Critically Endangered
Critically Endangered means a species still survives in the wild, but there may be very little room left for delay.
How to read this label
On the IUCN Red List, this label describes global extinction risk, not how common the species feels in any one place. For Critically Endangered species, risk is often concentrated in small numbers, one last range, or a collapse happening too quickly for slow repair.
What the label can hide
The label can mean a tiny population, a collapse happening fast, or a species trapped in one last range. At that point, one bad season can matter. GBIF occurrence data can show where a species has been documented, but it also reflects where people have looked.
What changes the trajectory
The decisive work is usually urgent and direct: remove immediate killing pressure, secure the last habitat, protect breeding, and sometimes keep an assurance population.