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.

Blue-throated macaws flying

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  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Probably decreasing
  • Population: 27 million
  • Trend:  Stable
  • Population: 13 million (North America); 43 million (World)
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 460,000
  • Trend:  Stable
  • Population: 750,000
  • Trend:  Stable
  • Population: 11 million world; 5.5 million North America
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 1.8 million (North America); 4.8 million (world)
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 9.1 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Montezuma Quail. Photo by Peter LaTourrette.
  • Population: ~1.5 million; most in Mexico
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Yellow Rail. Photo by Agami Photo Agency, Alamy Stock Photo.
  • Population: 6,700-17,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 95,000
  • Trend:  Stable
Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Photo by Agami Photo Agency, Shutterstock
  • Population: ~56,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Black Rail. Photo by Agami Photo Agency, Shutterstock.
  • Population: ~25,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Photo by Glass and Nature, Shutterstock.
  • Population: 12 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Blue-headed Vireo. Photo by Paul Rossi.
  • Population: 13 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Northern Harrier. Photo by Wang LiQiang, Shutterstock.
  • Population: 790,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 15,000-20,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Burrowing Owl. Photo by Mauricio S. Ferreira, Shutterstock
  • Population: 2 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Western Meadowlark. Photo by Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock.
  • Population: 90 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Araripe Manakin. Photo by Ciro Albano.
  • Population: ~800
  • Trend:  Decreasing

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