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Newsletter / Blog 2011-03-05 African Birding News A lifeline to prevent Africa's first recorded bird extinction
This species is listed as Critically Endangered. It has an extremely small range [a single grassy plain in southern Ethiopia] and its range size is decreasing. The remaining habitat is rapidly being degraded, and the number of mature individuals is decreasing [with a population of possibly fewer than 100 birds]. The Liben Lark is tipped to become mainland Africa's first recorded bird extinction. This globally threatened bird has now been thrown a lifeline thanks to funds raised, £242,000 (US$395,000) by the British Birdwatching Fair held at Rutland Water last August. These funds will be used by the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, the BirdLife Partner in the country, to work with local communities to reduce the impact of over-grazing livestock and prevent conversion of the land to arable farming. Helping the grasslands recover will benefit both the lark and the local inhabitants. |
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