This is the first bird extinction in mainland Europe in 500 years.
1400 birds are globally threatened with extinction.
230 are Critically Endangered.
The Slender-billed Curlew is just the latest in over 200 bird extinctions since 1500. 😢🪶🧪
1400 birds are globally threatened with extinction.
230 are Critically Endangered.
The Slender-billed Curlew is just the latest in over 200 bird extinctions since 1500. 😢🪶🧪
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈
well, here it is lads
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
after combing through some 1,400 records, it looks like the slender-billed curlew is indeed extinct and the last known photo taken in 1995 was probably at the point it slipped beneath the waves 🦉🧪
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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I'd query the 500 years though, were there no post-1524 mainland European Great Auk records? It is in Category B of the French list, and I'd guess for Norway too?