CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES

Organisms with a conservation status of 'critically endangered' have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct.

Contents

IUCN Category

Podicipediformes

See also

References

External links

IUCN Category

The World Conservation Union (IUCN), widely considered to be the most objective and authoritative system for classifying species in terms of the risk of extinction^[1], lists 3071 species (1528 animals, 1541 plants, 2 fungi) of the world as being critically endangered in their 2006 Red List. Additionally 254 subspecies or varieties are considered critically endangered, and 30 subpopulations or stocks have been assessed with a critical risk of (local) extinction.
''Critically endangered'' is the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN for wild species. Critically endangered means that a species numbers have decreased, or will decrease, by 80% within three generations.^[2]
As the IUCN does not consider a species extinct until extensive, targeted surveys have been conducted, species which are possibly extinct are still listed as "Critically Endangered". A new category for "Possibly Extinct" has been suggested by BirdLife International to categorize these taxa.
== Mammalia

= Pilosa ===

★ Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (''Bradypus pygmaeus'')
=== Odd-toed ungulates ===

★ African wild ass (''Equus africanus'')

★ Black rhinoceros (''Diceros bicornis'')

★ Javan rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros sondaicus'')

★ Sumatran rhinoceros (''Dicerorhinus sumatrensis'')

★ White Rhinoceros (''Ceratotherium simum'')
=== Even-toed ungulates ===

★ Giant Sable Antelope (''Hippotragus niger varani'')

★ Pygmy hog (''Sus salvanius'')

★ Visayan warty pig (''Sus cebifrons'')

★ Bactrian camel (''Camelus bactrianus'')

★ Pere David's deer (''Elaphurus davidianus'')

★ Addax (''Addax nasomaculatus'')

★ Aders' Duiker (''Cephalophus adersi'')

★ Kouprey (''Bos sauveli'')

★ Tamaraw or Tamarou (''Bubalus mindorensis'')

★ Hirola (''Damaliscus hunteri'')

★ Walia Ibex or Ethiopian ibex (''Capra walie'')

★ Dama Gazelle (''Gazella dama'')

★ Przewalski's Gazelle (''Procapra przewalskii'')

★ Saola (''Pseudoryx nghetinhensis'')

★ Saiga Antelope (''Saiga tatarica'')

★ Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (''Ovis canadensis sierrae'')

★ Wisent or 'European Bison,' (''Bison Bonasus'')
=== Cetacea ===

★ Vaquita (''Phocoena sinus'')

★ Baiji (''Lepotes Vexillifer'')
=== Carnivores ===

★ Arabian Wolf (''Canis lupus arabs'')

★ Asiatic Lion (''Panthera leo persica'')

★ Asiatic Cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus venaticus'')

★ Amur Leopard (''Panthera pardus occidentalis'')

★ Amur tiger or Siberian tiger (''Panthera tigris altaica'')

★ Anatolian leopard (''Panthera pardus tulliana'') (Possibly extinct: last sighted 2004)

★ Florida panther (''Puma concolor coryi'')

★ Red wolf (''Canis rufus'')

★ Mexican wolf (''Canis lupus baileyi'')

★ Island fox (''Urocyon littoralis'')

★ Darwin's zorro (''Pseudalopex fulvipes'')

★ Malabar civet (''Viverra civettina'')

★ Iberian lynx (''Lynx pardinus'')

★ Sumatran Tiger (''Panthera tigris sumatrae'')

★ Arabian leopard (''Panthera pardus nimr'')

★ Caspian Sea Wolf (''Canis lupus cubanensis'')

★ Andean Wolf (''Dasycyon hagenbecki'')

★ Himalayan Wolf (''Canis himalayanensis'')

★ Cascade Mountain Wolf (''Canis lupus fuscus'')

★ Egyptian Wolf (''Canis lupus lupastor'')

★ Zanzibar Leopard (''Panthera pardus adersi'')
=== Bats ===

★ Bulmer's fruit bat (''Aproteles bulmerae'')

★ Gallagher's free-tailed bat (''Chaerephon gallagheri'')

★ ''Chaerephon tomensis''

★ Seychelles sheath-tailed bat (''Coleura seychellensis'')

★ Lamotte's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lamottei'')

★ ''Hipposideros neguam''

★ Peters's tube-nosed bat (''Murina grisea'')

★ ''Murina tenebrosa''

★ ''Myotis cobanensis''

★ ''Myotis planiceps''

★ ''Nyctimene rabori''

★ Wroughton's free-tailed bat (''Otomops wroughtoni'')

★ Vietnam leaf-nosed bat (''Paracoelops megalotis'')

★ New Guinea big-eared bat (''Pharotis imogene'')

★ Anthony's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus anthonyi'')

