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A1: Species of Conservation Concern at the Global Level

These species include those classified as
Critical, Endangered, Vulnerable, and Near-threatened
on the
IUCN RedList, See definitions of IUCN Criteria

Emperor Goose
Hawaiian Goose
Hawaiian Duck
Laysan Duck
Steller's Eider
*
Greater Sage Grouse
Gunnison Sage-Grouse
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Northern Bobwhite
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross*
Bermuda Petrel
Black-capped Petrel
Hawaiian Petrel
Cook's Petrel*
Pink-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
"Newell's Shearwater"
Black-vented Shearwater
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Tristram's Storm-Petrel
California Condor
Hawaiian Hawk
Black Rail
Hawaiian Coot
Whooping Crane
Piping Plover
Mountain Plover

Bristle-thighed Curlew
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Heermann's Gull
Red-legged Kittiwake
Elegant Tern
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
Xantus's Murrelet
Craveri's Murrelet
White-crowned Pigeon
Thick-billed Parrot
Red-crowned Parrot
Spotted Owl
Eared Quetzal
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Bell's Vireo
Black-capped Vireo
Florida Scrub-Jay
Island Scrub-Jay
Pinyon Jay
Hawaiian Crow
Elepaio
Millerbird
Omao
Puaiohi
Bicknell's Thrush
Bendire's Thrasher
Sprague's Pipit

Golden-winged Warbler
Colima Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Kirtland's Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bachman's Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Chestnut-collared Longspur
McKay's Bunting
Painted Bunting
Tricoloed Blackbird*
Rusty Blackbird*
Cassin's Finch
Laysan Finch
Nihoa Finch
Palila
Maui Parrotbill
O'ahu Amakihi
Kaua'i Amakihi
Anianiau
Akiapolaau
Akikiki
Hawai'i Creeper
Maui 'Alauahio
Akekee
Akepa
Iiwi
Akohekohe
Poouli

* Species added to this list since list originally posted in 2006.

The following species are no longer species of global conservation concern:
Ferruginous Hawk, Long-billed Curlew, Brewer's Sparrow

The following species are likely extinct and have been removed from the list:
Eskimo Curlew, Kama'o, Oloma'o, Bachman's Warbler, O'u, Nukupu'u, O'ahu 'Alauahio

 

Updated September 2009

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