Birds

As of 2024, a total of 11,195 bird species have been described on earth.

Take a look at some of the species we have preserved in our living biobank.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Conservation Status

  • Lophura edwardsi

    Critically Endangered

  • Ara ambiguus

    Critically Endangered

  • African penguin

    Spheniscus demersus

    Endangered

  • Sumatran laughing thrush

    Garrulax bicolor

    Endangered

  • Spheniscus humboldti

    Vulnerable

  • Mandanao bleeding-heart dove

    Gallicolumba crinigera

    Vulnerable

Red river hog

Total Population: Unknown

Green Iguana

Total Population: Around 1.3 million in the wild

South American fur seal

Total Population: Around 200,000 in the wild

Brandt’s vole

Total Population: Unknown

Collared peccary

Total Population: More than 2,000,000 in the wild

Black-naped fruit dove

Total Population: Unknown

Black tree monitor

Total Population: Unknown

Asian short-clawed otter

Total Population: Unknown

Scimitar-horned oryx

Total Population: Around 400 in the wild

Okapi

Total Population: Less than 25,000 in the wild

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Lesser Madagascan tenrec

Total Population: Unknown

Black howler monkey

Total Population: Less than 5,000 in the wild

African wild dog

Total Population: Around 6,600 in the wild

Smew

Total Population: Around 80,000 in the wild

Southern white rhino

Total Population: Around 15,000 in the wild

Komodo dragon

Total Population: Around 3,500 in the wild

Common Eland

Total Population: 90,000 to 110,000 in the wild

White naped mangabey

Total Population: Around 1,000 in the wild

Nile Lechwe

Total Population: 30,000 - 40,000 in the wild

Chimpanzee

Total Population: 170,000 - 300, 000 in the wild

Black Hornbill

Total Population: Unknown

Bush dog

Total Population: Unknown