According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 77 bird species in the United States are threatened with extinction.[1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1]).
Family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
Family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
Family Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)
Family Cathartidae (New World vultures)
Family Phasianidae (pheasants)
Family Rallidae (rails)
Family Gruidae (cranes)
Family Laridae (gulls)
Family Scolopacidae (waders)
Family Alcidae (auks)
Family Psittacidae (African and neotropical parrots)
Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
Family Vireonidae (vireos)
Family Corvidae (crows and jays)
Family Hirundinidae (swallows)
Family Turdidae (thrushes)
Family Mimidae (mimids)
Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
Family Parulidae (New World warblers)
Family Acrocephalidae (marsh- and tree-warblers)
Family Emberizidae (New World sparrows)
Family Icteridae (New World blackbirds)
Family Fringillidae (finches)
Family Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers)
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