Endangered Species

Birds have fascinated human beings since long by their attractive characteristics and flight mode. But today there are very few species of birds left due to destruction of their natural habitats. Pollution and infestation of invasive species has threatened all animals and plants resulting in the decline of their population. A lot of species have become extinct and a many more are on the verge of extinction.

Endangered Bird Species of America

• Cuban Parrot - Amazona leucocephala
• Harpy Eagle - Harpia harpyja
• Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Campephilus principalis
• Resplendent Quetzal - Pharomachrus mocinno
• California Condor - Gymnogyps californianus
• Imperial Woodpecker - Campephilus imperialis
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker - Picoides borealis
• Wood stork - Mycteria americana
• Galapagos Penguin - Spheniscus mendiculus
• Black Rail - Laterallus jamaicensis
• Black-browned Albatross - Thalassarche melanophrys
• Bristle-thighed Curlew - Numenius tahitiensis
• Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis
• Buller's Shearwater - Puffinus bulleri
• Caribbean Coot - Fulica caribaea
• Chestnut-collared Longspur - Calcarius ornatus
• Golden -winged Warbler - Vermivora chrysoptera
• Ivory Gull - Pagophila eburnea
• Least Tern - Sterna antillarum
• Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
• Painted Bunting - Passerina ciris
• Red Siskin - Carduelis cucullata
• Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus
• White-crowned Pigeon - Patagioenas leucocephala

Africa

• Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
• Eurasian Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
• Ostrich - Struthio camelus
• Mauritius Cuckoo - shrike - Coquus typicus
• Pink Pigeon - Columba mayeri
• Thyolo Alethe - Alethe choloensis
• Jackass Penguin - Speniscus demersus
• Black Harrier - Circus Maurus
• African Black Oystercatcher - Haematopus moquini
• African Green Broadbill - Pseudocalyptomena graueri
• Bank Cormorant - Phalacrocorax neglectus
• Beaudouin's Snake eagle - Circaetus beaudouini
• Black Crowned Crane - Balearica pavonina
• Blue Bustard - Eupodotis caerulescens
• Botha's Lark - Spizocorys fringillaris
• Bush Blackcap - Lioptilus nigricapillus
• Chestnut banded Plover - Charadrius pallidus
• Corncrake - Crex crex
• Denham's Bustard - Neotis denhami
• Knysna Warbler - Bradypterus sylvaticus
• Knysna Woodpecker - Campethera notata
• Madagascar Pond -heron - Ardeola idea
• Melodius Lark - Mirafra cheniana
• Neergaard's Sunbird - Nectarinia neergardi
• Plain backed Sunbird - Anthreptes reichenowi
• Red Lark - Certhilauda burra
• Rudd's Lark - Heteromirafra ruddi
• Rueppell's Vulture - Gyps rueppellii
• Sclater's Lark - Spizocorys sclateri
• Shelley's Eagle Owl - Bubo shelley
• Shy Albatross - Thalassarche cauta
• Slaty Egret - Egretta vinaceigula
• Southern Bals Ibis - Geronticus calvus
• Taita Apalis - Apalis fuscigularis

Asia and Europe

• Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus
• Whiskered Pitta - Pitta kochi
• Tristam's Woodpecker - Dryocopus javensis richardsi
• Japanese Crested Ibis - Nipponia nippon
• Palawan Peacock Pheasant - Polyplectron emphanum
• Barau's Petrel - Pterodroma baraui
• Ala Shan Redstart - Phoenicurus alaschanicus
• Amami Jay - Garrulus lidthi
• Andaman Crake - Rallina canningi
• Andaman Treepie - Dendrocitta bayleyi
• Bar - tailed Pheasant - Syrmaticus humaie
• Beautiful Nuthatch - Sitta formosa
• Broad -tailed Grassbird - Schoenicola platyurus
• Chevron-breasted Babbler - Sphenocichla roberti
• Chinese Crested Tern - Sterna bernsteini
• Crested Shellduck - Tadorna cristata
• Fairy Pitta - Pitta nympha
• Falcated Duck - Anas falcata
• Firethroat - Luscinia pectardens
• Forest Owlet - Heteroglaux blewitti
• Giant Babax - Babax waddelli
• Gray-crowned Prinia - Prinia cinereocapilla
• Great Hornbill - Buceros bicornis
• Great Indian Bustard - Ardeotis nigriceps
• Greater Adjutant - Leptoptilos dubius
• Gray-headed Fish Eagle - Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
• Himalayan Quail - Ophrysia superciliosa
• Indian Skimmer - Rynchops albicollis
• Izu Thrush - Turdus celaenops
• Japanese Night Heron - Gorsachius goisagi
• Japanese Yellow Bunting - Emberiza sulphurata
• Jerdon'd Babbler - Chrysomma altirostre
• Kashmir Flycatcher - Ficedula subrubra
• Laggar Falcon - Falco jugger
• Long-billed Murrelet - Brachyramphus perdix
• Long-tailed Parakeet - Psittacula longicauda
• Nicobar Bulbul - Hypsipetes nicobariensis
• Nilgiri Pipit - Anthus nilghiriensis
• Painted Stork - Mycteria leucocephala
• Pale-backed Pigeon - Columba eversmanni
• Relict Gull - Larus relictus
• Siberian Grouse - Dendragapus falcipennis
• Slender-billed Vulture - Gyps tenuirostris
• Ward's Trogon - Harpactes wardi
• Yellow Weaver - Ploceus megarhynchus

Australia

• Abbot' Booby - Papasula abbotti
• Chatham Island Black Robin - Petroica traversi
• Christmas Island Frigatebird - Fregata andrewsi
• Cloven-feathered Dove - Drepanoptila holosericea
• Kakapo - Strigops habroptilus
• Kokako - Callaeas cinerea
• Turquoise Parakeet - Neophema pulchella
• Albert's Lyrebird - Menura alberti
• Australian Bittern - Botaurus poiciloptilus
• Black-breasted Buttonquail - Turnix melanogaster
• Black-eared Miner - Manorina melanotis
• Black-throated Finch - Poephila cincta
• Blue-billed Duck - Oxyura australis
• Carpentarian Grasswren - Amytornis dorotheae
• Diamond Firetail - Stagonopleura guttata
• Eastern Bristlebird - Dasyornis brachypterus
• Flame Robin - Petroica phoenicea
• Grey Falcon - Falco hypoleucos
• Ground Parrot - Pezoporus wallicus
• Hooded Plover - Thinornis rubricollis
• Kea - Nestor notabilis
• Malleefowl - Leipoa ocellata
• Noisy Scrub -bird - Atrichornis clamosus
• Paradise Parakeet - Psephotus pulcherrimus
• Red Goshawk - Erythrotriorchis radiatus
• Royal penguin - Eudyptes schlegeli
• Saddleback - Philesturnus carunculatus
• Star Finch - Neochmia ruficauda
• Swift Parrot - Lathamus discolor

This was the detailed endangered birds list. There are many different species of plants and animals in the endangered list and the number of endangered species is increasing with increase in pollution.