Birds of India: Threatened Birds of India

Threatened Birds of India

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	List of 147 Endangered birds Updated 2010
Risk Category Critical Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened CRITICAL (14) Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa Pink-headed Duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis Indian Vulture Gyps indicus Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti ENDANGERED (15) Green Peafowl Pavo muticus Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis White-winged Duck Cairina scutulata Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Narcondam Hornbill Aceros narcondami Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana Greater Adjutant Leptoptilos dubius Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer * White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major ²⁰¹⁰^U Nilgiri Laughingthrush Garrulax cachinnans VULNERABLE (54) Nicobar Scrubfowl Megapodius nicobariensis Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis Manipur Bush-quail Perdicula manipurensis Chestnut-breasted Partridge Arborophila mandellii Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus Blyth's Tragopan Tragopan blythii Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Baikal Teal Anas formosa Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus ^2010N Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Pallas's Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus Nicobar Sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Saker Falcon Falco cherrug ²⁰¹⁰^D McQueen's Bustard Chlamydotis undulata Sarus Crane Grus antigone Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris ^2010N Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni Nilgiri Wood-pigeon Columba elphinstonii Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda White-naped Tit Parus nuchalis Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyura Rusty-throated Wren-babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre Tawny-breasted Wren-babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus Snowy-throated Babbler Stachyris oglei Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre Slender-billed Babbler Turdoides longirostris Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum Black-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis flavirostris Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major Stoliczka's Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchos Hodgson's Bushchat Saxicola insignis Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus Green Avadavat Amandava formosa Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola NEAR THREATENED (64) Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica ^2010N White-cheeked Partridge Arborophila atrogularis Satyr Tragopan Tragopan satyra Tibetan Eared-pheasant Crossoptilon harmani Mrs. Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae Falcated Duck Anas falcata Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Darter Anhinga melanogaster Laggar Falcon Falco jugger Lesser Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga humilis Grey-headed Fish-eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Nicobar Serpent-eagle Spilornis minimus Andaman Serpent-eagle Spilornis elgini Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Andaman Crake Rallina canningi Beach Thick-knee Esacus giganteus Great Snipe Gallinago media Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda Andaman Wood-pigeon Columba palumboides Andaman Cuckoo-dove Macropygia rufipennis Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda Andaman Scops-owl Otus balli Andaman Hawk-owl Ninox affinis Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi European Roller Coracias garrulus Brown-winged Kingfisher Halcyon amauroptera Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei Andaman Drongo Dicrurus andamanensis Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleyi Nicobar Bulbul Hypsipetes nicobariensis Grey-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus ^2010N Rufous-vented Prinia Prinia burnesii Rufous-rumped Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis Long-billed Bush Warbler Bradypterus major Tytler's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri Rufous-throated Wren Babbler Spelaeornis caudatus Long-tailed Wren Babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus Wedge-billed Wren Babbler Sphenocichla humei Giant Babax Babax waddelli Chestnut-backed Laughingthrush Garrulax nuchalis Grey-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax jerdoni Rusty-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra Firethroat Luscinia pectardens Black-and-orange Flycatcher Ficedula nigrorufa Nilgiri Flycatcher Eumyias albicaudata Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis * Note: White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major has been split into i) White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris ii) Nilgiri Blue Robin Myiomela major based on taxonomy used by Birdlife International in their 2010 report. Both species have been uplisted to Endangered from Vulnerable (2008). Source: Birdlife International's 2010 IUCN Red List Website [http://www.birdlife.org/index.html]

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