Pinpointing and conserving epicenters of imminent extinctions


 

Latin American and Caribbean Bird Species Not Reliably Recorded in the Last Five Years

Common Name

Scientific Name

Country

Last Reported

Notes

Coppery Thorntail

Popelairia letitiae

Bolivia

1852

 

Alagoas Currasow

Mitu mitu

Brazil

1988

Still a few in captivity.

Spix's Macaw

Cyanopsitta spixii

Brazil

2000

Single individual now disappeared, otherwise not since 1980s. Others in Captivity

Blue-eyed Ground-Dove

Columbina cyanopis

Brazil

1992

 

Rondônia Bushbird

Clytoctantes atrogularis

Brazil

1989

 

Recurve-billed Bushbird

Clytoctantes alixii

Brazil

1965

 

Bahia Tapaculo

Scytalopus psychopompus

Brazil

1983

 

Hooded Seedeater

Sporophila melanops

Brazil

1823

 

Cone-billed Tanager

Conothraupis mesoleuca

Brazil

1938

 

Eskimo Curlew

Numenius borealis

Brazil, Argentina

1939

South American range, last South American record.

Purple-winged Ground-Dove

Claravis godefrida

Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

1994

 

Glaucous Macaw

Anodorhynchus glaucus

Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

1951

 

Magdalena Tinamou

Crypturellus saltuarius

Colombia

1943

Known from a single specimen.

Bogotá Sunangel

Heliangelus zusii

Colombia

1909

Known from a single specimen.

Saphire-bellied Hummingbird

Lepidopyga lilliae

Colombia

1990s

 

Niceforo's Wren

Thryothorus nicefori

Colombia

1989

 

Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer

Diglossa gloriosissima

Colombia

1965

 

Ivory-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus principalis

Cuba

1980s

But recent rumors persist.

Turquoise-throated Puffleg

Eriocnemis godini

Ecuador

1800s

An unconfirmed 1976 record.

Cayenne Nightjar

Caprimulgus maculosus

French Guiana

1917

Recent unconfirmed records.

Jamaica Petrel

Pterodroma caribbaea

Jamaica

1879

 

Jamaican Pauraque

Siphonornis americanus

Jamaica

1860

 

Guadalupe Storm-Petrel

Oceanodroma macrodactyla

Mexico

1912

Not found during 2000 expedition.

White-fronted Swift

Cypseloides storeri

Mexico

1995

 

Imperial Woodpecker

Campephilus imperialis

Mexico

1990s

 

Cozumel Thrasher

Toxostoma guttatum

Mexico

1995

 

Kalinowski's Tinamou

Nothoprocta kalinowskii

Peru

1900

Probable recent record.

Semper's Warbler

Leucospeza semperi

St. Lucia

1969

 

Bachman's Warbler

Vermivora bachmanii

USA/Cuba

1988

Last confirmed nesting 1937.

Tachira Antpitta

Grallaria chthonia

Venezuela

1956

 


Reference: BirdLife International (2000) Threatened Birds of the World. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International

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