ABC's Bird Library

Search our 400+ comprehensive bird species profiles to learn about the natural history and conservation issues facing birds throughout the Americas.

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Male Yellow Cardinal by Ralph Hatt, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 1,000–2,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Red-crested Cardinal by Adrian Antunez, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Stable
Phainopepla by Clinton Harris, Shutterstock
  • Population: 1,000,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Florida Scrub-Jay by Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock
  • Population: 4,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Buff-bellied Hummingbird by Ian Davies, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 610,000
  • Trend:  Unknown
Shining Sunbeam by Andrew M. Allport, Shutterstock
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Presumed stable
White-bellied Woodstar by Ondrej Prosicky, Shutterstock
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Violet-tailed Sylph by Owen Deutsch, owendeutsch.com
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Stable
Winter Wren by Terence Zahner, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 12 million
  • Trend:  Stable
American Goshawk by Neil Burton, Shutterstock
  • Population: 210,000
  • Trend:  Stable
American Pipit by vagabond54, Shutterstock
  • Population: 18 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Greater Roadrunner by Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions
  • Population: 1.4 million; 790,000 in U.S.
  • Trend:  Increasing
Plain Chachalaca by Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock
  • Population: 2 million, fewer than 2,500 in the U.S.
  • Trend:  Stable
Lapland Longspur by Martin Pelanek, Shutterstock
  • Population: 66 million (U.S./Canada); 140 million (World)
  • Trend:  Decreasing
LeConte’s Sparrow by Brandon Caswell, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 5.2 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Zone-tailed Hawk by Ryan Sanderson, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 2 million
  • Trend:  Stable
Black Vulture by Artush, Shutterstock
  • Population: 1.2 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Common Poorwill by Liam Hutcheson, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 1.4 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Upland Sandpiper by Michael J. Parr
  • Population: 750,000
  • Trend:  Increasing
Rock Wren by Aiden Brubaker, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 4.1 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing

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