Researchers, conservationists and birdwatchers around the world are calling for a new effort to find the top 10 “most wanted” bird species that haven’t been seen for more than a decade, but are still listed as extinct. has not been classified.
With data support from conservationist group Re:Wild, the American Bird Conservancy and BirdLife International, with data support from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and its birdwatching platform eBird, “Searching for Lost Birds” hopes to locate these apparently missing creatures. Is.
The birds in question were last seen and documented at several different times, ranging from the siau scops-owl last seen in Indonesia in 1866, to the Cuban moth last seen in 2010 in Cuba.
They are also spread over five continents, four of which are from Asia, two from Africa, two from South America, one from North America and one from Oceania. India is the only country with more than one bird on the list, the Himalayan quail, last seen in 1877, and Jordan’s corsair, most recently in 2009.
“We really want to find these species, which are completely overlooked and overlooked, and turn them into species that are a focus for conservation efforts,” said Barney Long, senior director of Re:Wild. As for conservation strategies, told CNN.
“Obviously, for these 10, we really hope they all match,” he said. “It may not happen – it may be too late for some of them, but we really hope we find them all.”
The search will begin the following year with two expeditions, focused on the Siau scops-owl, which has been documented only once, and the Madagascan dusky tetraca, which was last documented in 1999. The organizations’ efforts will also be aided by the eBird platform, which has more than 700,000 registered users, who can render visuals.
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