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Three Species of Birds from Latin America and the Caribbean Listed for Endangered Species Act Protection

Tennessee purple coneflower.

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Three species of birds from Latin America and the Caribbean will be protected by the Endangered Species Act under a final rule published in today’s Federal Register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Tennessee Purple Coneflower Proposed for Delisting

Tennessee purple coneflower.

Credit: Gary Kramer
/USFWS

After a decades-long cooperative conservation effort under the Endangered Species Act, today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing the Tennessee purple coneflower from the list of threatened and endangered species.

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USFWS

We work to recover imperiled plant and animal species, while promoting the voluntary conservation of other vulnerable wildlife.

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Last updated: August 30, 2010