You may have noticed it. The chill in the air. The leaves crunching under your feet on your morning walk. Pumpkin spice proliferating on menus and grocery store shelves. Fall — or as many call it, “spooky season,” — has officially arrived.  For birds, fall can certainly be a spooky time of year. Many species … Read More>>

Developed by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) in partnership with NatureServe and Habitats of North America authors Iain Campbell and Philip Chaon, The WatchList of Terrestrial and Freshwater Bird Habitats of the U.S. and Canada — the Habitats WatchList — offers a new way to categorize, map, and assess risk for bird habitats. For decades, species … Read More>>

“That special bird, which has always been in our community, we've known it since we were children, although we didn't know it was called Palkachupa,” says Eduardo Cuajera Cordero, an Indigenous leader from the Leco de Chirimayo community in Apolo, Bolivia. For him, as for many in his community, the Palkachupa Cotinga (Phibalura boliviana) wasn't … Read More>>

In a significant move to preserve Hawaiʻi Island's fragile ecosystems and honor Native Hawaiian cultural values, the Hawaiʻi County Council passed Bill 51, the legislation prohibiting the feeding of feral and stray animals such as cats, pigs, goats, and chickens on all County-owned or managed properties. Bill 51 focuses on public spaces, including County parks, … Read More>>

Global Bird Rescue, a week that shines the spotlight on the catastrophic toll of window collisions, kicks off on September 22. Through September 28, FLAP Canada invites everyone to join American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and countless other bird conservation groups and members of the public around the world to rescue and document wild birds that … Read More>>

Johnston Atoll is a tiny speck in the Pacific Ocean — approximately 1,400 kilometers southwest of Hawaiʻi. For most people, it's just a name lost in the blue expanse of the map. But for over a million seabirds, among the most endangered groups of birds in the world, Johnston Atoll is something else entirely: home. … Read More>>

While the U.S. federal government fuels and funds bird conservation work, American Bird Conservancy's advocacy goes beyond the halls of Congress. We take on strategic issues in state legislatures, where we find opportunities to advance bird and habitat conservation in meaningful, powerful ways. This is especially important at a time when federal policies move slowly, … Read More>>

Bursting with dazzling photographs and contributions from celebrated conservationists, Birds of the Tropical Andes, out July 8, 2025 by Princeton University Press, showcases the wonder and incredible diversity of Andean birds and the unique habitats they depend on. In their latest collaboration, Michael J. Parr, President of American Bird Conservancy (ABC), and renowned bird photographer … Read More>>

The U.S. federal government plays a huge role in bird conservation. Federal agencies are among American Bird Conservancy's (ABC) most important partners, managing large swaths of public lands and waters, providing funding, and administering programs that restore habitats, reduce hazards to birds, recover threatened and endangered species, and much more.  Congress is currently making decisions … Read More>>

In a race to protect rare Hawaiian honeycreepers from extinction, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and members of the multi-agency Birds, Not Mosquitoes (BNM) partnership have started using drones to combat deadly avian malaria, spread by non-native mosquitoes. The drones are expected to expedite an innovative solution to this urgent threat: They deliver non-biting, lab-reared male … Read More>>