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There are approximately 400 endangered bird species in the world today. The bird habitat is getting smaller, despite increased government protection . Many bird species are reaching dangerously low numbers. Scores of bird species have become extinct in the past, far more than the current amount of existing bird species.

Through habitat destruction, the introduction of non-native species, and deliberate hunting, we endanger many species. In the last 280 years, 42 species and 44 subspecies of birds are known to have become extinct.

For more information about birds in different parts of the world, just follow one of the links under 'Read more about'.

Examples of endangered birds


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Africa
Habitat loss and degradation are threats African birds have to deal with.
America
Air pollution and human activities are the threats birds have to deal with in America.
Asia
The majority of Asian birds lives in forrests. These forrests are threatened by conversion to other land-uses and overexploitation. Therefor the birds are threatened by the same dangers.
Carribean
Carrabean birds are threatened by erosion of pristine habitats and illegal trade of the birds.
Europe
Hunting and economic development are the majority of the causes that lead to death of birds in Europe.
Pacific
On the pacific, habitat destruction and 'invasive alien species' are the larges threats.
Seabirds
Two threats to seabirds are longline fishing and oil spills.

News about birds

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Years of smoking associated with lower Parkinson's risk, not number of cigarettes per day - Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of the disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not reduce the risk.

If bonobo Kanzi can point as humans do, what other similarities can rearing reveal? - You may have more in common with Kanzi, Panbanisha and Nyota, three language-competent bonobos living at Great Ape Trust, than you thought. And those similarities, right at your fingertip, might one day tell scientists more about the effect of culture on neurological disorders that limit human expression. A recently published pointing study supports the assertion that the success of language studies with bonobos is tied to rearing.

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Inventing new oat and barley breads - Scientists are working on a delicious new all-oat or all-barley bread.