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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

10,000 Birds

Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. Egg collection for local consumption still continues at lower scale. Despite the long history of impacts and steady population decline, the Andean Flamingo has been declared endangered as recent as September 2010.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Gujarat, December 2010. Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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