Why does the species I’m looking for not appear on the Red List?
A. If you receive the message: Results 1 to 0 of 0, check the Current Search box on the right hand side of the search results page to make sure that the information you have searched for is correct (e.g., there are no spelling errors in the search term you used). If you are searching for a species using a common name that you may be familiar with, it may not be a name that is widely used and may not be recorded for that species in the Red List. If this is the case, it is best to try and find the correct scientific name (see the Nomenclature section in the Information Sources and Quality page for advice on the taxonomic resources used on the Red List). If all of your search criteria are correct and you still receive no results, this means that the species you are looking for is not yet recorded in the Red List. Although the IUCN Red List is the world’s most comprehensive list of species threatened with extinction, it is still far from being complete. Some groups have been completely ass
