Changes

Every change to an animal on Live Species, newest first: when it was added, and any figure, photo or line that changed after that. A correction is listed here the day it goes up.

13 November 2026

• Monarch butterfly (western migratory population): a line of the record's wording changed.
• Tamaraw: a line of the record's wording changed.
• Vaquita: a line of the record's wording changed.

12 November 2026

• Golden lion tamarin: added to Live Species, on the wall, counted back up: About 4,800 (Estimate, no range, 2023).
• California condor: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 392 (Head count, December 2025).
• Devils Hole pupfish: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 137 (Head count, October 2026).
• Iberian lynx: added to Live Species, on the wall, counted back up: At least 2,663 (At least this many, 2025).
• Kākāpō: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 325 (Head count, September 2026).
• Monarch butterfly (eastern migratory population): added to Live Species, counted another way: 2.93 hectares (Counted another way, December 2025).
• Northern white rhino: added to Live Species, gone from the wild: 2 (Head count, April 2026).
• Vaquita: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 7 to 10 (Known alive, a minimum, September 2025).
• ʻAkikiki: added to Live Species, gone from the wild: none known in the wild (August 2025).
• Amur leopard: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 118, between 115 and 121 (Estimate, with range, 2022).
• Asiatic lion: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 891 (Estimate, no range, 2025).
• Bali myna: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 420 (Estimate, no range, October 2021).
• Blue-throated macaw: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 623 to 785 (Estimate, with range, 2025).
• Chatham Island black robin: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 350 (Estimate, no range, 2025).
• Ethiopian wolf: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 450 (Estimate, no range, 2026).
• Hainan gibbon: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 42 (Head count, 2024).
• Hooded grebe: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 700 (Estimate, no range, 2025).
• Javan rhino: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 50 (At least this many, 2024).
• Kakī (black stilt): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 141 (Estimate, no range, August 2025).
• Kirtland's warbler: added to Live Species, on the wall, counted back up: 1,522 singing males (Head count, June 2025).
• Kiwikiu (Maui parrotbill): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 135 (Estimate, no range, 2021).
• Madagascar pochard: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 180 (Estimate, no range, August 2026).
• Mauritius kestrel: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): Fewer than 250 (Estimate, no range, 2018).
• Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 111 (Head count, November 2025).
• Mexican wolf: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 319 (At least this many, December 2025).
• Mountain gorilla: added to Live Species, on the wall, counted back up: About 1,063 (Estimate, no range, 2018).
• Northern bald ibis (Moroccan wild population): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 700 (At least this many, 2018).
• Orange-bellied parrot: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 86 (Head count, December 2025).
• Puerto Rican parrot: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 520 to 550 (Estimate, with range, February 2026).
• Red wolf: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 21 (At least this many, August 2026).
• Saiga antelope: added to Live Species, never as few as 1,000, shown above the wall: About 2,833,600 (Estimate, no range, May 2024).
• Sihek (Guam kingfisher): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 9 (Head count, September 2025).
• Takahē: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 529 (Estimate, no range, October 2024).
• Tapanuli orangutan: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 716, between 645 and 792 (Estimate, with range, 2023).
• Whooping crane (Aransas-Wood Buffalo population): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 540, between 482.7 and 608.8 (Estimate, with range, January 2026).
• ʻAlalā (Hawaiian crow): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 5 (Head count, November 2025).
• Addax: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 130 (Estimate, no range, December 2025).
• Cook Inlet beluga: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 331, between 290 and 386 (Estimate, with range, June 2022).
• Echo parakeet: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 500 (At least this many, 2025).
• European bison: added to Live Species, on the wall, counted back up: 9,762 (Head count, December 2024).
• Māui dolphin: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 54, between 48 and 66 (Estimate, with range, 2021).
• Northern hairy-nosed wombat: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 400 (Estimate, no range, 2022).
• Rice's whale: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 50 (Estimate, no range, 2018).
• Scimitar-horned oryx: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 650 (Estimate, no range, 2025).
• Southern Resident orca: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 76 (Head count, July 2026).
• Vancouver Island marmot: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 427 (At least this many, 2025).
• Western gray whale: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 320 to 410 (From a model, 2016).
• Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Swinhoe's softshell): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): At least 1 (At least this many, 2024).
• Grand Cayman blue iguana: added to Live Species, nobody knows.
• Guam rail (ko'ko'): added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 22 to 48 (Estimate, with range, 2025).
• Regent honeyeater: added to Live Species, nobody knows: 200 to 400 (Estimate, with range).
• Seychelles magpie-robin: added to Live Species, nobody knows: 500.
• Spix's macaw: added to Live Species, nobody knows.
• Sumatran rhino: added to Live Species, nobody knows: 34 to 47 (Estimate, with range, March 2022).
• Tamaraw: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): 200 to 220 (Estimate, with range, 2025).
• Western gray whale: the photo changed.
• Pink pigeon: added to Live Species, on the wall (1,000 or fewer): About 600 (Estimate, no range, December 2025).
• Monarch butterfly (western migratory population): added to Live Species, counted another way: 12,260 (Butterflies counted at winter sites, a minimum, December 2025).