★ Joffre's pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus joffrei'')

★ Fijian monkey-faced bat (''Mirimiri acrodonta'') - formerly in ''Pteralopex''

★ Bougainville monkey-faced bat (''Pteralopex anceps'')

★ Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (''Pteralopex atrata'')

★ Montane monkey-faced bat (''Pteralopex pulchra'')

★ Aldabra Flying Fox (''Pteropus aldabrensis'')

★ ''Pteropus insularis''

★ ''Pteropus livingstonii''

★ ''Pteropus molossinus''

★ ''Pteropus phaecocephalus''

★ ''Pteropus pselaphon''

★ ''Pteropus rodricensis''

★ ''Rhinolophus convexus''

★ ''Rhinolophus hilli''

★ ''Scotophilus borboniscus''

★ ''Taphozous troughtoni''
=== Primates ===

★ Blue-eyed Black Lemur ''Eulemur macaco flavifrons''

★ Variegated spider monkey (''Ateles hybridus'')

★ Northern muriqui (''Brachyteles hypoxanthus'')

★ Coimbra's titi (''Callicebus coimbrai'')

★ Yellow-breasted capuchin (''Cebus xanthosternos'')

★ Golden-crowned sifaka (''Propithecus tattersalli'')

★ Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (''Rhinopithecus avunculus'')

★ Brazilian bare-faced tamarin (''Saguinus bicolor'')

★ Dealacour langur (''Trachypithecus delacouri'')

★ White-headed langur (''Trachypithecus poliocephalus'')

★ Mountain Gorilla (''Gorilla beringei beringei'')

★ Mentawai macaque (''Macaca pagensis'')

★ Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (''Oreonax flavicauda'')

★ Sumatran Orangutan (''Pongo abelli'')

★ ''Procolobus rufomitratus''

★ Golden bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur aureus'')

★ Greater bamboo lemur (''Prolemur simus'')

★ Javan gibbon (''Hylobates moloch'')

★ Black-faced lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus caissara'')

★ Black lion tamarin (''Leontopithecus chrysopygus'')

★ Eastern black crested gibbon (''Nomascus nasutus'')
=== Lagomorphs ===

★ Riverine rabbit (''Bunolagus monticularuis'')

★ Sumatran Striped Rabbit (''Nesolagus netscheri'')

★ Forrest's pika (''Ochotona forresti'')

★ Omilteme cottontail (''Sylvilagus insonus'')
=== Marsupials ===

★ Bolivian Gracile Opossum (''Gracilianus aceramarcae'')

★ Anderson's Mouse Opossum (''Marmosa andersoni'')

★ Handley's Slender Mouse Opossum (''Marmosops handleyi'')

★ Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (''Lasiorhinus krefftii'')

★ Gilbert's Potoroo (''Potorous gilbertii'')
=== Seals ===

★ Mediterranean Monk Seal (''Monachus monachus'')
=== Insectivores ===

★ Hantu Water Shrew (''Chimarrogale hantu'')

★ Sumatran Water Shrew (''Chimarrogale sumatrana'')

★ Somali Golden Mole (''Chlorotalpa tytonis'')

★ Visagie's Golden Mole (''Chrysochloris visagiei'')

★ Harenna Shrew (''Crocidura harenna'')

★ De Winton's Golden Mole (''Cryptochloris wintoni'')

★ Negros Shrew (''Crocidura negrina'')

★ Sao Tomé Shrew (''Crocidura thomensis'')

★ Wimmer's Shrew (''Crocidura wimmeri'')

★ Van Zyl's Golden Mole (''Cryptochloris zyl'')

★ Small-toothed Mole (''Euroscaptor parvidens'')

★ Dwarf Gymnure (''Hylomys parvus'')

★ Tree Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale dryas'')

★ Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex eisentrauti'')

★ Rumpi Mouse Shrew (''Myosorex rumpii'')

★ Gansu Shrew (''Sorex cansulus'')

★ Kozlov's Shrew (''Sorex kozlovi'')

★ Salenski's Shrew (''Soriculus salenskii'')

★ Black Shrew (''Suncus ater'')

== Crocodilians ==
Chinese Alligator (''Alligator sinensis'')
== Fish ==

★ Alabama sturgeon (''Scaphirhynchus suttkusi'')

★ Coelacanth

★ Common sawfish (''Pristis pristis'')

★ Daggernose shark (''Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus'')

★ Dumb gulper shark (''Centrophorus harrissoni'')

★ Dwarf sawfish also called Queensland sawfish (''Pristis clavata'')

★ Ganges shark (''Glyphis gangeticus'')

★ Giant sea bass (''Stereolepis gigas'')

★ Knifetooth sawfish also called pointed sawfish, (''Anoxypristis cuspidata'')

