Explore the Birds of the Americas

Search our growing library of bird species accounts to explore the natural history of a range of species, from albatrosses to warblers. Learn about the conservation issues facing birds throughout North America, the bold action ABC takes to conserve birds and habitats, and how you can get involved.

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Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant. Photo by Fabrice Schmitt.

Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes alpinus
Endangered
Decreasing
150–700
Tyrant Flycatchers
Gray-bellied Comet. Photo by Johansen Guevara Cohayla.

Gray-bellied Comet

Taphrolesbia griseiventris
Endangered
250–1,000
Hummingbirds
South America
Hawai‘i ʻĀkepa male in tree. Photo by Krista Hinman, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Hawai‘i ʻĀkepa

Loxops coccineus
Endangered
Decreasing
10,800
Fringillidae
Hawaiian Honeycreepers

ʻAlawī (Hawaiʻi Creeper)

Loxops mana
Endangered
Decreasing
9,300
Fringillidae
Marbled Murrelet in flight. Photo by Deborah Freeman

Marbled Murrelet

Brachyramphus marmoratus
Endangered
Decreasing
240,000–280,000
Murres & Murrelets
Purple Quail-Dove. Photo by John Mills, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Purple Quail-Dove

Geotrygon purpurata
Endangered
Decreasing
600–1,700
Doves
Red-faced Parrot perched on thick branch. Photo by Lars Petersson, My World of Bird Photography, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Red-faced Parrot

Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Endangered
Fewer than 2,400
Parrots
South America
Worthen's Sparrow on cactus. Photo by Antonio Hidalgo.

Worthen's Sparrow

Spizella wortheni
Endangered
Decreasing
250–999
Sparrows
Yellow Cardinal by Tony Tilford, Shutterstock

Yellow Cardinal

Gubernatrix cristata
Endangered
Decreasing
1,000 - 2,000
Tanagers