List of threatened birds of the United States facts for kids

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 77 bird species in the United States are threatened with extinction. The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014).

Order Procellariiformes (albatrosses and petrels)

Family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

• Short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) VU ^IUCN

Family Procellariidae (shearwaters)

• Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) EN ^IUCN
• Jamaican petrel (Pterodroma caribbaea) CR ^IUCN
• White-necked petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) VU ^IUCN
• Cook's petrel (Pterodroma cookii) VU ^IUCN
• Juan Fernández petrel (Pterodroma externa) VU ^IUCN
• Black-capped petrel (Pterodroma hasitata) EN ^IUCN
• Stejneger's petrel (Pterodroma longirostris) VU ^IUCN
• Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti) VU ^IUCN
• Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) VU ^IUCN
• Providence petrel (Pterodroma solandri) VU ^IUCN
• Buller's shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) VU ^IUCN
• Pink-footed shearwater (Puffinus creatopus) VU ^IUCN
• Newell's shearwater (Puffinus newelli) EN ^IUCN

Family Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)

• Ashy storm petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa) EN ^IUCN

Order Anseriformes (waterfowl)

Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)

• Nene (Branta sandvicensis) VU ^IUCN
• Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) CR ^IUCN
• Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana) EN ^IUCN
• Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) VU ^IUCN
• Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) VU ^IUCN

Order Incertae sedis (uncertain placement)

Family Cathartidae (New World vultures)

• California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) CR ^IUCN

Order Galliformes (gamefowl)

Family Phasianidae (pheasants)

• Lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) VU ^IUCN
• Greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) VU ^IUCN
• Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) EN ^IUCN

Order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and relatives)

Family Rallidae (rails)

• Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai) VU ^IUCN

Family Gruidae (cranes)

• Whooping crane (Grus americana) EN ^IUCN

Order Charadriiformes (waders, gulls, and auks)

Family Laridae (gulls)

• Red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) VU ^IUCN

Family Scolopacidae (waders)

• Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) CR ^IUCN
• Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) VU ^IUCN
• Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) VU ^IUCN

Family Alcidae (auks)

• Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) CR ^IUCN
• Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) EN ^IUCN
• Craveri's murrelet (Synthliboramphus craveri) VU ^IUCN
• Guadalupe murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) VU ^IUCN

Order Psittaciformes (parrots)

Family Psittacidae (African and neotropical parrots)

• Thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) EN ^IUCN

Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)

Family Picidae (woodpeckers)

• Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) CR ^IUCN

Order Passeriformes (perching birds)

Family Vireonidae (vireos)

• Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) VU ^IUCN

Family Corvidae (crows and jays)

• Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) VU ^IUCN
• Island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis) VU ^IUCN
• Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) VU ^IUCN

Family Hirundinidae (swallows)

• Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) EN ^IUCN

Family Turdidae (thrushes)

• Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) VU ^IUCN
• Oloma'o (Myadestes lanaiensis) CR ^IUCN
• ‘Ōma’o (Myadestes obscurus) VU ^IUCN
• Puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri) CR ^IUCN

Family Mimidae (mimids)

• Bendire's thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) VU ^IUCN

Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)

• Sprague's pipit (Anthus spragueii) VU ^IUCN

Family Parulidae (New World warblers)

• Bachman's warbler (Vermivora bachmanii) CR ^IUCN
• Cerulean warbler (Setophaga cerulea) VU ^IUCN
• Golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) EN ^IUCN

Family Acrocephalidae (marsh- and tree-warblers)

• Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris) CR ^IUCN

Family Emberizidae (New World sparrows)

• Worthen's sparrow (Spizella wortheni) EN ^IUCN
• Saltmarsh sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) VU ^IUCN

Family Icteridae (New World blackbirds)

• Tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) EN ^IUCN
• Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) VU ^IUCN

Family Fringillidae (finches)

• Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Hemignathus flavus) VU ^IUCN
• Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Hemignathus kauaiensis) VU ^IUCN
• Nukupu'u (Hemignathus lucidus) CR ^IUCN
• 'Akiapola'au (Hemignathus munroi) EN ^IUCN
• 'Anianiau (Magumma parva) VU ^IUCN
• Palila (Loxioides bailleui) CR ^IUCN
• 'Akeke'e (Loxops caeruleirostris) CR ^IUCN
• 'Akepa (Loxops coccineus) EN ^IUCN
• Po'ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma) CR ^IUCN
• 'Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) CR ^IUCN
• Hawai'i creeper (Oreomystis mana) EN ^IUCN
• 'Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei) CR ^IUCN
• O'ahu 'alauahio (Paroreomyza maculata) CR ^IUCN
• Maui 'alauahio (Paroreomyza montana) EN ^IUCN
• Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) CR ^IUCN
• ʻŌʻū (Psittirostra psittacea) CR ^IUCN
• Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans) VU ^IUCN
• Nihoa finch (Telespiza ultima) CR ^IUCN
• 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) VU ^IUCN

Family Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers)

• O'ahu 'elepaio (Chasiempis ibidis) EN ^IUCN
• Hawai'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis) VU ^IUCN
• Kaua'i 'elepaio (Chasiempis sclateri) VU ^IUCN