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    Default 8 more bird species enter the IUCN Red List

    8 more bird species enter the IUCN Red List

    Monday, 28 July 2014 - 7:33am IST

    International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added eight bird species found in different regions of India to its Red List of 2014, indicating that more and more of them are facing existential crisis.

    Which are the new entrants?
    They are: Woolly-necked Stork, Andaman Teal, Andaman Green Pigeon, Ashy-headed Green Pigeon, Red-headed Falcon, Himalayan Griffon, Bearded Vulture and Yunnan Nuthatch. Earlier, five species were added to the IUCN list released in 2013 – Great Stone Plover, Alexandrine Parakeet, Grey-headed Parakeet, Blossom-headed Parakeet and Red-breasted Parakeet.

    Reason behind the threat?
    The main reason is habitat destruction, though there are various other factors contributing to more bird species becoming endangered. These factors include changes in environment-climatic conditions, poaching and use of chemicals.

    What's the chemical impact?
    Found only in the Himalayan ranges, the Himalayan Griffon is likely to decline further due to the impact of diclofenac (a non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug) use in livestock. Other vulture species are also facing the same problem. The Bearded Vulture – also found in the Himalayan ranges and similar habitats in other parts of Asia, Africa and Europe – has been facing moderately rapid population decline. The Yunnan Nuthatch, found in Yunnan province of China, has been recorded only in Arunachal Pradesh.

    Where are they found?
    The Woolly-necked Stork, which is facing a rapid population decline, is found in most parts of India. The Andaman Teal – whose recorded number of individual birds is 1,000 – is found only on Great Coco Island and Andaman Islands. The Andaman Green Pigeon is also widespread in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, and a couple of thousand individual ones may exist. The Ashy-headed Green Pigeon is confined to the north-eastern states, the Red-headed Falcon is found in declining numbers in most parts of India.

    IUCN Threatened Bird List 2014 -


    Critically Endangered

    1 Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi CR
    2 White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis CR
    3 Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea CR
    4 Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri CR
    5 White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis CR
    6 Indian Vulture Gyps indicus CR
    7 Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris CR
    8 Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus CR
    9 Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa CR
    10 Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus CR
    11 Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis CR
    12 Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps CR
    13 Jerdon’s Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus CR
    14 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius CR
    15 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus CR
    16 Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti CR
    17 Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum CR Uplisted from VU Endangered
    1 Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana EN
    2 Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius EN
    3 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis EN
    4 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala EN
    5 White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata EN
    6 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus EN
    7 Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN
    8 Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis EN
    9 Green Peafowl Pavo muticus EN
    10 Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus EN
    11 Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus EN
    12 Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer EN
    13 Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda EN
    14 Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami EN
    15 Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major EN
    16 White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris EN
    17 Black-chinned (Nilgiri) Laughingthrush Strophocincla cachinnans EN
    18 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola EN

    Vulnerable

    1 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus VU
    2 Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis VU
    3 Asian Woollyneck (Stork) Ciconia episcopus VU Uplisted from LC
    4 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus VU
    5 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus VU
    6 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris VU
    7 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU
    8 Andaman Teal Anas albogularis VU Uplisted from LC
    9 Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri VU
    10 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga VU
    11 Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata VU
    12 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca VU
    13 Pallas’s Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus VU
    14 Nicobar Megapode Megapodius nicobariensis VU
    15 Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis VU
    16 Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii VU
    17 Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus VU
    18 Blyth’s Tragopan Tragopan blythii VU
    19 Sclater’s Monal Lophophorus sclateri VU
    20 Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichi VU
    21 Sarus Crane Grus antigone VU
    22 Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis VU
    23 Hooded Crane Grus monacha VU
    24 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata VU
    25 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris VU
    26 Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola VU
    27 Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis VU
    28 Pale-backed Pigeon Columba eversmanni VU
    29 Nilgiri Wood-pigeon Columba elphinstonii VU
    30 Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea VU
    31 Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus VU
    32 Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda VU
    33 Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis VU
    34 Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus VU
    35 Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus VU
    36 Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae VU
    37 White-browed Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus VU
    38 White-throated Bushchat Saxicola insignis VU
    39 Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra VU
    40 Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre VU
    41 Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre VU
    42 Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris VU
    43 Snowy-throated Babbler Stachyris oglei VU
    44 Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus VU
    45 Rusty-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis VU
    46 Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris VU
    47 Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata VU
    48 Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus VU
    49 Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla VU
    50 White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis VU
    51 Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa VU
    52 Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis VU
    53 Green Munia (Avadavat) Amandava formosa VU
    54 Yellow Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus VU

