IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a list of endangered species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Some also refers to it just by “The Red List”. It is the world’s most comprehensive list of species threatened by extinction.
The species listed on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ are categorised as:
- LC : Least Concern
- NT : Near Threatened
- VU : Vulnerable
- EN : Endangered
- CR : Critically Endangered
- EW : Extinct In The Wild
- EX : Extinct
All species in this encyclopedia will display the current status using a graphics similar to this:
Click the link in the text below the graphics to open the IUCN Red List site and see the current status and more information.
For more information please visit The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ web site.
The Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) is one of the species that are critically endangered according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™