12% of bird species are threatened with extinction. Parrots, albatrosses, cranes and species endemic to remote islands feature high on the danger list.
Tim Laman / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) head portrait, Galapagos, Critically endangered
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Indian white backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) landing. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010
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John Cancalosi / Takahe portrait (Phorphyrio hochstetteri) New Zealand
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Kerstin Hinze / Japanese / Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) pair displaying, calling, in snow, Tsurui, Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park, Hokkaido, Japan
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Tim Laman / Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) hopping on a rock. Punta Vincente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands.
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Frederique Olivier / Light mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) flying over sea, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, December
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Kevin Schafer / Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) digging nest hole, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Endangered
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Richard Du Toit / Four Black footed / Jackass penguins {Spheniscus demersus} Cape Peninsula, South Africa
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Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) feeding on a Lungfish (Protoperus sp) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, dipneuste, Lac Victoria, Ouganda
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Christophe Courteau / Whale headed / Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) in flight over the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda / Bec en sabot, Lac Victoria, Ouganda
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Brent Stephenson / Immature Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) sitting on water. Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, December.
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Mike Potts / Royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) Northern race, in flight off Kaikoura coast, South Island, New Zealand.