A threatened group in a country
Guides.taxonThreatened.birds of the United Kingdom
- 10 species
- Critically Endangered: 1
- Endangered: 1
- Vulnerable: 8
Seven of the United Kingdom's ten threatened birds are seabirds, and four of them belong to the South Atlantic — two albatrosses and two penguins — a trace of its overseas territories. The Balearic shearwater is the only critically endangered case. On land and fresh water remain the red-legged partridge, the common pochard and the horned grebe.
By Red List category
- Critically Endangered
- 1
- Endangered
- 1
- Vulnerable
- 8
