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According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 77 bird species in the United States are threatened with extinction.[1] 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[1]).

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

See also

• List of birds of the United States

References

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