As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Two iconic birds brought back from the brink of extinction


By: Krissy Aguilar - 
INQUIRER.net / 01:16 PM November 26, 2018
Two exceptionally rare birds have been saved from the brink of extinction, thanks to long-term conservation programs.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species has downlisted the risk profiles of both Northern Bald Ibis and Pink Pigeon.
Once down to just 59 pairs in the wild in 1998, the Northern Bald Ibis population is now recovering thanks to conservation action.
It has shown one of the most dramatic improvements, being downlisted to endangered from critically endangered.
Meanwhile, the Pink Pigeon’s populations are stabilizing after once having only 10 individuals in the wild in 1990.


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