10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Nesting is now confined to Morocco, irregularly in Boghari in Algeria and in Birecik, Turkey.” (The Bald and beautiful: the Northern Bald Ibis Broad-winged and short-tailed: an Ibis overhead Fortunately for the ibises, that protection did eventually come, and today the number of birds in Morocco is rising steadily.

Morocco 239

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. There has been growth in the breeding population at the colonies in Morocco (now estimated at 106 breeding pairs and approximately 500 birds in total).

Endangered Species 205

Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 205

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In 1996, several pipit specimens were collected for DNA analysis and it turned out that there was not one, but two new species to science in this sample! It now exists only in 4 breeding colonies at 2 locations on the coast of Morocco and a recently rediscovered relict colony in Syria, where it had been declared extinct for 70 years.

South Africa 238

South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 238