most threatened birds orders and families

1. MOST
THREATENED
FAMILIES & ORDERS
OF
BIRDS
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2. CONTENT
1. Objectives
2. Introduction
3. Most threatened bird orders
4. Most threatened bird families
5. Geographical distribution of threatened species
6. Recommendations
Phalacrocorax auritus
Order – Pelecaniformes
Family - Phalacrocoracidae

3. OBJECTIVES
 Briefly introducing an idea
about of the whole
threatened birds of the
world.
 Recognizing
recommendations for
conservation of threatened
birds.
Platalea leucorodia
Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Threskiornithidae

4. INTRODUCTION
There are approximately 10000 known birds
species distributed among a vast range of
habitats, from rainforest to icy shores.
Birds Life International - The red List
authority for birds
They coordinate the process of evaluating all
of the world’s bird species against the Red
List categories and criteria in order to assess
their extinction risk.

5. Bird life International has
established that, 1375 bird
species (13% of the total)
are threatened with
extinction.
Apteryx mantelli
Order - Apterygiformes
Family - Apterygidae

6. MOST THREATENED BIRDS ORDERS
Order Number of
species
Number of
threatened
species.
Percentage of
threatened
species ( % )
Example
Apterygiformes 4 4 100 kiwis
Sphenisciformes 17 10 58.82 penguins
Pelecaniformes 65 17 26.15 cormorants
Procellariiformes 131 62 47.33 petrels
Ciconiiformes 131 28 21.37 ibises and spoonbills
Gruiformes 227 76 33.48 Bustards and rails
Galliformes 287 78 27.18 pheasants, partridges,
Columbiformes 336 75 22.32 doves and pigeons
Psittaciformes 374 109 29.14 parrots
 There is 9 most threatened most orders.
Source : IUCN red list

7. MOST THRATEND
BIRDS FAMILIES
Family Number
of
species
Number of
threatened
species
Percentage
of
threatened
species ( % )
Example
Mesitornithidae 3 3 100 mesites
Apterygidae 4 4 100 kiwis
Gruidae 15 9 60 cranes
Spheniscidae 17 10 58.82 penguins
Megapodiidae 20 9 45 megapodes
Diomedeidae 21 19 90.48 albatrosses
Drepanididae 34 31 91.18 Hawaiian
honeycreepers
Phalcrocoracidae 35 11 31.43 cormorants
Cracidae 51 16 31.37 cracids
Procellariidae 84 38 45.24 petrels
Zosteropidae 100 24 24 whiteeyes
Rallidae 156 53 33.97 rails
Phasianidae 189 49 25.93 pheasants,
partridges
Columbidae 318 73 22.96 doves and pigeons
Psittacidae 31 9 29.03 parrots
 There is 15 most
threatened bird
families.
Source : IUCN red list
Monias benschi
Order – Columbimorphae
Family - Mesitornithidae

8. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF
THREATENED SPECIES
Highest number of threatened species
Lowest number of threatened speciesSource : IUCN

9. Map : Extinctions and critically endangered bird species in numbers
Source : IUCN red list

10. RECOMMENDATIONS
 Species conservation
 Habitat conservation
 Marine policy
 Invasive alien species
 Knowledge base
Policy recommendations ,
• Funding for protection of threatened species
• Ensure legal hunting
• Prevent illegal killings
• protection of biodiversity area
• Sustainable forest management
• Agricultural policies
• Marine protected areas for birds
• Prevent the bycatch of seabirds
• Fish harvesting limits
• Management of invasive species
• Continue to support of bird indicators
• Long term monitoring schemes
• Invest in targeted research

11. SAVE BIRDS,
SAVE YOURSELF..
Thank You !
References:
 https://www.iucn.org/
 https://www.iucn.org/theme/species/our-work/iucn-red-list-threatened-species
 http://www.iucnredlist.org/
 https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-2004-001.pdf
 www.birdlife.org/sites/default/.../RedList%20-
%20BirdLife%20publication%20WEB.pdf
 https://www.iucn.org/theme/species/about/species-survival-commission
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