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 Two birds lost to science, the Sira Barbet and Peruvian Solitaire, were recently observed in Peru during an expedition led by the NGO GECO Nature in July 2024. The isolated … Read More>>

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 protection, including the Antioquia Brushfinch, Cundinamarca Antpitta, and Glittering Starfrontlet. With … Read More>>

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 the ESA is always a last … Read More>>

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 alighting on a branch, the joy of catching a well-camouflaged Brown Creeper circling a tree trunk, and the sweet sounds of sparrows and … Read More>>

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, also referred to as appropriations, is kind of like the phenomenon of migration: It happens reliably, year after year, a feat that can seem miraculous. It can also be … Read More>>

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 you're filled with a sense of optimism and enthusiastically filling the pages of a … Read More>>

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 ensure the conservation of the Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys), an endemic and Critically Endangered species. The process of … Read More>>

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 conservation milestones from the last 30 years. 1. Washington, D.C. Our … Read More>>

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 of this story here.  Forest Jewels … Read More>>

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 than 3,000 bird species. We'd love … Read More>>