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Near Threatened Birds
As of December 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1001 near threatened avian species. 9.1% of all evaluated avian species are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN. This is a complete list of near threatened avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN. Penguins Procellariiformes Gruiformes There are 18 species in the order Gruiformes assessed as near threatened. Trumpeters * Grey-winged trumpeter * Pale-winged trumpeter Rallids Bustards Parrots There are 61 parrot species assessed as near threatened. Cockatoos * Tanimbar corella Psittacids Suliformes Pigeons and doves Phoenicopteriformes Pelecaniformes Galliformes There are 43 species in the order Galliformes assessed as near threatened. Cracids Phasianids New World quails Struthioniformes Bucerotifor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beastie Bot
Beastie may refer to: Entertainment * Beastie (Alton Towers), a roller coaster previously located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England * The Beastie (Kings Island), a previous name for the Woodstock Express roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio * The Beastie (Wonderland Sydney), a roller coaster that previously existed at Wonderland Sydney in Australia * The Beasties, a nickname for the hip hop musical group Beastie Boys * Beastie, a female professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling * "Beastie", a song by Jethro Tull from ''Broadsword and the Beast'' Fiction * ''Beasties'' (film), a 1989 comedy horror film * ''The Beasties'' (book), a 2010 children's book by Jenny Nimmo * ''The Beasties'' (novel), a 1997 young-adult novel by William Sleator * Beasties, a type of creature in the role-playing game '' Changeling: The Dreaming'' * ''Beast Wars'' (Canadian title: ''Beasties''), a Transformers toy line and animated television series Other uses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecanoides Garnotii
The Peruvian diving petrel (''Pelecanoides garnotii'') (local name in Peru: potoyunco) is a small seabird Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same enviro ... that feeds in offshore waters in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile. Taxonomy The Peruvian diving petrel was species description, formally described in 1828 by the French naturalists René Lesson and Prosper Garnot under the binomial name ''Puffinuria garnotti''. In his book ''Manuel d'ornithologie'' Lesson quotes the text of a description written by Garnot. The Peruvian diving petrel is now placed in the genus ''Pelecanoides'' was originally introduced in 1799 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède for the common diving petrel. Page numbering starts at one for each of the three sections. The species is mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that did not seem to belong to any other order were classified together as Gruiformes. These include 14 species of large crane (bird), cranes, about 145 species of smaller Rallidae, crakes and rails, as well as a variety of families comprising one to three species, such as the Heliornithidae, the limpkin, or the Psophiidae. Other birds have been placed in this order more out of necessity to place them ''somewhere''; this has caused the expanded Gruiformes to lack distinctive apomorphies. Recent studies indicate that these "odd Gruiformes" are if at all only loosely related to the cranes, rails, and relatives ("core Gruiformes"). Systematics There are only two suprafamilial clades (natural groups) among the birds t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalassarche Steadi
The white-capped albatross (''Thalassarche cauta steadi'') is a mollymawk that breeds on the islands off of New Zealand. Not all experts agree that this form should be recognized as a separate species from the shy albatross, ''Thalassarche cauta''. It is a medium-sized black, slate gray, and white albatross and is the largest of the mollymawks. Taxonomy Mollymawks are a type of albatross that belong to family Diomedeidae of the order Procellariiformes, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. Although the nostrils on the albatross are on the sides of the bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between seven and nine horny plates. Finally, they produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus. This is used against predators as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalassarche Cauta
The shy albatross, also known as shy mollymawk, (''Thalassarche cauta'', formerly ''Diomedea cauta''), is a medium-sized albatross that breeds on three remote islands off the coast of Tasmania, Australia, in the southern Indian Ocean. Its lifespan is about 60 years, and it has been seen as far afield as South Africa and the Pacific coast of the United States. , the species is listed as "Endangered" in Australia; there are thought to be 15,000 pairs of shy albatross left. It is Australia's only endemic albatross. Some authorities call this species the white-capped albatross, but the White-capped albatross is generally the common name given to ''Thalassarche cauta steadi''. Taxonomy This mollymawk was once considered to be the same species as the Salvin's albatross, ''Thalassarche salvini'' and the Chatham albatross, ''Thalassarche eremita'', but they were split around 2004. In 1998, Robertson and Nunn suggested a four-way split including the white-capped albatross, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalassarche Bulleri
Buller's albatross (''Thalassarche bulleri'') or Buller's mollymawk, is a small mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds on islands around New Zealand, and feeds in the seas off Australia and the South Pacific. Taxonomy Mollymawks are a type of albatross that belong to the family Diomedeidae of the order Procellariiformes, along with shearwaters, fulmars, storm petrels, and diving petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages called naricorns that attach to the upper bill, although the nostrils on the albatross are on the sides of the bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into seven to nine horny plates. Finally, they produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus. This is used against predators as well as an energy rich food source for chicks and for the adults during their long flights. They also have a salt gland that is situated abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puffinus Opisthomelas
