Top 10 Rarest Animals In The World
8 – Spoon-billed sandpiper – one of the rarest birds in the world
Threatened fiercely by extinction, there are only less than a hundred spoon-billed sandpipers left in the world. These birds are known for their striking bill and breast, with varying amounts of dark spotting extending towards their white belly. At least half of the remaining population of the spoon-billed sandpipers are in Myanmar’s Bay of Martaban, where subsistence hunting using nets is common. These nets end up capturing and killing these vulnerable birds. Hunting, common in the country’s poorest community, is considered the biggest threat to these species.
Threatened fiercely by extinction, there are only less than a hundred spoon-billed sandpipers left in the world. These birds are known for their striking bill and breast, with varying amounts of dark spotting extending towards their white belly. At least half of the remaining population of the spoon-billed sandpipers are in Myanmar’s Bay of Martaban, where subsistence hunting using nets is common. These nets end up capturing and killing these vulnerable birds. Hunting, common in the country’s poorest community, is considered the biggest threat to these species.
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15 February 2023
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