charismatic species

The tenth and final poll on EDGE bird species: This time it is a contest between two vultures that have faced sharp and worrying declines in recent : The Egyptian vulture and the red headed vulture. Both species are threatened with extinction due to deliberate poisoning, poaching and the...

Ninth poll on EDGE bird species (only one more to go) : This time it is a contest between two island endemic perilously close to the brink of extinction: The black stilt and the tooth-billed pigeon. Both species are island endemics native to islands in the Pacific (New Zealand & Samoa...

Third poll on EDGE bird species: This time it is a case of classical beauty vs the bizarre and baneful: The Siberian crane and the Shoebill. Both of these species are large, tall and long billed birds that inhabit wetlands, both are deeply significant to the local human cultures where they...

Second poll on EDGE bird species: This time a bit of an avian horror show with ghost vs gore: The "gory" bleeding heart dove and the "phantasmagorical" kagu. Both of these visually striking species are insular endemics native to forest habitat of the islands of the Asia and Pacific region and...

Thought I'd try something a little different from the mammal species poll and move to the EDGE birds. For the first of these polls I thought I'd make it a contest between two of the most iconic and charismatic endangered bird species on the planet: The kakapo and the Californian condor. At...