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana

Henderson Lorikeet Vini stepheni

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