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GENEVA — An Ethiopian lark, a Galapagos finch and a spectacularly colored hummingbird only recently discovered in Colombia have been added to the list of the world’s most threatened species, an environmental group said today.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature — the producer each year of a Red List of endangered species — said the Sidamo lark could soon become Africa’s first known bird extinction as the Ethiopian savanna becomes transformed by overgrown bush, farming and overgrazing. It is joined as a “critically endangered” species by the medium tree-finch in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands and the gorgeted puffleg — a Colombian mountain bird.
