Fiji's long-legged warbler has been placed on the list of endangered birds facing extinction by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Birdlife International Fiji Programme senior conservation officer Vilikesa Masibalavu told the Fiji Times it is a wake up call for the country.
He says the long-legged Warblers were only found in Fiji and was thought to have become extinct until 2003 when one was sighted in the Wabu Nature Reserve in central Viti Levu.
Mr Masibalavu says there are only an estimated 230 of these birds left in the world so confirmation that a few still exist in the forests of Viti Levu is fortunate.
He stressed the importance of protecting Fiji's birds from predators like the mongoose and from deforestation.