Forty-five percent of all Finnish breeding birds are endangered

This is the analysis of the latest assessment of the Red List of Birds for Finland, published in January. Of the 245 Finnish breeding species evaluated, 87 (36%) are Threatened and 23 (9%) are Near Threatened. Of the Threatened species, 13 (5%) are Critically Endangered, 36 (16%) are Endangered, and 38 (16%) are Vulnerable. The numbers have gone up from the last evaluation: In 2010, 59 species (24%) were Threatened and 30 (13%) were Near Threatened. This time, 110 species (45% of all Finnish breeding species) are on the Red List, up from 89 (about 36%) in 2010 and 72 in 2000. The state of water and wetland birds is the most concerning. Half of the Finnish breeding waterbirds and nearly half of the waders are now threatened. Populations of the Tufted Duck, Garganey, Eurasian Wigeon and Northern Pintail have decreased sharply in the last decades. The situation is alarming not only for conservationists and birdwatchers, but also for hunters. Eleven out of the 17 game waterbirds in Finland are now red-listed because of a decline in population: six are Endangered, four are Vulnerable and one is Near Threatened. The number of species which can be hunted sustainably in Finland has collapsed.

Source: Birdlife, 16 February 2016
http://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/news/almost-half-all-fi…