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Collar, N.J. et al. Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds

Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds
Title
Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds (BirdLife Conservation Series No. 4): The Official Source for Birds on the IUCN Red List
Author
Collar, N.J., M.J. Crosby & A.J. Stattersfield
Publisher
BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Year
1994
ISBN
0 946888 30 2 (paperback)
Illustrations
graphs and diagrams
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements 5
  • Introduction
    • Birds to Watch in context 8
    • The new IUCN criteria 14
    • Trends and factors in the global endangerment of birds 22
  • Species Accounts
    • Globally threatened species 28
    • Extinct species 210
    • Conservation dependent species 213
    • Data deficient species 215
    • Near-threatened species 222
  • Appendices
    • 1: Species listed by geopolitical unit 243
    • 2: Geopolitical units ranked by number of threatened bird species 342
    • 3: Threatened bird species in the higher threat categories 344
  • References 348
  • Index 378
Bibliography
References
Index
Index of Species
Pages
407
Categories
birds, threatened species, endangered species, conservation, IUCN
Language
English (en)
My Summary
A very valuable reference work for 1,111 world bird species in several threat categories, including:
  • globally threatened species
  • extinct species
  • conservation-dependent species
  • data-deficient species
  • near-threatened species
Included are a prediction of future extinctions and an analysis of the most important countries, habitats and threats. The species assessments include distribution, population status and trend, habitats and threats.
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