The black-vented shearwater (''Puffinus opisthomelas'') is a species of seabird. The bird is 30–38 cm in length with a 76–89 cm wingspan. Formerly considered a subspecies of the Manx shearwater, its actual taxonomic relationships are unresolved. This species is pelagic, occurring in the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. It comes closer to land than most other shearwaters, so it can sometimes be seen from shore.E.g. "thousands upon thousands" of birds seen off San Quintín, Baja California at the end of June: Thayer & Bangs (1908) It nests predominantly on offshore islands off north and western Baja California, namely Isla Natividad (ca. 95% of the nesting population), Isla de Guadalupe, and Islas San Benito. It is fairly common off the United States coast of central and southern California during the country's colder months. The black-vented shearwater is thought to feed on mainly small fish. This bird nests in burrows and caves; it is a col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterodroma Ultima
Murphy's petrel (''Pterodroma ultima'') is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. The bird is 15 inches in length, with a 35-inch wingspan and weigh about 13 ounces. It was described by Robert Cushman Murphy in 1949, which is the source of the species' common name. Distribution Very little is known about this species of petrel. It was not until the 1980s that it was determined that these petrels might be regular visitors far offshore of North America. It occurs in the South Pacific, nesting on rocky islets and cliffs off tropical oceanic islands in the Austral, Tuamotu, and Pitcairn groups. The bird has been recorded off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ... and well off the Pacific Coast of the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterodroma Inexpectata
The mottled petrel (''Pterodroma inexpectata'') or kōrure is a species of seabird and a member of the gadfly petrels. It usually attains in length with a wingspan. This species is highly pelagic, rarely approaching land, except to nest and rear young. The mottled petrel feeds mostly on fish and squid, with some crustaceans taken. It is a transequatorial migrant, breeding in the islands of New Zealand, and migrating to the Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ..., concentrating in the Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The mottled petrel uses burrows and rock crevices to nest in. It was formerly more numerous than today. The species' numbers have been and continue to be affected by predation by introduced mammals. Chicks have been reintroduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterodroma Feae
The Fea's petrel (''Pterodroma feae'') is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, '' Pterodroma''. It was previously considered to be a subspecies of the soft-plumaged petrel (''P. mollis''), but they are actually not closely related at all. However, ''P. feae'' is very closely related to Zino's petrel and Desertas petrel, two other species recently split from ''P. mollis''. The gadfly petrels are named for their speedy weaving flight, as if evading horseflies. The flight action is also reflected in the genus name ''Pterodroma'', from Ancient Greek ''pteron'', "wing" and ''dromos'', " runner". This species is named after the Italian zoologist Leonardo Fea (1852-1903). Taxonomy and systematics The first known recording of the "soft-plumaged petrel" appears to have been in October 1768 off the coast of West Africa during Captain Cook's first voyage. While no description was published at the time, a drawing of the specimen produced by Sydney Parkinson can be recognise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudobulweria Rostrata
The Tahiti petrel (''Pseudobulweria rostrata'') is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mexico, New Caledonia, New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, and possibly the Cook Islands. It is a pelagic bird of the open seas, but nests in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It has been recorded as a vagrant in Hawaii, Taiwan, Japan, Baja California, and, most surprisingly, in North Carolina While there has been limited research done on the Tahiti petrel and its interactions with other species, it has been found that there is a possibility for the Tahiti petrel to coexist with the wedge-tailed shearwater. Due to the petrel's foraging patterns, described as opportunistic, contrasting the shearwater's more aggressive scavenging patterns, there is limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Procellaria Cinerea
The grey petrel (''Procellaria cinerea''), also called the brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family (biology), family. It is pelagic and occurs in the open seas of the Southern Hemisphere, mainly between 32°S and 58°S. Taxonomy The grey petrel was species description, formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin under the binomial name ''Procellaria cinerea''. Gmelin's description was based on the "Cinereous fulmar" that had been described by the English ornithologist John Latham (ornithologist), John Latham in 1785. The genus name is from the Latin ''procella'' meaning "storm" or "gale". The specific ''cinerea'' is from the Latin ''cinereus'' meaning "ash-grey" or "ash-coloured". The word ''petrel'' is derived from Saint Peter and the story of his walking on water. This is in reference to the petrels' habit of appearing to run on the water to take off.Gotch, A. T. (1995) The grey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
