Summary

Birds around the world are in trouble. Their populations have suffered major declines in the last 50 years.

What does the latest research tell us about the causes of these declines? What are the biggest threats to our most vulnerable bird species?

You can probably guess some of the answers, but you might be surprised by some of what you learn in this episode.

We’ll cover the top five major threats in some detail.

Links to Some Things Mentioned in this Episode

• Birdlife International
• State of the World's Birds 2018
• WWF report 2020
• IUCN Red List
• List of Bird Species that have gone extinct since 1500
• Global Footprint Network

Research Citations

• Decline of the North American Avifauna (Rosenberg et al. 2019. Science)
• How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented? (Bolam et al. 2020. Conservation Letters)

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