More about the Red List Authority

The role of the group exists to assess the global Red List status of as many bird species as possible, focusing on updating the factsheets of currently and potentially threatened species; (2) support the development of national and regional Red Lists and Red List Indices for birds where resources allow, to build capacity and feed into global Red List assessments.

BirdLife’s Preventing Extinctions Programme expects to have had the following impacts by 2030. 

• Status of the world’s most threatened bird species improved through the work of BirdLife Species Guardians and other effective action 
• Overall extinction risk across all bird species reduced
• The global Red List for birds is regularly updated, improved and promoted, with knowledge gaps filled through targeted research and monitoring
• Declines in common bird species prevented, halted or reversed.