Laura Bies Posted January 2 Posted January 2 The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris), a migratory shorebird that once bred in western Siberia and wintered throughout the Mediterranean has been declared extinct, marking the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. The announcement was made in a publication from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the UK Natural History Museum. You can read the full paper here. Learn more from the Natural History Museum in London. Quote
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