The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a once widespread migratory bird species.
Once found across Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, the bird’s last confirmed sighting was recorded at Merja Zerga in Morocco on February 25, 1995.
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