12% of bird species are threatened with extinction. Parrots, albatrosses, cranes and species endemic to remote islands feature high on the danger list.
Pete Oxford / Silhouette of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)~Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America
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Gerrit Vyn / Strutting male Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus). Gunnison County, Colorado, USA, April.
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John Cancalosi / Californian Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) Captive, California, USA. Head portrait, IUCN designated endangered species
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Mark Carwardine / Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) wild male known as Sirocco walking along the ground, night parrot, Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand, Critically endangered species
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Rod Williams / Northern Bald / Hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita) captive, from Morocco, Critically Endangered Species
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) perched in palm tree, silhouetted at sunset, Pantanal NP, Mato Grosso, Brazil, sequence 2/3. Endangered
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Roy Mangersnes / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in flight over the Southern Ocean, Antarctica. November
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Kevin Schafer / Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) digging nest hole in hot sand, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Endangered
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Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) with wings raised in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, Lac Victoria, Ouganda
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Michael W. Richards / Face portrait of Philippine / Monkey eating eagle {Pithecophaga jefferyi} captive
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Kevin Schafer / Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) pair on breeding ground, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Endangered
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LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of Whooping crane {Grus americana} endangered species, USA captive