


120 SPECIES AND
SUBSPECIES OF
ENDANGERED BIRDS
Because of deforestation, hunting, trafficking, and other pressures, there are 120 species and subspecies of native Atlantic Rainforest birds threatened with extinction.

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120 SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF ENDANGERED BIRDS |

Because of deforestation, hunting, trafficking, and other pressures, there are 120 species and subspecies of native Atlantic Rainforest birds threatened with extinction.

species and subspecies of Atlantic Rainforest birds recognized as threatened in the Red List of Brazilian Fauna Threatened with Extinction.

endangered species of Atlantic Rainforest birds listed by IUCN.

of them have no specific conservation action for the species other than the occurrence in protected areas. Most of them are endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest.

of all species of endangered birds in the world (IUCN 3.1) are endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest. They are now restricted mainly to fragments totaling an area of only 157,000 km² within a biome whose original range is currently 91.5% deforested.

of all species of endangered birds in the world (IUCN 3.1) are native to the Atlantic Rainforest.











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