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13 newly-discovered birds declared extinct

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-08-19

In a recent update of the IUCN Red List, scientists have identified 13 new bird species that have gone extinct since 1500. In total the list now finds that at least 140 bird species gone extinct in the past five hundred years, representing 1.3 percent of the world's total known birds.

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