Photo credit: Ciro Albano
Kaempfer’s Woodpecker, Celeus obrien, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Kaempfer’s Woodpecker
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Andes Mountains, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, back from extinction, beef production, Biodiversity., birds, Brazil, Brazilian soya, Brazilian soya cultivation, cattle ranching, Celeus obrien, cellulose pulp industry, Central Brazil, Cerrado, Cerrado habitat, China, Community, Conservation, Corruption, criminal arsonism, critically endangered, critically endangered birds, Culture, Current Events, eco-terrorism, ecocide, Education, elusive birds, endangered birds, Endangered Species, endangered woodpeckers, Environment, extinct birds, Extinction, feared extinct, Gadua bamboo, habitat arson, habitat arsonry, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, indigenous Cerrado, infrastructural developments, Kaempfer's Woodpecker, killing, loss of Cerrado habitat, Nature, once thought extinct, poaching, Politics, rediscovered species, Research, Society, South America, soya cultivation, stop poaching, Tocantins State, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife surveys, woodpeckers on September 1, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Education, Nature, Environment, Current Events, killing, illegal, poaching, wildlife, Conservation, Endangered Species, Animals, Anti Poaching, Extinction, Animal Rights, stop poaching, Disease, critically endangered, habitat loss, forest, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, animal blog, animals blog, animal blogs, Biodiversity., reintroduction, habitat destruction, critically endangered birds, Seychelles Islands, awareness, endemic species, endangered birds, Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher, Terpsiphone corvina, Veuve, widow, black plumage, Seychelles, Seychelles endemics, La Digue, tourism development, residential developments, tree disease, Takamaka trees, forest disease, translocations, archipelago on August 16, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Pale-Headed Brush-Finch
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Education, Nature, Environment, Current Events, poaching, wildlife, Conservation, Endangered Species, Animals, Anti Poaching, Extinction, Animal Rights, stop poaching, critically endangered, habitat loss, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, animal blog, animals blog, animal blogs, South America, Biodiversity., invasive species, critically endangered birds, Ecuador, birding, introduced species, habitat restoration, restricted range, introduced birds, endangerd birds, Pale-Headed Brush-Finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, thought to be extinct, human landscape modification, invasive cowbirds, cowbirds, shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, breeding success, rediscovered species, Yunguilla Reserve, intensive management, intensive habitat management, habitat rehabilitiation, invasive species control, introduced species control on August 2, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Pale-headed Brush-finch, Atlapetes pallidiceps, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Tahiti Monarch
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., birds, black rat, botanical pest, captive breeding programme, Common Myna, Community, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered birds, Current Events, Education, endangered birds, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, hurricanes, introduced bird species, introduced birds, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive plants, Miconia calvescens, natural disasters, Nature, poaching, Pomarea nigra, rat control, Red-vented Bulbul, stop poaching, Tahiti, Tahiti Monarch, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 11, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Tahiti Monarch, Pomarea nigra, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Restricted to the west coast of Tahiti, this small flycatcher numbers fewer than 50 individuals – just 23 were counted in 2009. Continue reading
