{"id":43310,"date":"2013-07-26T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=43310"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:33:09","slug":"help-document-the-worlds-389-endangered-bird-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/help-document-the-worlds-389-endangered-bird-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Document the World’s 389 “Endangered” Bird Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the 9,934 extant bird species in the world 2,193 (22%) are threatened with extinction and are priorities for urgent conservation (Reference: 2012 IUCN Red List).<\/p>\n

In the “Endangered” category 389 species face a very high risk of extinction in the wild. Loss of habitat is one of the biggest causes, but there is also an urgent need to increase people’s awareness and to change attitudes towards nature and the environment.<\/p>\n

Our Species Champions are documenting the world’s “threatened” bird species by creating galleries enriched with photographs, video files, audio files and factsheets.<\/p>\n