    Near Threatened

    1 Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax NT
    2 Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis NT
    3 Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis NT
    4 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster NT
    5 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala NT
    6 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
    7 Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus NT
    8 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor NT
    9 Falcated Duck Anas falcata NT
    10 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT
    11 Red Kite Milvus milvus NT
    12 Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini NT
    13 South Nicobar Serpent-eagle Spilornis klossi NT
    14 Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
    15 Lesser Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga humilis NT
    16 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis NT Uplisted from LC
    17 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus NT Uplisted from LC
    18 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus NT
    19 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus NT
    20 Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera NT Uplisted from LC
    21 Laggar Falcon Falco jugger NT
    22 White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis NT
    23 Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica NT
    24 Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra NT
    25 Tibetan Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon harmani NT
    26 Hume’s Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae NT
    27 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax NT
    28 Andaman Crake Rallina canningi NT
    29 Beach Thick-knee Esacus giganteus NT
    30 Great Stone-Plover (Thick-knee) Esacus recurvirostris NT
    31 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii NT
    32 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT
    33 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT
    34 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus NT
    35 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis NT
    36 Great Snipe Gallinago media NT
    37 River Tern Sterna aurantia NT
    38 Andaman Wood-pigeon Columba palumboides NT
    39 Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica NT
    40 Andaman Cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis NT
    41 Ashy-headed Green-pigeon Treron phayrei NT Uplisted from LC
    42 Andaman Green-pigeon Treron chloropterus NT Uplisted from LC
    43 Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii NT
    44 Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata NT
    45 Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria NT
    46 Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri NT
    47 Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps NT
    48 Derbyan Parakeet Psittacula derbiana NT
    49 Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda NT
    50 Andaman Hawk-owl Ninox affinis NT
    51 Andaman Scops-owl Otus balli NT
    52 European Roller Coracias garrulus NT
    53 Ward’s Trogon Harpactes wardi NT
    54 Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera NT
    55 Blyth’s Kingfisher Alcedo hercules NT
    56 Austen’s Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni NT
    57 Great Pied Hornbill Buceros bicornis NT
    58 Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus NT
    59 Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus NT
    60 Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei NT
    61 Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha NT
    62 Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis NT
    63 Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus NT
    64 Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra NT
    65 Firethroat Luscinia pectardens NT
    66 Black-and-rufous Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa NT
    67 Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudatus NT
    68 Giant Babax Babax waddelli NT
    69 Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Garrulax nuchalis NT
    70 Kerala Laughingthrush Strophocincla fairbanki NT
    71 Blackish-breasted Babbler Sphenocichla humei NT
    72 Chevron-breasted Babbler Sphenocichla roberti NT
    73 Rufous-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis caudatus NT
    74 Long-tailed (Naga) Wren-babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus NT
    75 Rufous-rumped Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis NT
    76 Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii NT
    77 Tytler’s Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri NT
    78 Long-billed Bush-warbler Bradypterus major NT
    79 Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis NT New record in India

    (2014). Already in NT.

    80 Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis NT
    81 Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi NT

    Data Deficient
    1 Nicobar Scops-owl Otus alius DD
    2 Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus DD
    3 Sillem’s Mountain-finch Leucosticte sillemi DD

    Total 173

    Source: IBCN
    Last edited by Mrudul Godbole; 29-07-2014 at 04:36 PM. Reason: IUCN bird List
    Regards,
    Mrudul Godbole

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