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The updating process of the Status and conservation section
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Over the past two and a half years, we have been making a significant effort to update the Status and conervation section of the HBW Alive species accounts for bird species of conservation concern. This is probably the section that is most challenging to maintain, requiring that we keep pace with the rapidly changing fortunes of the world's birds. So far, the accounts of all the most seriously threatened species have been updated: all 206 Critically Endangered species, including 13 Possibly Extinct and one Possibly Extinct in the Wild. Overall, the Status and conervation sections of more than a third of the world's 1380 threatened species have been recently updated. This includes all threatened Rails (Rallidae; 33 spp.), Kingfishers (Alcedinidae; 16 spp.) and Ovenbirds (Furnariidae; 29 spp.), and all Nightjars (Caprimulgidae; 13 spp.), Cotingas (Cotingidae; 23 spp.) and Manakins (Pipridae; 5 spp.) of conservation concern. All 61 of the world's least-known species in conservation terms— those assessed as Data Deficient— are also up-to-date.
We have been fortunate to have new information from national red data books such as those for Australia, Nepal, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela and the European countries.
With the aim of informing you of the latest updates in the species accounts, we have created a new section in the Newsletter, Recently Updated Species, where you’ll find the most remarkable updates.
Chris Sharpe
Editor, HBW Alive
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As we announced in the Editorial, we have created this new section where you will find a selection of the most noteworthy updates to the species accounts. At present, we would like to highlight some important updates to the Status and conservation section, as well as general updates in other selected species, specifically in the owls (Strigidae), which we have been working on recently.
Highlighted species with Status and conservation section updated:
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Highlighted owl species with full texts updated:
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We are always busy adding multimedia links to the accounts to enhance the comprehension of the already detailed texts. It is quite a fun job as we get to see a lot of great material this way. Some of our recent favourites include links to two genera of kingfishers, specifically the 25 Todiramphus species and the 12 Halcyon species. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have!
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