One in eight of the nearly 10, 000 known bird species are threatened, according to BirdLife data included in the 2008 IUCN Red List.
在2008 IUCN红色名录中收录的国际鸟盟的数据显示,在近10,000种已知鸟类中有八分之一的种类受到威胁。
A large bird, which may have stood at 10 feet tall, lived during the dinosaur era 83 million years ago.
8300万年前的恐龙时代生活着一种直立高度可能达到10英尺高的大型鸟类。
Like the proverbial canary in a coal mine, the nearly 10, 000 known bird species act as "environmental barometers" whose populations can appraise the greater well-being of their habitats.
就如谚语所说煤矿里的金丝雀一样,近10,000种已知的鸟类在自然界中扮演着“晴雨表”的角色,它们的数量可以用来评价其栖息地的健康情况。
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