Thanks to support from American Bird Conservancy (ABC), local Ecuador partner Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT) has expanded its reserve protecting some of the last remaining Chocó forest habitat in the world. The expansion brings the reserve's total size up to 1,546 acres (626 hectares) and will provide additional protected habitat … Read More>>

Last week, both federal and state-level public prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit to nullify licenses for the Canudos Wind Complex, a wind power project under construction in habitat essential to the survival of the Endangered Lear's Macaw. The lawsuit asserts that Environmental Impact Assessment and public hearing laws were not followed before construction began. … Read More>>

More than 15 years after it was first described by scientists and five years after its rediscovery in the wild, the Antioquia Brushfinch now has a private reserve to call its own.  The 880-acre (356.5 hectare) Antioquia Brushfinch Reserve north of Medellín, Colombia, acquired with the support of American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Conserva Aves, and … Read More>>

The issues I work on as American Bird Conservancy's (ABC's) resident pesticides guy rarely receive national attention. Imagine my shock when “chemical regulation,” “contaminant mitigation,” and, as an Ohio resident, “East Palestine on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border” became household phrases when the Norfolk Southern train derailed last month. News of the derailment was soon followed by … Read More>>

Last month, three wild-hatched Gray-breasted Parakeets took flight in a private reserve in the Aratanha Mountains in Brazil — likely the first fledglings of this species in this location in decades. This milestone seemed impossible just over a decade ago, when the species was confined to a couple of small, isolated forest fragments and on … Read More>>

The Dusky Tetraka, a small olive-colored and yellow-throated bird that hops around on the ground and has eluded ornithologists for 24 years, was rediscovered by an expedition team searching the tropical forests of northeastern Madagascar. The expedition team, led by The Peregrine Fund's Madagascar Program, found the species in two different remote sites: one on … Read More>>

ABC BirdTape, an easy, affordable, and effective way to keep birds from hitting your windows, will soon be back on the market. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has partnered with Feather Friendly® to resume offering this tape, which was first created in 2012 but has been unavailable for several years.  “We are excited to work with … Read More>>

Earlier this month, the Smithsonian Zoo and Conservation Institute launched a Bird Friendly® cacao certification, following up on a Bird Friendly® coffee certification program launched two decades ago. Now, shoppers can indulge in some of their favorite treats with the assurance that they are sourced from farms with favorable habitat for birds.  American Bird Conservancy … Read More>>

Today Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) spearheaded a regulatory filing with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of 65 nonprofit groups. The filing proposes major reforms in the way the agency regulates systemic insecticides. It focuses in particular on neonicotinoids (neonics), systemic pesticides often applied as agricultural seed … Read More>>

North America's grassland birds are disappearing at an alarming rate, with many considered to be at a conservation “tipping point.” One of the surest ways to turn the tide in their favor could be a sweeping piece of agricultural legislation known as the Farm Bill, which happens to be the single-biggest source of conservation funding … Read More>>