HKBWS WY 14/06/2011 16:07
Baikal Teal: Vulnerable to Least Concern
[size=3]The IUCN Red List has been revised recently and there is one change relating to us:
Baikal Teal: Vulnerable to Least Concern.
It means it is no longer 'threatened'.
More information is:[/size]
[url]http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html[/url]
yyattung 14/06/2011 17:29
In case of member's interesting to know all the threatened and near-threatened bird species recorded in Hong Kong, I list all these species below:
CR = critically endangered, EN = endangered, VU = vulnerable, NT = Near threatened
CR
Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Christmas Island Frigatebird
EN
Baer's Pochard, Oriental Stork, Japanese Night-heron, Black-faced Spoonbill, Nordmann's Greenshank
VU
Greater Spotted Eagle, Imperial Eagle, Great Knot, Swinhoe's Egret, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Japanese Yellow Bunting, Relict Gull, Saunders's Gull, Styan's Grasshopper Warbler, Eastern Curlew, Dalmatian Pelican, Fairy Pitta, Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
NT
Cinereous Vulture, Falcated Duck, Collared Crow, Rufous-rumped Grassbird, Asian Dowitcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Curlew, Japanese Paradise-flycatcher, Black-headed Ibis.
HKBWS Chuan 14/06/2011 17:58
some more species
CR:
Siberian Crane, Yellow-crested Cockatoo
VU:
Philippine duck, Japanese Murrelet, Manchurian Reed Warbler
NT:
Ferruginous Duck, Band-bellied Crake, Japanese Waxwing, Japanese Swamp Warbler, Japanese Reed Bunting
The Following is a updated HK birdlist with IUCN status and other conservation information, Please correct me if you find any mistakes:
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brendank 14/06/2011 23:35
This is a fascinating list. I would not have guessed some of these birds such as Yellow-breasted Bunting are vulnerable or threatened.
ajohn 15/06/2011 23:35
Add one more
VU:
Lesser White-fronted Goose
It always interests me that such a small place as HK has such a large list of threatened species, compared to Europe or N America. I think this reveals how important HK is for birds, but also how threatened many birds are in Asia!
lkatherine 16/06/2011 14:49
Japanese Quail has also been listed as "Near Threatened" since 2010.
Katherine