About the Authors
- Stuart H. M. Butchart
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* E-mail: stuart.butchart@birdlife.org
Affiliations BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Jörn P. W. Scharlemann
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Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Mike I. Evans
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Suhel Quader
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Current address: Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India
Affiliation National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
- Salvatore Aricò
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Affiliation United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France
- Julius Arinaitwe
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Affiliation BirdLife International Africa Partnership Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya
- Mark Balman
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Leon A. Bennun
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Bastian Bertzky
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Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Charles Besançon
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Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Timothy M. Boucher
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Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- Thomas M. Brooks
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Affiliations NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, World Agroforestry Center, International Center for Research in Agroforestry, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines, School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Ian J. Burfield
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Neil D. Burgess
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Affiliations Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Simba Chan
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Affiliation BirdLife International Asia Regional Office, Tokyo, Japan
- Rob P. Clay
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Affiliation BirdLife International Americas Secretariat, Quito, Ecuador
- Mike J. Crosby
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Nicholas C. Davidson
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Affiliation Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Gland, Switzerland
- Naamal De Silva
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Affiliation Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- Christian Devenish
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Current address: Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Affiliation BirdLife International Americas Secretariat, Quito, Ecuador
- Guy C. L. Dutson
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Affiliation Birds Australia, Carlton, Australia
- David F. Día z Fernández
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Affiliation Aves y Conservación, Quito, Ecuador
- Lincoln D. C. Fishpool
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Claire Fitzgerald
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Affiliation United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Matt Foster
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Affiliation National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Melanie F. Heath
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Marc Hockings
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Affiliation School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Michael Hoffmann
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Affiliations United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland
- David Knox
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Affiliation The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Frank W. Larsen
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Affiliation Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- John F. Lamoreux
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Affiliation National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Colby Loucks
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Affiliation Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Ian May
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Affiliation BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- James Millett
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Affiliations BirdLife International Pacific Partnership Secretariat, Suva, Fiji, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
- Dominic Molloy
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Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
- Paul Morling
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Affiliation Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
- Mike Parr
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Affiliation American Bird Conservancy, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Taylor H. Ricketts
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Affiliation The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
- Nathalie Seddon
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Benjamin Skolnik
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Affiliation American Bird Conservancy, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Simon N. Stuart
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Affiliations United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Amy Upgren
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Affiliation Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
- Stephen Woodley
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Affiliation Natural Resources Branch, Parks Canada, Hull, Quebec, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interest. One author, S.N. Stuart, is affiliated with the Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: JPWS SQ SHMB CB BB NDB DM PM ME MB IM CF NS. Wrote the paper: SHMB. Developed IBA data: JA LAB IJB SC RPC MJC CD GCLD DFDF LDCF JM. Developed AZE data: T. Brooks T. Boucher SHMB NDB MF M. Hoffmann DK JFL FL CL MP THR BS AU NDS. Interpretation of results: NCD M. Heath SW. Contributed to interpretation of results: SA M. Hockings SS. Contributed to the design of Red List Index analyses & developed AZE data: T. Brooks.