The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) has drawn up a list of sites around the world where endangered species are under the imminent threat of extinction if no immediate action is take to save their habitat.

There are close to 800 endangered species that live within the sites identified by the AZE's study. The following are some of the species that live within the key sites:

• Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys)
• Whooping crane (Grus americana)
• Golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli)
• Rodriguez flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis)
• Worthen's sparrow (Spizella wortheni)
• Fuertes’s parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi)

Find out more: Targeting Key Habitats to Save 800 Critically Endangered Species (A&W Article)

Photo (Maui Parrotbill) © Eric A. VanderWerf