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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White-browed Tit-Spinetail. Photo by David F. Belmonte, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
White-browed Tit-Spinetail
  • Population: 8,500–30,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Purple Quail-Dove by Pancho Enriquez, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Purple Quail-Dove
  • Population: 600–1,700
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Black-crested Titmouse by Wingman Photography, Shutterstock
Black-crested Titmouse
  • Population: 640,000
  • Trend:  Stable
Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant by Stephan Lorenz, Rockjumper Birding Tours, Macaulay Library
Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant
  • Population: 150 – 700
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Snowy Egret by Phil Reid, Shutterstock
Snowy Egret
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Increasing
Virginia's Warbler by Jim Merritt, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Virginia's Warbler
  • Population: 950,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Tropical Parula by Braydon Luikart, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Tropical Parula
  • Population: 20 million; fewer than 5,000 in the U.S.
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Pine Warbler by Joshua Galicki
Pine Warbler
  • Population: 13 million
  • Trend:  Stable
Worm-eating Warbler by Larry Master, masterimages.org
Worm-eating Warbler
  • Population: 860,000
  • Trend:  Stable
Western Kingbird by Max Voran, Shutterstock
Western Kingbird
  • Population: 29 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Island Scrub-Jay by Grigory Heaton, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Island Scrub-Jay
  • Population: 1,700-2,300
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Red-faced Parrots by Paul A Molina, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Red-faced Parrot
  • Population: Fewer than 2,400
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Veery by Dan Behm
Veery
  • Population: 12 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Seaside Sparrow by Evan Lipton, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Seaside Sparrow
  • Population: 410,000
  • Trend:  Stable
Whimbrel by Mollie Ficker, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Whimbrel
  • Population: 1,800,000-2,650,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Eastern Towhee by Brad Imhoff, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Eastern Towhee
  • Population: 29 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Hudsonian Godwit pair, male in back, female in foreground by Mike Cameron, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Hudsonian Godwit
  • Population: 50,000–70,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Black-headed Grosbeak by punkbirdr, Shutterstock
Black-headed Grosbeak
  • Population: 12 million
  • Trend:  Stable
Male Yellow Cardinal by Ralph Hatt, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Yellow Cardinal
  • Population: 1,000–2,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Red-crested Cardinal by Adrian Antunez, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Red-crested Cardinal
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Stable

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