List of threatened birds of the United States
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 77 bird species in the United States are threatened with extinction.[1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1]).
Order Procellariiformes (albatrosses and petrels)
Family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
- Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) VU IUCN
Family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
- Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) EN IUCN
- Jamaican petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea) CR IUCN
- White-necked petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) VU IUCN
- Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii) VU IUCN
- Juan Fernández petrel (Pterodroma externa) VU IUCN
- Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) EN IUCN
- Stejneger's petrel (Pterodroma longirostris) VU IUCN
- Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) VU IUCN
- Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) VU IUCN
- Providence petrel (Pterodroma solandri) VU IUCN
- Buller's shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) VU IUCN
- Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) VU IUCN
- Newell's shearwater (Puffinus newelli) EN IUCN
Family Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
- Ashy storm petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa) EN IUCN
Order Anseriformes (waterfowl)
Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)
- Nene (Branta sandvicensis) VU IUCN
- Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) CR IUCN
- Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana) EN IUCN
- Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) VU IUCN
- Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) VU IUCN
Order Incertae sedis (uncertain placement)
Family Cathartidae (New World vultures)
- California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) CR IUCN
Order Galliformes (gamefowl)
Family Phasianidae (pheasants)
- Lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) VU IUCN
- Greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) VU IUCN
- Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) EN IUCN
Order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and relatives)
Family Rallidae (rails)
- Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai) VU IUCN
Family Gruidae (cranes)
- Whooping crane (Grus americana) EN IUCN
Order Charadriiformes (waders, gulls, and auks)
Family Laridae (gulls)
- Red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) VU IUCN
Family Scolopacidae (waders)
- Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) CR IUCN
- Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) VU IUCN
- Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) VU IUCN
Family Alcidae (auks)
- Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) CR IUCN
- Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) EN IUCN
- Craveri's murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) VU IUCN
- Guadalupe murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) VU IUCN
Order Psittaciformes (parrots)
Family Psittacidae (African and neotropical parrots)
- Thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) EN IUCN
Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
- Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) CR IUCN
Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family Vireonidae (vireos)
- Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) VU IUCN
Family Corvidae (crows and jays)
- Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) VU IUCN
- Island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis) VU IUCN
- Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) VU IUCN
Family Hirundinidae (swallows)
- Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) EN IUCN
Family Turdidae (thrushes)
- Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) VU IUCN
- Oloma'o (Myadestes lanaiensis) CR IUCN
- ‘Ōma’o (Myadestes obscurus) VU IUCN
- Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri) CR IUCN
Family Mimidae (mimids)
- Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) VU IUCN
Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) VU IUCN
Family Parulidae (New World warblers)
- Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) CR IUCN
- Cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) VU IUCN
- Golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) EN IUCN
Family Acrocephalidae (marsh- and tree-warblers)
- Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) CR IUCN
Family Emberizidae (New World sparrows)
- Worthen's sparrow (Spizella wortheni) EN IUCN
- Saltmarsh sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) VU IUCN
Family Icteridae (New World blackbirds)
- Tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) EN IUCN
- Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) VU IUCN
Family Fringillidae (finches)
- Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Hemignathus flavus) VU IUCN
- Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Hemignathus kauaiensis) VU IUCN
- Nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus) CR IUCN
- 'Akiapola'au (Hemignathus munroi) EN IUCN
- 'Anianiau (Magumma parva) VU IUCN
- Palila (Loxioides bailleui) CR IUCN
- 'Akeke'e (Loxops caeruleirostris) CR IUCN
- 'Akepa (Loxops coccineus) EN IUCN
- Po'ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma) CR IUCN
- 'Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) CR IUCN
- Hawai'i creeper (Oreomystis mana) EN IUCN
- 'Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei) CR IUCN
- O'ahu 'alauahio (Paroreomyza maculata) CR IUCN
- Maui 'alauahio (Paroreomyza montana) EN IUCN
- Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) CR IUCN
- ʻŌʻū (Psittirostra psittacea) CR IUCN
- Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans) VU IUCN
- Nihoa finch (Telespiza ultima) CR IUCN
- 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) VU IUCN
Family Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers)
- O'ahu 'elepaio (Chasiempis ibidis) EN IUCN
- Hawai'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis) VU IUCN
- Kaua'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sclateri) VU IUCN
See also
References
- 1 2 "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 5 March 2014.