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Scientific name: Numenius minutus
Common names: Little Curlew, Little Whimbrel
Order / Family: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae
Status: IUCN Least Concern
Population: ~180,000 individuals, trend decreasing
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Black-faced Spoonbill
The Far Eastern Curlew is the largest migratory shorebird in the world and is endemic to the EAAF.
IUCN status: Endangered; Australia lists it as Critically Endangered. The global population is about 20,000–35,000 mature individuals and still declining.
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The Black-faced Spoonbill is a coastal waterbird endemic to East Asia and the smallest and rarest of the world’s six spoonbill species.
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Earth Online drops a new wild kitty😻😼! After more than a century, we’ve unlocked a brand-new feline species — the Tilcayó tiger cat!
(Primary Source: National Geography. Secondary Source: ABC News)
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Baer’s Pochard🦆
A medium-sized diving duck native to East Asia (family Anatidae), it is now Critically Endangered, with under 1,000 birds left and roughly 150–700 mature individuals.
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The Siberian Crane is a critically endangered migratory crane. Breeding in Russian Arctic wetlands, it migrates thousands of kilometres for wintering. Adults have pure white plumage with black flight feathers and a bare red facial patch. #wildbirdphotography
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The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), also known as "river horse", inhabits rivers and lakes across sub-Saharan Africa.
It ranks as the world’s third-heaviest terrestrial mammal, only surpassed by elephants and white rhinoceroses.
(Photo By Britannica)
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Hi guys!
Farewell to Beijing Swifts.
They are about to embark on their migration to Africa.
Crossing the Red Sea mid-August, reaching Central Africa in early September, and wintering in south-central Africa by early November.
14,733 km, 110 days one way.
Safe flight~.
Besides chimpanzees, bonobos (Pan paniscus) look similar, and both share 98.7% of their DNA with humans, making them our closest living relatives.
📊 IUCN: Endangered (EN)
（photo By WWF)
Reference
awf.org/wildlife-conservatio…
worldwildlife.org/species/bo…
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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What does the word “opportunistic” bring to mind? Opportunism? Unprincipled theft?
(photo from Zoologist)
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What We Can Do
●Learn livestock husbandry practices promoted by conservation volunteers.
●Join public outreach campaigns to counter misconceptions surrounding this species. ●Support efforts to establish and expand protected wildlife corridors.
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