New Book Celebrates Tropical Birds of the Andes
The photo is one of a couple of hundred taken by Deutsch that are on display in the new book Birds of the Tropical Andes, published in July by Princeton University Press. Along with the images is in-depth text and detailed photo captions written by Michael J. Parr, ABC’s President. The coffee-tabl...
Keeping Watch
“Habitat is the foundation of bird conservation — no bird can survive without the right amount of the right kind of habitat, and habitat degradation is a leading driver of the massive species declines we have seen in recent decades," said Parr. “We saw a need for a system that could tell us wh...
Rare Albatross Makes Remarkable Recovery After Swallowing Multiple Fishing Hooks
A Salvin’s Albatross, one of the least studied seabird species in the world, has returned to the wild after it successfully recovered from life-saving surgery that removed four large fishing hooks and the fishing line it ingested off the coast of South America. This latest unintended fisheries inc...
Sharing the Wonder of Birds
Birds. Why birds? How do we get so caught up in them? I often wonder how I became so bird-obsessed. Why not planes, or bowling, or professional wrestling?
Habitats WatchList Identifies Most Threatened Bird Habitats Throughout North America
Developed by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) in partnership with NatureServe and Habitats of North America authors Iain Campbell and Philip Chaon,The WatchList of Terrestrial and Freshwater Bird Habitats of the U.S. and Canada — the Habitats WatchList — offers a new way to categorize, map, and a...
ABC Researchers Identify 64 Latin American Bird Species Most in Need of Conservation Work
The Summer 2025 issue of Bird Conservation, ABC’s member magazine, features an article about new research by ABC scientists that shows which Latin American bird species lack protected habitat — and how much must be conserved to prevent their extinction.
The researchers mapped the habitat of...
The Leco Indigenous People are Leading the Conservation of the Palkachupa Cotinga in Apolo, Bolivia
In Apolo, conservation has become a collective decision. With the leadership of the Indigenous Center of the Leco de Apolo People (CIPLA in Spanish) and the participation of two Quechua communities, San José and Santa Cruz del Valle Ameno, more than 1,888 hectares (4,665 acres) have been declared a...
