Fabrice Schmitt tells the story of an expedition by GECO Nature that resulted in photographs and sound recordings of two species not documented since 2013 Sira Barbet. Photo by Jasmín Odar. Two birds lost to science, the Sira Barbet and Peruvian Solitaire, were recently observed in Peru during an expedition… Read more >>

Golden-fronted Whitestart. Photo by Fundación Guanacas. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is proud to be a part of the Conserva Aves initiative, a partnership that seeks to create and expand subnational protected areas in Latin America. We have exciting progress to report in Colombia, with several endangered species benefiting from habitat… Read more >>

https://youtu.be/YIEXFVvcpoQ The Lesser Prairie-Chicken is the focus of new bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, with some legislators seeking to permanently remove the species from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). If successful, this effort will likely be catastrophic for the beleaguered bird.  While listing a species under… Read more >>

The Dark-eyed Junco is a winter visitor to many backyards in the United States. Photo by Anatoliy Lukich/Shutterstock. Birds brighten the gray days of February and March and keep us company through the coldest months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The flash of crimson from a Northern Cardinal… Read more >>

The Canada Warbler is one species benefiting from ABC’s federally funded conservation work on both its breeding and nonbreeding grounds. Photo by Joshua Galicki. What do the Long-billed Curlew, Canada Warbler, and ‘Akeke‘e have in common? They all benefit from funds coming from the U.S. federal budgeting process.  This process,… Read more >>

Rufous Hummingbird. Photo by Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions. Happy New Year! Here at American Bird Conservancy (ABC), we’re closing out a milestone 30th anniversary year and looking ahead to another year of taking bold action for birds across the Americas. You might say that’s our resolution this year. Maybe… Read more >>

A flock of Red-fronted Macaws in flight. Photo by Steffen Reichel, Asociación Armonía. Two new municipal protected areas have been created in Bolivia: the Saipina–Red-fronted Macaw Wildlife Reserve (6,864 acres) and the Comarapa–Red-fronted Macaw Wildlife Reserve (2,666 acres), with a total of 9,530 acres that directly benefit local communities and… Read more >>

Marvelous Spatuletail. Photo by Dubi Shapiro. Time has flown by since ABC’s 1994 founding, and we’ve grown from a small organization with a handful of staff to a team of more than 150 working with partners in 15+ countries. Here’s a hemispheric roundup highlighting a few of ABC’s many bird… Read more >>

https://youtu.be/q31iLQJXKbw As a year of celebrating ABC’s 30th anniversary comes to a close, we’re rounding up our 30 “North Stars” — species that have inspired our work, informed our research, and benefited from the conservation efforts of ABC and our many partners throughout the Western Hemisphere. Read the first part… Read more >>

https://youtu.be/gslKhfjpdzI Meet 30 bird species from across the Western Hemisphere that ABC has helped to conserve in the last three decades. In the 30 years since American Bird Conservancy was founded, we and our partner groups throughout the Western Hemisphere have conserved millions of acres and protected habitat for more… Read more >>