The slender-billed curlew has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
This marks the first recorded global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/slender-billed-curlew-extinct-bird-b2845241.html
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