Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. The World's Rarest initiative 7
4. Introduction to the world's birds 8
5. The world's rarest birds 11
6. The threats birds face 25
7. The need for conservation 48
8. Threats without borders 50
9. The Regional Directories
10. Structure of the regional sections. Glossary of terms 54
11. Europe and the Middle East 58
12. Africa and Madagascar 68
13. Asia 100
14. Australasia 150
15. Oceanic Islands 180
16. The Caribbean, North and Central America 236
17. South America 264
18. Data Deficient Species 322
19. Acknowledgments 332
20. Appendix 1: Extinct species 336
21. Appendix 2: Globally threatened bird families 339
22. Index 347