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The Slender-billed Curlew Is Officially Extinct. It’s the First Mainland European Bird Extinction in Modern History

The latest IUCN assessment of the species notes that historically the slender-billed curlew was likely locally common, but ...

Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct—here's why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for ...