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Threatened and Endangered Birds of the US

Birds Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Whooping Crane (Grus americana).

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database.

Tinian Monarch (old world flycatcher) (Monarcha takatsukasae)
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
White-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Whooping crane (Grus americana)
Wood stork (Mycteria americana)
Xantus's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus)
Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
`O`u (honeycreeper) (Psittirostra psittacea)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service. 'Threatened and Endangered Species Lists' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed May 8, 2008.

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