endangered Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Parrot poaching in Peru and Ecuador

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2023-06-06T14:25:56+00:008 Jun 2023|bird-human interactions, early-career researcher, ECR, endangered, fieldwork, morphology, Neotropics, parrot, populations, Psittaciformes, road ecology, survey|

Preferred species poached far beyond their abundances in the wild

A Fairy Tern tale

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-05-03T07:06:41+00:004 May 2023|Conservation, diversification, DNA sequencing, endangered, gene flow, genetic diversity, island birds, population divergence, Seabirds|

What is the genetic status of the New Zealand population?

Extremely low genetic diversity in the Seychelles Magpie-Robin

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-02-28T12:43:54+00:009 Mar 2023|Conservation, DNA sequencing, endangered, genetic diversity, island birds, population recovery, re-introduction|

New genetic techniques can inform future translocations.

Humans, conservation and endangered species

By Jon Morant|2021-11-15T10:35:16+00:0025 Oct 2021|breeding success, collaboration, Conservation, early-career researcher, ECR, endangered, People, raptors, scavengers, soaring birds|

Improving coexistence between endangered species and humans in anthropogenic landscapes

Hyacinth Macaw conservation in the Brazilian Pantanal

By Maxwell R. Oliveira|2021-08-03T12:05:44+00:0019 Jul 2021|Bird Protection, cavity nesting, distribution, endangered, grassland, parrot, population structure, protected areas, threatened species, wetlands|

Habitat loss and lack of protected areas threaten the iconic Hyacinth Macaw

Lacking knowledge is threatening kiwi diversity

By Malin Undin|2021-04-21T11:31:24+00:0022 Apr 2021|Conservation, endangered, endemic, genetic diversity, population recovery|

What is the genetic key to long-term sustainable kiwi management?

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 (he/him)|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?