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Status iucn3.1 NT
Near threatened (NT) species do not currently qualify for critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) status, but are likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or are already close to qualifying.

As of December 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1001 near threatened avian species. Of all evaluated avian species, 9.1% are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.

This is a complete list of near threatened avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

Penguins

Procellariiformes

Includes petrels and albatrosses.

Gruiformes

There are 18 species in the order Gruiformes assessed as near threatened.

Trumpeters

Rallids

Bustards

Parrots

There are 61 parrot species assessed as near threatened.

Cockatoos

Psittacids

Suliformes

Pigeons and doves

Phoenicopteriformes

Pelecaniformes

("Pelican-like")

Galliformes

There are 43 species in the order Galliformes assessed as near threatened.

Cracids

Phasianids

New World quails

Struthioniformes

Bucerotiformes

Includes hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.

  • Austen's brown hornbill
  • Bushy-crested hornbill
  • Writhed hornbill
  • Tickell's brown hornbill
  • Malabar pied hornbill

Accipitriformes

Accipitrids

Anseriformes

("Goose-like")

Owls

Strigidae

Charadriiformes

There are 51 species in the order Charadriiformes assessed as near threatened.

Sandpipers

Charadriids

Gulls

Other Charadriiformes species

Falconiformes

Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes includes kingfishers and bee-eaters. There are 28 species in the order Coraciiformes assessed as near threatened.

Alcedinidae

Other Coraciiformes species

  • Rufous-headed ground roller
  • Azure dollarbird
  • Blue-moustached bee-eater

Passerines

There are 466 passerine species assessed as near threatened.

Vireos

Monarch flycatchers

  • Rennell shrikebill
  • Black-throated shrikebill
  • Short-crested monarch
  • Silktail
  • Versicolored monarch
  • Solomons monarch
  • Kolombangara monarch
  • Yap monarch
  • Manus monarch
  • White-tailed monarch
  • Mussau monarch
  • Samoan flycatcher
  • Biak black flycatcher
  • Makira flycatcher
  • Japanese paradise flycatcher
  • Bedford's paradise flycatcher

Finches

Pittas

Formicariids

White-eyes

  • Bonin white-eye
  • Spot-breasted heleia
  • Giant white-eye
  • Long-billed white-eye
  • Sanford's white-eye
  • Javan white-eye
  • Pearl-bellied white-eye
  • Plain white-eye
  • Ambon white-eye
  • Tagula white-eye
  • Biak white-eye
  • Christmas white-eye
  • Olive-colored white-eye
  • Togian white-eye
  • Slender-billed white-eye
  • Golden-bellied white-eye
  • Vella Lavella white-eye

Cotingas

Thrushes

Starlings

  • Tanimbar starling
  • Atoll starling
  • Yellow-eyed starling
  • Rusty-winged starling
  • Helmeted myna
  • Apo myna
  • Sri Lanka hill myna
  • Copper-tailed starling
  • Bare-eyed myna

Corvids

Tapaculos

Antbirds

New World warblers

Ovenbirds

Sylviids

  • Cook reed warbler
  • Rodrigues warbler
  • Seychelles warbler
  • Grey-crowned tetraka
  • Bangwa forest warbler
  • Ja River scrub warbler
  • Long-billed bush warbler
  • Sri Lanka bush warbler
  • Timor bush warbler
  • Tanimbar bush warbler
  • Bougainville bush warbler
  • Madagascan yellowbrow
  • Indian grassbird
  • Marsh grassbird
  • Bougainville thicketbird
  • Melanesian thicketbird
  • Yellow-breasted tailorbird
  • Tytler's leaf warbler
  • White-tailed warbler
  • Dartford warbler

Emberizids

Old World babblers

Wrens

Old World flycatchers

  • Palawan blue flycatcher
  • Malaysian blue flycatcher
  • Chestnut-naped forktail
  • Ryukyu robin
  • Dull-blue flycatcher
  • Furtive flycatcher
  • Rufous-chested flycatcher
  • Damar flycatcher
  • Rufous-throated flycatcher
  • Black-banded flycatcher
  • Firethroat
  • Sumba brown flycatcher
  • Maroon-breasted philentoma
  • Przevalski's redstart
  • Luzon water-tyrant
  • Streak-breasted jungle flycatcher
  • Henna-tailed jungle flycatcher
  • Slaty-backed jungle flycatcher
  • Grey-chested jungle flycatcher
  • Canary Islands stonechat
  • White-bellied bush chat
  • East coast akalat
  • Rufous-tailed shama

Ploceids

Bird-of-paradise species

Bulbuls

  • Brown-cheeked bulbul
  • Finsch's bulbul
  • Cameroon greenbul
  • Green-tailed bristlebill
  • Hypsipetes nicobariensis
  • Buff-vented bulbul
  • Streaked bulbul
  • Zamboanga bulbul
  • Grey-headed greenbul
  • Grey-bellied bulbul
  • Puff-backed bulbul
  • Black-and-white bulbul
  • Yellow-eared bulbul
  • Grey-headed bulbul
  • Scaly-breasted bulbul
  • Spot-necked bulbul

Tanagers

Flowerpeckers

  • Flame-crowned flowerpecker
  • Brown-backed flowerpecker
  • Legge's flowerpecker
  • Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker

Cuckooshrikes

Tyrant flycatchers

Rhipidurids

  • Cockerell's fantail
  • Cinnamon-tailed fantail
  • Mussau fantail
  • Long-tailed fantail
  • Kadavu fantail
  • Makira fantail

Cardinals

Sunbirds

Estrildid finches

  • Red-eared parrotfinch
  • Gouldian finch
  • Black mannikin
  • Timor sparrow
  • Red-fronted antpecker

Other passerine species

Caprimulgiformes

There are 36 species in the order Caprimulgiformes assessed as near threatened.

Frogmouths

Hummingbirds

Nightjars

Swifts

Cuckoos

Trogons

Piciformes

There are 46 species in the order Piciformes assessed as near threatened.

Toucans

Woodpeckers

Megalaimids

  • Sooty barbet
  • Yellow-crowned barbet
  • Black-banded barbet
  • Red-throated barbet
  • Red-crowned barbet

Other Piciformes species

Other bird species

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