B ACK FROM T HE BRI NK
At least 25 bird species have been brought back from the edge of extinction so far this century.
The following species have all been downlisted from Critically Endangered since 2000 due to conservation
action. There are additionally Critically Endangered species for which conservation action is happening,
but which is not yet sufficient to warrant downlisting, yet without which the species would surely have
deteriorated further and perhaps even vanished altogether.
Red-billed Curassow
Crax blumenbachii Pink Pigeon
Nesoenas mayeri Black-faced Spoonbill
Platalea minor Asian Crested Ibis
Nipponia Nippon Rarotonga Monarch
Pomarea dimidiata
downlisted to Endangered in 2000 downlisted to Endangered in 2000 downlisted to Endangered in 2000 downlisted to Endangered in 2000 downlisted to Endangered in 2000
and Vulnerable in 2012
Rodrigues Warbler
Acrocephalus rodericanus Tongan Scrubfowl
Megapodius pritchardii Christmas Boobook
Ninox natalis Zino’s Petrel
Pterodroma madeira Abbott’s Booby
Papasula abbotti
downlisted to Endangered in 2000
and Near Threatened in 2013 downlisted to Endangered in 2004 downlisted to Vulnerable in 2004 downlisted to Endangered in 2005 downlisted to Endangered in 2005
Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus Seychelles Magpie-robin
Copsychus sechellarum Echo parakeet
Psittacula eques Nukuhiva Imperial-pigeon
Ducula galeata Chatham Petrel
Pterodroma axillaris
downlisted to Endangered in 2005
and to Vulnerable in 2016 downlisted to Endangered in 2005 downlisted to Endangered in 2007 downlisted to Endangered in 2008 downlisted to Endangered in 2009
and to Vulnerable in 2015
Lear’s Macaw
Anodorhynchus leari Mauritius Fody
Foudia Rubra Yellow-eared Parrot
Ognorhynchus icterotis Azores Bullfinch
Pyrrhula murina Campbell Teal
Anas nesiotis
downlisted to Endangered in 2009 downlisted to Endangered in 2009 downlisted to Endangered in 2010 downlisted to Endangered in 2010
and to Vulnerable in 2016 downlisted to Endangered in 2011
Pale-headed Brush-finch
Atlapetes pallidiceps St Helena Plover
Charadrius sanctaehelenae Amami Thrush
Zoothera major Guadalupe Junco
Junco insularis Montserrat Oriole
Icterus Oberi
downlisted to Endangered in 2011 downlisted to Vulnerable in 2016 downlisted to Near Threatened in 2016 downlisted to Endangered in 2016 downlisted to Vulnerable in 2016
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