14 Endangered Birds Worth Tweeting About | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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There are more than 11,000 bird species living on Earth, many of which are doing OK. But a lot of them face threats like deforestation, habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change. About 14% are now on the worst perch of all: the brink of extinction.

Hundreds of rare birds may vanish within a century, which isnt just bad news for them. Birds offer an array of ecosystem services[1] to keep habitats humming, and often act as sentinel species, hinting at an ecosystems health like canaries in a coal mine.

There are too many endangered birds to provide a thorough list in this format, so here is a sampling of species whose existential dilemmas warrant more attention. Even if its just a few brief tweets here and there, these and other endangered birds need...