ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CN) –
Down to
only 350 birds when it was listed as an endangered species, a southwestern
songbird’s numbers have soared through conservation efforts, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service said Friday.
The agency noted estimates that
the black-capped vireo’s population now stands around 14,000 in its
announcement of the final delisting
action for the species, which removes the vireo from the
federal list of endangered species.
The tiny vireo, less than five
inches long, has made its remarkable recovery due to “robust conservation
efforts” since the bird’s listing in 1987 under the Endangered Species Act, the
agency said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, or
FWS, joined with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Oklahoma Department
of Wildlife Conservation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural
Resources Conservation Service, two military installations, The Nature
Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, Mexico, private landowners and others
to implement a recovery plan for these important insect-eating birds.
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