United States declares 23 bird, fish as extinct species

30 Sep 2021

United States declares 23 bird, fish as extinct species

United States declares 23 bird, fish as extinct speciesThe US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has declared 23 species as extinct species. This means they no longer exist.

The 23 species include 11 birds, one bat, two fish, one plant and eight types of mussels. A mussel is a type of small sea animal (a shellfish) with a black shell in two parts.

FWS says that it wants to remove these extinct species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), which protects species that are endangered. That way, they can concentrate more on saving other species that can still be saved.

It also noted that each of these 23 species represents a permanent loss to the country's natural heritage and to global biodiversity. And this is because of the environmental damage and climate change that humans have caused.
What are some of the extinct species on the list?
One of them is the ivory-billed woodpecker bird. It was once the US's largest woodpecker species but was officially listed as endangered in 1967. However, the International Union for Conservation of Nature hopes that the bird could still exist in the neighbouring country of Cuba.

Another extinct species is Bachman's warbler, one of the rarest songbirds in North America. Other extinct species on the list include the Little Mariana fruit bat and a fish called San Marcos gambusia.

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