Eight bird species , admit one from Hawaii , have most in all likelihood go extinct this century , The Guardianreports . This announcement is the result of a new statistical analysis of critically peril birds by BirdLife International , whose findings were published in the journalBiological Conservation .
Five of these metal money are native to South America , where much of the forest has been destroyed by practices like unsustainable agriculture and logging . Whilefourof the eight species have been labeled by BirdLife as extinct or nigh - extinct , the non-profit-making organization cover that three mintage have been completely wiped out . These include two Brazilian birds — the cryptic treehunter and the Alagoas leaf - gleaner — and the Hawaiian poo - uli .
Also know as the black - faced honeycreeper , the poo - uli ( alternately spell poʻo - uli ) was last spot on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 2004 . There have been some effort to breed them in immurement , but those were stillborn .
There is still a glimmer of hope for the Spix ’s macaw , a bright blue Brazilian parrot that ’s nonextant in the wild . Captive macaws are presently being cover in hopes of eventually reintroducing them to their habitat .
Other metal money on BirdLife ’s out or near - out lean include the Pernambuco pigmy - owl from Brazil and the glaucous macaw from Argentina , Uruguay , and Brazil .
These findings are especially worrisome because Bronx cheer extinctions typically occur on sequestrate island where they ’re vulnerable to invading predators — not on major continents like South America . Not only are extinction continuing , but they ’re also “ accelerate , ” according to BirdLife International master scientist Stuart Butchart . He toldThe Guardianhe hopes the new classification will “ inspire a redoubling of movement to prevent other extinctions . ”
[ h / tThe Guardian ]
