IUCN 2012 update - 4 species extinct "2 rediscovered" Food security waning
Wildlife Extra News
and:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Birds - comparison of two versions:
2011.2 downloaded 2012-06-04
2012.1 downloaded 2012-06-19
41 not listed previously species
Code:
Species ID Common name scientific name Red List status
ANSERIFORMES - ANATIDAE:
160031681 American Scoter Melanitta americana NT
160032254 American White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi LC
139471541 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca EN
139494910 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra LC
139471543 Asian White-winged Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri LC
APODIFORMES - APODIDAE:
139540930 Horus Swift Apus horus LC
GALLIFORMES - PHASIANIDAE:
139541085 Great Argus Argusianus argus NT
PICIFORMES - PICIDAE
139541226 Iberian Green Woodpecker Picus sharpei LC
139541304 Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis LC
PSITTACIFORMES - PSITTACIDAE
139462673 Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus VU
160032708 Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh VU
PASSERIFORMES
CISTICOLIDAE:
160031240 Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis LC
CORVIDAE
139538538 Transvolcanic Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina LC
139538584 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi LC
139467014 Bornean Green Magpie Cissa jefferyi LC
139467000 Javan Green Magpie Cissa thalassina CR
COTINGIDAE
139410085 Palkachupa Cotinga Phibalura boliviana EN
139410077 Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris NT
FORMICARIIDAE
160032701 Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis VU
139540174 Slaty-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana LC
FRINGILLIDAE
139545398 Common Redpoll, Redpoll Carduelis flammea LC
160032308 African Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys alienus LC
139546827 Asian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus LC
160031317 Black-throated Canary Serinus atrogularis LC
106008777 Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater Serinus reichenowi LC
160031321 Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus LC
MUSCICAPIDAE
160031220 Botta's Wheatear Oenanthe bottae LC
106006711 Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglini LC
PARULIDAE
139461180 Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica LC
139461225 Bahama Warbler Dendroica flavescens NT
PASSERIDAE
160032621 African Desert Sparrow Passer simplex LC
160032622 Asian Desert Sparrow Passer zarudnyi LC
PLATYSTEIRIDAE
160032235 Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri LC
139554980 Black-headed Batis Batis minor LC
THAMNOPHILIDAE
139484939 Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta LC
139484941 Magdalena Antbird Myrmeciza palliata NT
139535965 Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus LC
139536084 Xingu Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis vidua LC
TURDIDAE
106006458 Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea LC
160031216 White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata LC
160031211 Abyssinian Ground-thrush Zoothera piaggiae LC
They have changed latin names some of species:
Catharacta antarctica --> Stercorarius antarcticus (Brown Skua)
Catharacta chilensis --> Stercorarius chilensis (Chilean Skua)
Catharacta lonnbergi --> Stercorarius lonnbergi (Brown Skua)
Catharacta maccormicki --> Stercorarius maccormicki (South Polar Skua)
Catharacta skua --> Stercorarius skua (Great Skua)
Claravis godefrida --> Claravis geoffroyi (Purple-barred Ground-dove)
Grus paradisea --> Anthropoides paradiseus (Blue Crane)
Grus virgo --> Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle Crane)
Grus carunculatus --> Bugeranus carunculatus (Wattled Crane)
Grus leucogeranus --> Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Siberian Crane)
Aramides cajanea --> Aramides cajaneus (Gray-necked Wood-Rail)
Porphyrio martinica --> Porphyrio martinicus (American Purple Gallinule)
Amazona mercenaria --> Amazona mercenarius (Scaly-naped Amazon)
Mimizuku gurneyi --> Otus gurneyi (Giant Scops-owl)
PASSERIFORMES:
Xenops milleri --> Microxenops milleri (Rufous-tailed Xenops)
Premnornis guttuligera --> Premnornis guttuliger (Rusty-winged Barbtail)
Myrmecocichla semirufa --> Monticola semirufus (White-winged Cliff-chat)
Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris --> Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (Mocking Chat)
Colluricincla tenebrosa --> Pachycephala tenebrosa (Morningbird)
Frederickena unduligera --> Frederickena unduliger (Undulated Antshrike)
They also
changed Red List status of 181 species
132 upgraded:
103 from LC to VU, NT or even to EN in 3 cases
20 from VU to EN, NT and CR in one case
3 from CR to EN
4 from NT to EN or CR in one case
2 from DD to NT or VU
48 downgraded:
14 from EN to CR, NT or VU
33 from NT to LC or VU
1 from VU to LC
Ua Pou Monarch Pomarea mira (PASSERIFORMES - MONARCHIDAE)
from EX to CR !!
("rediscovered" species)
Two other rediscovered ones, but not birds, also changed from EX to CR are:
Hula Painted Frog
Discoglossus nigriventer
Wicker Ancylid
Rhodacmea filosa (GASTROPODA - HYGROPHILA - PLANORBIDAE)
No one bird species extinct ...
Extinct only
Ovate Clubshell
Pleurobema perovatum (BIVALVIA - UNIONOIDA - UNIONIDAE)