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Common name(s) Notes Image Caretta caretta: Loggerhead turtle: Endangered. Recorded in water only. Chelonia mydas: Green turtle: Endangered. Recorded nesting on Antigua, Barbuda and some of the offshore Islands. Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill turtle: Critically endangered. Recorded nesting on Antigua, Barbuda and some of the offshore Islands.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Antigua and Barbuda. The avifauna of Antigua and Barbuda included a total of 204 species, according to Bird Checklists of the World as of July 2022. [1] Of them, five have been introduced by humans and 132 are rare or accidental. One species on this list is endemic and three have been extirpated.
The mongooses preyed heavily on the native ground-nesting birds, frogs, lizards, and Antiguan racers. Within 60 years, the snake had vanished completely from Antigua and most of its offshore islands, and many believed that it had become extinct. [7] However, a few Antiguan racers survived on a tiny mongoose-free island known as Great Bird Island.
For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered birds are listed ...
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As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 223 critically endangered avian species, including 19 which are tagged as possibly extinct or possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 2% of all evaluated avian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
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