The status of the following species was reassessed for the 2026 Red List update:
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- Nahan’s Partridge (Ptilopachus nahani)
- White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
- Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
- Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)
- Polynesian Imperial-pigeon (Ducula aurorae)
- Karoo Bustard (Heterotetrax vigorsii)
- Blue Bustard (Eupodotis caerulescens)
- Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
- Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
- Eastern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes filholi)
- Boyd’s Shearwater (Puffinus boydi)
- Barolo Shearwater (Puffinus baroli)
- Sargasso Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
- Forest Bittern (Zonerodius heliosylus)
- Javan Lapwing (Vanellus macropterus)
- Papuan Harrier (Circus spilothorax)
- Blue-black Kingfisher (Todiramphus nigrocyaneus)
- Little Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis)
- Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata)
- Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei)
- White-eared Parakeet (Pyrrhura leucotis)
- Black-billed Hanging-parrot (Loriculus bonapartei)
- Camiguin Hanging-parrot (Loriculus camiguinensis)
- Nicobar Hooded Pitta (Pitta abbotti)
- Yellow-bellied Sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha)
- Ayeyarwady Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus affinis)
- Klages’s Antwren (Myrmotherula klagesi)
- Rio de Janeiro Antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis)
- Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis)
- Rondonia Antwarbler (Hypocnemis ochrogyna)
- Sierra Nevada Antpitta (Grallaria spatiator)
- Panao Antpitta (Grallaria oneilli)
- Cajamarca Antpitta (Grallaria cajamarcae)
- Junin Antpitta (Grallaria obscura)
- Bolivian Antpitta (Grallaria cochabambae)
- Puno Antpitta (Grallaria sinaensis)
- Oxapampa Antpitta (Grallaria centralis)
- Ayacucho Antpitta (Grallaria ayacuchensis)
- Snethlage’s Antpitta (Hylopezus paraensis)
- Alta Floresta Antpitta (Hylopezus whittakeri)
- Utcubamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus intermedius)
- Magdalena Tapaculo (Scytalopus rodriguezi)
- Ampay Tapaculo (Scytalopus whitneyi)
- Jalca Tapaculo (Scytalopus frankeae)
- Loja Tapaculo (Scytalopus androstictus)
- Blackish-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis tithys)
- Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni)
- White-winged Cotinga (Xipholena atropurpurea)
- Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus)
- Bacan Myzomela (Myzomela batjanensis)
- Kolombangara Monarch (Symposiachrus browni)
- Vella Lavella Monarch (Symposiachrus nigrotectus)
- Iberian Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
- Andaman Treepie (Dendrocitta bayleii)
- Samar Crow (Corvus samarensis)
- White-throated Jay (Cyanolyca mirabilis)
- Botha’s Lark (Spizocorys fringillaris)
- Sierra Leone Prinia (Schistolais leontica)
- Pitcairn Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani)
- Streak-breasted Bulbul (Hypsipetes siquijorensis)
- Reunion Bulbul (Hypsipetes borbonicus)
- White-throated Mountain-babbler (Kupeornis gilberti)
- Saint Lucia Wren (Troglodytes mesoleucus)
- White-eyed Starling (Aplonis brunneicapillus)
- Mountain Starling (Aplonis santovestris)
- Martinique Thrasher (Ramphocinclus brachyurus)
- Saint Lucia Thrasher (Ramphocinclus sanctaeluciae)
- Izu Thrush (Turdus celaenops)
- Moluccan Island-thrush (Turdus deningeri)
- Bougainville Island-thrush (Turdus bougainvillei)
- Solomons Island-thrush (Turdus kulambangrae)
- White-headed Island-thrush (Turdus pritzbueri)
- Samoa Island-thrush (Turdus samoensis)
- New Caledonian Island-thrush (Turdus xanthopus)
- Maratua Shama (Copsychus barbouri)
- Kangean Shama (Copsychus nigricauda)
- Larwo Shama (Copsychus omissus)
- Rubeho Akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax)
- Gurney’s Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi)
- Banded Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques)
- Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
- Shelley’s Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza shelleyi)
- Nihoa Finch (Telespiza ultima)
- Cone-billed Tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca)
- Parodi’s Hemispingus (Kleinothraupis parodii)