★ Large-tooth sawfish (''Pristis microdon'')

★ Longcomb sawfish (''Pristis zijsron'')

★ Mekong Giant Catfish (''Pangasianodon gigas'')

★ Pondicherry shark (''Carcharhinus hemiodon'')

★ Smalltooth sawfish (''Pristis pectinata'')

★ Southern bluefin tuna

★ ''Squatina squatina''

★ Striped smooth-hound (''Mustelus fasciatus'')

★ Totoaba (''Totoaba macdonaldi'')
== Fungi ==

★ Boreal Felt Lichen (''Erioderma pedicellatum'')

★ ''Pleurotus nebrodensis''
== Birds ==

★ Caatinga Woodpecker (''Celeus obrieni'')

★ Christmas Island frigatebird (''Fregata andrewsi'')

★ Magdalena Tinamou (''Crypturellus saltuarius'')

★ New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar (''Aegotheles savesi'')

★ Okarito Brown Kiwi (''Apteryx rowi'')

★ Okinawa Woodpecker (''Sapheopipo noguchii'')

★ Puerto Rican Nightjar (''Caprimulgus noctitherus'')

★ Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (''Carpococcyx viridis'')

★ Writhed-billed Hornbill (''Aceros waldeni'')
=== Anseriformes ===

★ Brazilian Merganser (''Mergus octosetaceus'')

★ Campbell Island Teal (''Anas nesiotis'')

★ Crested Shelduck (''Tadorna cristata'')

★ Laysan Duck (''Anas laysanensis'')

★ Madagascar Pochard (''Aythya innotata'')

★ Pink-headed Duck (''Netta caryophyllacea'')
=== Charadriiformes ===

★ Black Stilt (''Himantopus novaezelandiae'')

★ Chinese Crested Tern (''Thalasseus bernsteini'')

★ Javanese Lapwing (''Vanellus macropterus'')

★ Jerdon's Courser (''Rhinoptilus bitorquatus'')

★ Kittlitz's Murrelet (''Brachyramphus brevirostris'')

★ New Zealand Fairy Tern (''Sterna nereis davisae'')

★ Slender-billed Curlew (''Numenius tenuirostris'')

★ Sociable Lapwing (''Vanellus gregarius'')
=== Ciconiiformes ===

★ California Condor (''Gymnogyps californianus'')

★ Dwarf Olive Ibis (''Bostrychia bocagei'')

★ Giant Ibis (''Thaumatibis gigantea'')

★ Northern Bald Ibis (''Geronticus eremita'')

★ White-shouldered Ibis (''Pseudibis davisoni'')
=== Columbiformes ===

★ Grenada Dove (''Leptotila wellsi'')

★ Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (''Ducula galeata'')

★ Mindoro Bleeding-heart (''Gallicolumba platenae'')

★ Negros Bleeding-heart (''Gallicolumba keayi'')

★ Purple-winged Ground Dove (''Claravis godefrida'')

★ Silvery Pigeon (''Columba argentina'')

★ Sulu Bleeding-heart (''Gallicolumba menagei'')
=== Falconiformes ===

★ Cuban Kite (''Chondrohierax wilsonii'')

★ Indian White-rumped Vulture (''Gyps bengalensis'')

★ Indian Vulture (''Gyps indicus'')

★ Madagascar Fish-eagle (''Haliaeetus vociferoides'')

★ Philippine Eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi'')

★ Ridgway's Hawk (''Buteo ridgwayi'')

★ Slender-billed Vulture (''Gyps tenuirostris'')

★ White-collared Kite (''Leptodon forbesi'')
=== Galliformes ===

★ Blue-Billed Curassow (''Crax alberti'')

★ Djibouti Francolin (''Francolinus ochropectus'')

★ Gorgeted Wood-Quail (''Odontophorus strophium'')

★ Himalayan Quail (''Ophrysia superciliosa'')

★ Trinidad Piping-Guan (''Pipile pipile'')

★ White-Winged Guan (''Penelope albipennis'')
=== Gruiformes ===

★ New Caledonian Rail (''Gallirallus lafresnayanus'')

★ Samoan Wood Rail (''Gallinula pacifica'')

★ Siberian Crane (''Grus leucogeranus'')
=== Passeriformes ===

★ Araripe Manakin (''Antilophia bokermanni'')

★ Azores Bullfinch (''Pyrrhula murina'')

★ Bali Starling (''Leucopsar rothschildi'')

★ Banggai Crow (''Corvus unicolor'')

★ Belding's Yellowthroat (''Geothlypis beldingi'')

★ Bulo Burti Boubou (''Laniarius liberatus'')

★ Cebu Flowerpecker (''Dicaeum quadricolor'')

★ Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher (''Eutrichomyias rowleyi'')

★ Cherry-throated Tanager (''Nemosia roure'')

★ Cozumel Thrasher )''Toxostoma guttatum'')

★ Guadalupe Junco (''Junco insularis'')

★ Gurney's Pitta (''Pitta gurneyi'')

★ Hooded Seedeater (''Sporophila melanops'')

★ Isabela Oriole (''Oriolus isabellae'')

★ Mangrove Finch (''Camarhynchus heliobates'')

★ Marquesan Imperial Pigeon (''Ducula galeata'')

★ Mauritius Fody (''Foudia rubra'')

★ Mauritius Olive White-eye (''Zosterops chloronothus'')

★ Montserrat Oriole (''Icterus oberi'')

★ Nihoa Finch (''Telespiza ultima'')

★ Nihoa Millerbird (''Acrocephalus familiaris kingi'')

★ Pohnpei Starling (''Aplonis pelzelni'')

★ Poʻo-uli (''Melamprosops phaeosoma'')

★ Puaiohi (''Myadestes palmeri'')

★ Raso Lark (''Alauda razae'')

★ Royal Cinclodes (''Cinclodes aricomae'')

★ Rueck's Blue-flycatcher (''Cyornis ruckii'')

★ São Tomé Grosbeak (''Neospiza concolor'')

★ Semper's Warbler (''Leucopeza semperi'')

★ Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher (''Terpsiphone corvina'')

★ Socorro Mockingbird (''Mimodes graysoni'')

★ Taita Thrush (''Turdus helleri'')

★ Uluguru Bushshrike (''Malaconotus alius'')

★ White-chested White-eye (''Zosterops albogularis'')

Podicipediformes

★ Alaotra Grebe (''Tachybaptus rufolavatus'')

★ Junin Flightless Grebe (''Podiceps taczanowskii'')
=== Procellariiformes ===

★ Amsterdam Albatross (''Diomedea amsterdamensis'')

★ Balearic Shearwater (''Puffinus mauretanicus'')

★ Beck's Petrel (''Pseudobulweria becki'')

★ Chatham Albatross (''Thalassarche eremita'')

★ Chatham Petrel (''Pterodroma axillaris'')

★ Fiji Petrel (''Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi'')

★ Galápagos Petrel (''Pterodroma phaeopygia'')

★ Magenta Petrel (''Pterodroma magentae'')

★ Mascarene Petrel (''Pseudobulweria aterrima'')

★ New Zealand Storm-petrel (''Oceanites maorianus'')

★ Townsend's Shearwater (''Puffinus auricularis'')
=== Psittaciformes ===

★ Blue-throated Macaw (''Ara glaucogularis''; previously ''Ara caninde'')

★ Blue-fronted Lorikeet (''Charmosyna toxopei'')

★ Citron-crested Cockatoo (''Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata'')

★ Glaucous Macaw, (''Anodorhynchus glaucus'')

★ Indigo-winged Parrot (''Hapalopsittaca fuertesi'')

★ Kakapo (''Strigops habroptilus'')

★ Lear's Macaw (''Anodorhynchus leari'')

★ Mauritius Parakeet (''Psittacula echo'')

★ New Caledonian Lorikeet (''Charmosyna diadema'')

★ Night Parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis'')

★ ‘Ō‘ū (''Psittirostra psittacea'')

★ Orange-bellied Parrot (''Neophema chrysogaster'')

★ Puerto Rican Amazon (''Amazona vittata'')

★ Red-throated Lorikeet (''Charmosyna amabilis'')

★ Red-vented Cockatoo (''Cacatua haematuropygia'')

★ Spix's Macaw (''Cyanopsitta spixii'')

★ Yellow-crested Cockatoo (''Cacatua sulphurea'')

★ Yellow-eared Parrot (''Ognorhynchus icterotis'')
=== Strigiformes ===

★ Anjouan Scops Owl (''Otus capnodes'')

★ Comoro Scops Owl (''Otus pauliani'')

★ Forest Owlet (''Athene blewitti'')

★ Moheli Scops Owl (''Otus moheliensis'')

★ Siau Scops Owl (''Otus siaoensis'')
=== Trochiliformes ===

★ Black-breasted Puffleg (''Eriocnemis nigrivestis'')

★ Colorful Puffleg (''Eriocnemis mirabilis'')

★ Juan Fernández Firecrown (''Sephanoides fernandensis'')

★ Gorgeted Puffleg (''Eriocnemis isabellae'')

See also

★ Biodiversity Action Plan

★ Threatened fauna of Australia

References

1. Birds on the IUCN Red List
2. Apes extinct in a generation

External links

★ The 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN