How the Farm Bill Works for Birds
Today, the Farm Bill impacts conservation actions across millions of acres, and is a vital resource in the effort to address the crisis facing North American birds.
ABC works to conserve birds and their habitats across the Americas.
See how our world-renowned conservation programs are bringing birdlife back to natural habitats in North and South America.
30+ years of taking bold action for birds and their habitats.
For more than 30 years, American Bird Conservancy has been taking bold action for birds and their habitats across the Americas. Working with a vast network of partners, and thanks to the generous support of bird enthusiasts like you, ABC has conserved more than 3,000 bird species and 10 millions of acres of habitat.
8+ million trees and shrubs
ABC helps to improve bird habitat across the Americas through planting and restoration projects.
1.1 million acres in reserves
ABC collaborates with partners across the Americas to protect species from extinction by safeguarding habitats in reserves.
Three thousand bird species
The ABC-supported reserve system benefits thousands of bird species through habitat conservation and restoration.
11+ million acres conserved
ABC works with partners including the Migratory Bird Joint Ventures to manage habitat and reverse bird population declines.
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Birds call. You can answer.
From adopting bird-saving practices in your own backyard to donating toward conservation action projects across the Americas, your commitment helps conserve healthy habitats for birds across the western hemisphere.
Meet the birds we're working to conserve.
Learn about the natural history and conservation issues facing bird species throughout the Americas.
Explore the Bird LibraryFeatured Birds
Explore the Bird Library
Learn more: 'I'iwi
Forest
'I'iwi
The eye-catching ʻIʻiwi (pronounced "ee-EE-vee") was once one of the Hawaiian Islands' most common forest birds.
Learn more: Western Kingbird
Grassland
Western Kingbird
The Western Kingbird, as its name implies, can be found across a wide area of the western United States and southern Canada. This colorful counterpart of the Eastern Kingbird is a member of the tyrant flycatcher family, a huge group of birds that includes species ranging from the fiery little Vermillion Flycatcher of the American Southwest to the Cock-tailed Tyrant, a resident of South American savannas.
Learn more: American Robin
Urban & Suburban
American Robin
The American Robin is one of North America’s most widespread, familiar, and well-loved songbirds. Although homesick settlers named it after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, the two species are not closely related.
Learn more: Double-crested Cormorant
Aquatic
Double-crested Cormorant
The big, black Double-crested Cormorant is a common waterbird of lakes and shorelines throughout North America.
Learn more: Yellow Cardinal
Arid
Yellow Cardinal
The beautiful Yellow Cardinal is the only member of its genus, Gubernatrix (governess), a name based on the Latin word gubernare, which means to command or direct.
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Habitat is home.
Scientists have identified that habitat loss is the biggest overall driver of bird declines. Learn about the habitats we focus on, and the threats they face in ABC’s habitat library.
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Osprey Breeding Crisis Demands Stronger Protections for Atlantic Menhaden, Says American Bird Conservancy
As fisheries officials from Atlantic Coast states prepare to gather in Rhode Island for their annual meeting, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is calling on them to heed warning signs in the Chesapeake Bay and saltwater habitats along the Atlantic Coast, where scientific evidence links declining avai...
New Study Identifies Key Conservation Areas That Could Prevent the Extinction of Latin America’s Most Threatened Birds
A new study from researchers at American Bird Conservancy (ABC) assessing habitat protections for Latin America’s most threatened bird species identifies an achievable opportunity to strengthen conservation measures and improve outcomes. The paper, published today in Bird Conservation Internationa...
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For many, birding and the outdoors offer a welcome respite. But for others, just getting into nature can be surprisingly challenging, especially for the estimated one in five Americans who are neurodiverse and navigate a world rarely designed with them in mind.
Action for Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay Can’t Wait
The recovery of the Osprey, a wide-ranging raptor of waterways and bays on every continent but Antarctica, is one of the great conservation success stories of the 20th century. Today, DDT is gone, but a new threat — the disappearance of the main food source for chicks — has led to a dramatic dec...
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