IUCN Red List update - October 2024

[Greaterbilby]

I know this is quite off-topic but I have read that the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been recently declared as extinct (or at least it is likely extinct), despite the IUCN has not changed its status from critically endangered. Is there a more relevant thread about that, or should I create a new thread to refer it?

 

[Haliaeetus]

I know this is quite off-topic but I have read that the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been recently declared as extinct (or at least it is likely extinct), despite the IUCN has not changed its status from critically endangered. Is there a more relevant thread about that, or should I create a new thread to refer it?

That is the conclusion of a study, that needs to be validated by IUCN/Birdlife (according to me it will happen soon, probably in the next yearly update of the statuses).

 

[Greaterbilby]

That is the conclusion of a study, that needs to be validated by IUCN/Birdlife (according to me it will happen soon, probably in the next yearly update of the statuses).

Yes, I agree. My question is whether it is worth to post species likely extinction somewhere in the forum

 

[birdsandbats]

Yes, I agree. My question is whether it is worth to post species likely extinction somewhere in the forum

If you feel it needs to be discussed. Personally, I don't feel like there's anything to say about it - it's an obvious conclusion that has clearly been the case for a long time.

 

[Greaterbilby]

If you feel it needs to be discussed. Personally, I don't feel like there's anything to say about it - it's an obvious conclusion that has clearly been the case for a long time.

I would not purpose to open a discussion about it, only to make a reference because the last days it is stated that there least possibilities this bird still survives (more than ever). But if you feel it is not worthwhile, ignore my aforementioned posts about it

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

I don’t feel there is much useful to add; when I went to Merja Zerga to see it, it was the last remaining known habitat. The population had dropped from 4 to 3 to 2 over a few years. Various other claims were made from Italy and Hungary (and the U.K.) but none resulted in regular sightings. The migratory habits and range including areas of conflict make it a difficult species to prove extinct, but sadly the balance of probabilities says it has gone, and similarly surely so has the Eskimo Curlew.