The slender billed curlew a migratory waterbird is officially extinct IUCN

Category : Endangered Species | Location : National  | Posted on 2025-10-21 10:09:56

The latest IUCN assessment of the species notes that historically the slender-billed curlew was likely locally common, but there were signs of decline as early 1912. By the 1940s, researchers were warning the bird might already be close to extinct.

Source: https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/the-slender-billed-curlew-a-migratory-waterbird-is-officially-extinct-iucn/