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IUCN Red List '2013 (1 Viewer)

IUCN Red List v2013.1 doesn't make any 2013 changes to Aves, still recognising 10,064 species following BirdLife Checklist v5 (2012). The forthcoming BirdLife Checklist v6 (2013), which will include numerous splits and Red List category changes, will be taken into account later in the year.
 
I am bit disappointed because they have updated not much older assessments. E.g. Pseudophilautus stellatus (a frog from Sri Lanka) is still listed as extinct despite the fact that several media (including Zootaxa) confirmed the rediscovery in March.
 
The "updated" IUCN Red List is online. Seems that not much changes have been made and even P. stellatus still has the old (extinct) status. The question is can I still take the Red List assessments serious when they are not updated regularly?

http://www.iucnredlist.org/
 
Melanie said:
The "updated" IUCN Red List is online. Seems that not much changes have been made and even P. stellatus still has the old (extinct) status.
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As with v2013.1, v2013.2 doesn't make any changes to Aves. It still recognises 10,064 avian species as per BirdLife Checklist v5 (2012), and doesn't implement BirdLife's final (Sep 2013) decisions (which must presumably await the belated publication of BirdLife Checklist v6).
 
Melanie said:
The Tsingy Wood Rail has been recognized by the IUCN. It is now assessed as NT (formerly UR).
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Indeed! Now the Red List includes 10,065 avian species.

And BirdLife's final decisions for 2013 have been taken into account, eg Black-footed and Black-browed Albatrosses are now NT (yesterday they were still VU and EN respectively when I checked).

:h?:
 
Times
Also an article in the Times today at page 20, with a focus on Okapi; I assume the online version is behind the paywall.

cheers, alan
 
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