BIRDS ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION

BIRDS ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION

Birds rule the air, but hundreds of different species have s

List of  1300 bird species wre facing extinction, according to BIRD LIFE INTERNATIONAL.een a population decline so frightening, experts say they could vanish off the face of the earth at anytime.

White-bellied Cinclodes

Classification: Critically Endangered

Lives In: The high ranges of the Andes Mountains in Junin, Peru.

Why They're In Trouble: These birds live in the high Andes of Peru, and no other 'suitable' regionhas been found for them to thrive, according to BirdLife.org. As their habitat is ruined by mining, the already small population will continue to suffer.

Black-bellied Puffleg

Classification: Critically Endangered

Lives In: The Northwestern slopes of the Pichincha volcano in Ecuador.

Why They're In Trouble: Agriculture industry and unplanned development continue to chip away at the Puffleg's habitat, according to the SOS organization (Save Our Species), and without a regional effort to reverse the harms to nature, the Puffleg - and other endangered species in the region - they will be lost.

Madagascar Pochard

Classification: Critically Endangered

Lives In: The Lake Alaotra basin in Madagascar.

Why They're In Trouble: Once a common bird in the Lake Alaotra region, there were no sightingsbetween 1991 and 2006, according to Birdlife.org. In 2006 a small group was found north of Lake Alaotra.

Sociable Lapwing

Cassification: Critically Endangered

Lives In: Aia, the Middle East, Northern Africa

Why They're In Trouble: Researchers noted a drastic decline in population for reasons no one can explain. However, Birdlife.org says recent studies may have found the population is "bigger than previously feared."

Silvery Wood-pigeon

Classificiation: Critically Endangered

Lives In: Islands off Sumatra, Indonesia

Why They're In Trouble: There were no confirmed sightings of the Silvery Wood-pigeon for more than 75 years. But sightings in 2008, 2009 and 2010 produced the evidence they still exist in the wild. 

Yellow-crested Cockatooo

Classification: Critically Endangered

Lives In: Timor-Leste and Indonesia

Why They're In Trouble: The bird's yellow highlights have made it popular in the bird trade during the last 50 years, contributing to the plummeting population. 

Marquesan Imperial-pigeon

Classification: Endangereed

Lives In: Nuku Hiva of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia

Why They're In Trouble: Successful conservation efforts helped increase the species population a little, resulting in a classification change from 'critically endangered' to 'endangered' in 2008.

Swift Parrot

Classification: Endangered

Lives In: Tasmania, Australia

Why They're In Trouble: The population of the birds is already small, and their habitat is disappearing.

Masked Finfoot

Classification: Endangered

Lives In: Southeastern Asia

Why They're In Trouble: There are less than 2500 left and their habitat is disappearing.

El Oro Parakeet

Classification: Endangered

Lives In: Ecuador

Why They're In Trouble: These birds live only in the west Andes of Ecuador, so as their habitat is destroyed by deforestation, they food and sites they need to survive are lost.