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South Africa’s endemic birds

10,000 Birds

In 1996, several pipit specimens were collected for DNA analysis and it turned out that there was not one, but two new species to science in this sample! It now exists only in 4 breeding colonies at 2 locations on the coast of Morocco and a recently rediscovered relict colony in Syria, where it had been declared extinct for 70 years.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. Small semi-captive populations also exist in Spain and Austria and a reintroduction program from the Birecik population has been started in Syria.