endangered Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Draft obituary for the Masked Finfoot?

By Graham Appleton|2021-03-31T12:48:15+00:005 Apr 2021|Bird Protection, bird-human interactions, endangered, habitat degradation, hunting pressure, persecution, protected areas, wetlands|

A maximum of 300 Masked Finfoots in ten countries

Illegal bird killing persists in eastern Spain

By Jorge Crespo|2021-02-09T09:41:36+00:0015 Feb 2021|Bird Protection, birds of prey, endangered, hunting pressure, illegal killing|

Persecution of protected species is declining, but is still a problem

Hidden losses deep in Amazonia

By Vitek Jirinec|2021-01-19T10:36:05+00:0025 Jan 2021|climate change, diversity, endangered, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, tropical birds|

Sensitive birds are disappearing from what should be intact rainforest

Bird trade in Japan

By Jente Ottenburghs|2020-12-15T16:58:28+00:0012 Dec 2019|Bird Protection, birds of prey, endangered, News, parrot, trade|

Which species are most popular and where do they come from?

#ORNITHOLODAY | 3 July 2019

By Dr Nicola Hemmings|2020-12-15T17:49:46+00:0023 Jun 2019|eggs, endangered, oology, population dynamics, population recovery, populations, Science, threatened species|

The implications of egg failure for threatened bird species

Chasing isotope ‘ghosts’

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-10-09T08:46:01+00:009 Oct 2017|Conservation, endangered, feathers, fieldwork, stable isotopes, waders|

Where do Slender-billed Curlews breed?

Diet of a threatened island pigeon

By Steve Dudley|2016-04-11T07:30:52+00:0011 Apr 2016|diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, ecology, endangered, foraging, islands birds, pigeon|

Foraging strategy of the Red-headed Wood Pigeon in disturbed islands

Evolutionary distinctiveness of the Seychelles Black Parrot

By Steve Dudley|2016-03-21T07:30:28+00:0021 Mar 2016|endangered, evolution, Genetics, parrot, population dynamics|

Conserving an endangered island parrot

The plight of the Egyptian Vulture . . .

By Steve Dudley|2016-01-25T08:00:01+00:0025 Jan 2016|behaviour, Bird Protection, Breeding, communal, Conservation, Disturbance, endangered, nesting, population dynamics, raptors, roost, Science|

. . . and hopes for the future