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List of extinct bird species since 1500, an Uncommon card
About 216 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, with increasing extinction rates due to human-caused influences such as habitat loss, the introduction of invasive species, and climate change.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 91
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 175
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 175 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Currently there are approximately 10,000 living species of birds, with over 1,480 at risk of extinction and 223 critically endangered.
- Island species in general, and flightless island species in particular, are most at risk.
- The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived, and Guam, which lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the decades following the introduction of the brown tree snake.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The List of extinct bird species since 1500 article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 91 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get List of extinct bird species since 1500
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, List of extinct bird species since 1500 (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Possibly Roelant Savery / Roelant Savery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
