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China’s rarest bird discovered wintering in Indonesia

Thursday, December 30, 2010

A wintering Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini has been seen and photographed in Pulau Lusaolate, north Seram, Indonesia, representing the first record of the species outside the breeding season for over 70 years.

Supporters rally to save Europe’s rarest seabird

Thursday, December 16, 2010

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During the summer of 2010, forest fires ravaged parts of Madeira, a Portuguese island and home to Europe’s rarest seabird, Zino’s Petrel. However, BirdLife supporters around the world rallied to help.

Spoony needs your vote!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used by one of the world’s oddest and most appealing waterbirds is to receive support from Disney’s Friends for Change initiative.

The World’s Rarest runs follow-up photo competition

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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The World’s Rarest project team is delighted to report a fantastic response to The World's Rarest Birds Photo Competition which closed at the end of August.

Ethiopian surveys find high densities of Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco but highlight threats

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Ethiopian surveys find high densities of Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco but highlight threats

Recent surveys of Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco suggest that rates of habitat change have been very fast in the northern part of the species’s range, where large areas have been converted to agriculture and plantations of exotic trees.

Dinara unravels mystery of Eastern Flyway

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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Dinara unravels mystery of Eastern Flyway

After an absence of transmissions from our satellite tagged birds for several weeks, a new transmission just received from Dinara is very welcome news and marks another important milestone in our growing understanding of the complexity of Sociable Lapwing migration. Two transmissions recorded on November 13th confirm Dinara has now arrived in central Pakistan, in the Indus floodplain not far from Shujaabad.

Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

On October 10th, 554 Sociable Lapwings were located in central eastern Turkey - the largest flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings encountered so far this autumn marking the discovery of an important new staging site.

Now or never: action to stop impending extinctions is announced

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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Developing countries will be in a better position to halt the extinction of species that are hanging by a very thin thread, under a new partnership sponsored by the Global Environment Facility.

Nature’s backbone at risk

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according to a study launched at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD, in Nagoya, Japan

Emblem of the dry forests

Friday, October 15, 2010

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Continuing the series of educational materials for schools in the Americas, this poster-sized fact file highlights the Critically Endangered White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis), found only in the dry forests of northern Peru, within the Tumbesian region.

Emblema de los bosques secos

Friday, October 15, 2010

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Fichas informativas sobre aves amenazadas y migratorias Siguiendo con la serie de materiales para colegios en las Américas, esta ficha destaca a la Pava aliblanca (Penelope albipennis), que solamente se encuentra en los bosques secos del norte de Perú, dentro de la región tumbesina. El Programa para Prevenir Extinciones de BirdLife implementa proyectos educativos para [...]

Un símbolo para Quito – colibrí de los altos andes

Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Un símbolo para Quito – colibrí de los altos andes

Fichas informativas sobre aves amenazadas y migratorias Como parte de los materiales educativos diseñados para colegios en Sur América, presentamos una serie de afiches para celebrar el Festival Mundial de las Aves en octubre. Las siete fichas informativas, con formato de afiche, resaltan logros de conservación además de la situación de siete especies amenazadas o [...]

Dinara springs double surprise

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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After more than a month without word, Dinara (a Sociable Lapwing) sprung a double surprise today when we received not only a new transmission with details of her current location but also confirmation that she is in southern Uzbekistan!

A symbol for Quito – hummingbird of the high Andes

Friday, October 1, 2010

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As part of education materials for schools in South America, a series of posters has been produced to celebrate World Bird Festival in October. The seven poster size fact sheets highlight conservation achievements as well as the plight of seven threatened or migratory species in the Americas.