The oceanic manta ray was uplisted from Vulnerable to Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2020.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by IUCN Red List assessment history and corroborated by multiple independent conservation organizations and news outlets reporting the same December 2020 uplisting. [tier=gold indep_score=0.85 clusters=6 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species official assessment record for Mobula birostris (upstreams: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group assessment (Marshall et al. 2020)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Oceanic Manta Ray | MarineBio (seed:animals_and_wildlife)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/pdf/214397182 (corroboration)
- https://marinemegafauna.org/news/giant-manta-becomes-the-first-manta-ray-to-be-listed-as-an-endangered-species (corroboration)
- https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/giant-manta-endangered-iucn/ (corroboration)
- https://scubaverse.com/giant-manta-listed-as-endangered/ (corroboration)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2020/12/15/uh-oh-things-arent-looking-good-for-mantas/ (corroboration)
- https://mantawatchnz.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IUCN-Redlist-M-birostris-2020.pdf (corroboration)