en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot
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Glaucous macaw (extinct)
This overstates the species’ status. The Glaucous Macaw is not classified as extinct; BirdLife/IUCN treat it as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).
Full reasoning
The caption labels the Glaucous Macaw as extinct, but BirdLife International—the IUCN Red List authority for birds—records it as CR(PE), meaning Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct), not confirmed extinct. BirdLife also explains that the “Possibly Extinct” tag is used when a species is likely extinct but there is still insufficient certainty to place it in the formal Extinct (EX) category.
2 sources
- Red List status changes 2019 - BirdLife International
Anodorhynchus glaucus | Glaucous Macaw | Previous Red List status CR | Decision CR (PE)
- The IUCN Red List | BirdLife DataZone
A “Possibly Extinct” tag may be applied to certain Critically Endangered species (CR(PE)), when the balance of evidence suggests the species is likely extinct, but there is not yet the certainty needed to declare it globally extinct.
Trichoglossus moluccanu
The rainbow lorikeet’s scientific name is misspelled here. The accepted species name is Trichoglossus moluccanus, with a final “s.”
Full reasoning
Authoritative bird references list the Rainbow Lorikeet’s scientific name as Trichoglossus moluccanus, not Trichoglossus moluccanu. This is a straightforward taxonomic spelling error in the caption.
2 sources
- Rainbow Lorikeet - BirdLife Australia
Scientific name Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Rainbow Lorikeet / Trichoglossus moluccanus - World Bird Names
Rainbow Lorikeet / Trichoglossus moluccanus
Importation of wild-caught parrots into the US and Europe is illegal after the Wild Bird Population Act was passed in 1992.
This sentence mixes up different laws and dates. In the U.S. the law is the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992, while the EU’s permanent ban on wild bird imports was adopted in 2007.
Full reasoning
This sentence is inaccurate in two ways.
- The U.S. law is not called the Wild Bird Population Act. The official name is the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992.
- Europe’s ban did not become illegal "after" that 1992 U.S. law. The European Commission announced in January 2007 that birds caught in the wild would not be allowed to be imported into the EU.
So the sentence wrongly names the U.S. law and incorrectly suggests that the same 1992 act made imports illegal in Europe.
3 sources
- Wild Bird Conservation Act | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
The Wild Bird Conservation Act requires that all trade in wild birds involving the United States is biologically sustainable and to the benefit of the species and limits or prohibits imports of exotic birds when not beneficial to the species.
- Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 | Legal Information Institute
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992
- New rules for permanent ban on imports of wild birds into the EU enter into force - European Commission
Brussels, 11 January 2007 ... birds caught in the wild will not be allowed to be imported into the EU.