{"id":34619,"date":"2023-12-24T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b0d9bb29-6959-407d-8bd1-0fcb3d2ecbd5"},"modified":"2023-12-24T06:35:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T05:35:37","slug":"whats-the-rarest-bird-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/whats-the-rarest-bird-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the rarest bird in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">What are the rarest birds in the world? Stuart Blackman takes a look at the contenders <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Stuart Blackman\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 24 December 2023 at 04:28 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p\/><p>It\u2019s hard to pinpoint any one bird species as the rarest bird in the world as there are a number of contenders. The list would certainly have to include species that are officially listed as extinct in the wild and hang on only in captivity: the Guam kingfisher, Alagoas curassow, Hawaiian crow, Socorro dove and Spix\u2019s macaw. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Cherry-throated Tanager Conservation Program update - 2022, IMD, Brazil\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eNzvHLOgAJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Then there are those known to persist in vanishingly small numbers in the wild: the cherry- throated tanager (which was believed to have been extinct until the discovery of a small population in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest in 1988) and Fatu Hiva monarch which is endemic to one tiny island in in French Polynesia.<\/p><p> Other candidates include the so-called \u201clost birds\u201d such as the Himalayan quail, not seen since 1876. <\/p><p>This medium-sized bird although it hasn&#8217;t been seen in nearly 150 years there are still hopes some survives in the lower or middle Himalayan range.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/heaviest-flying-bird\">What is the world&#8217;s heaviest flying bird?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/strongest-bird\">What is the strongest bird in the world?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/whats-the-loudest-bird\">What&#8217;s the loudest bird?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><p>Main image: Socorro dove \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the rarest birds in the world? 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