Tropical Forests: Hot, Humid Biodiversity Powerhouses
Located along the equator, tropical forests are the most biodiverse habitats in the world. The relative stability of these lush habitats, where temperatures rarely fluctuate and rainfall remains steady or cyclical, creates the perfect conditions for life to flourish. And does it ever! Despite coveri...
Temperate Forests: Conserving Vital Bird Habitat in Any Season
Life in temperate forests, located midway between the equator and the North or South Pole, changes with the seasons, with plants and animals having evolved to endure cold and snowy winters, sticky and hot summers, and everything in between. This is precious habitat for birds. Temperate forests susta...
Boreal Beginnings: North America’s Bird Nursery
While the boreal forest is the endpoint for migration for hundreds of the Western Hemisphere’s migratory bird species, it is also the place where millions of birds’ lives begin each year. Nearly every Blackpoll Warbler’s journey starts when it hatches in the boreal forest, the largest intact f...
Filling the Gaps in Bird Conservation
To prevent the extinction of Latin America’s most threatened birds, ABC aims to ensure that each of the species most at risk has at least one well-managed protected area that safeguards a minimal amount of habitat sufficient for survival. Accomplishing this requires asking (and answering) question...
Keeping Watch
“Habitat is the foundation of bird conservation — no bird can survive without the right amount of the right kind of habitat, and habitat degradation is a leading driver of the massive species declines we have seen in recent decades," said Parr. “We saw a need for a system that could tell us wh...
Habitats WatchList Identifies Most Threatened Bird Habitats Throughout North America
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 a...
Red-crested Cardinal
The Red-crested Cardinal is sometimes called the Brazilian Cardinal, a nod to its South American distribution.
