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The World’s Rarest Birds photo competition winners announced and book launched

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The winners of the second international photo competition run by The World’s Rarest Birds book project have been announced and the book launched

UK’s most exotic natural treasures under threat from ‘legal neglect’

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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A first-ever analysis of the environmental laws across all 14 of the UK’s Overseas Territories has been published and presented to the British Government.

Saving Asia’s rarest bunting

Thursday, June 14, 2012

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Rufous-backed Bunting was once common on grassland but because of conversion of its breeding habitat to farmland it was uplisted to Endangered in 2010; making it Asia’s rarest bunting.

Beck’s pulls in at the petrel station

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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A BirdLife International survey in southern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, has encountered the largest single aggregation of Critically Endangered Beck’s Petrel ever recorded.

Threat to the Amazon’s birds greater than ever, Red List update reveals

Thursday, June 7, 2012

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The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List update for birds released by BirdLife International.

Monitoring birds in Montserrat’s Centre Hills

Monday, April 16, 2012

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Forestry staff from Montserrat’s Department of Environment are currently in the field conducting the annual bird monitoring exercise to determine the bird populations in the island’s Centre Hills Important Bird Area.

Grey-crowned Crocias crops-up in new location

Monday, April 2, 2012

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One of the rarest birds in Vietnam, has just been discovered at a new location in Kon Tum Province significantly extending its known global range and offering hope that the species may not be as threatened with extinction as scientists fear.

National assessment shows Australians must work abroad to save their birds

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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National assessment shows Australians must work abroad to save their birds

A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia’s birds.

Get Angry – Fight Extinction!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

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Rovio Entertainment Ltd has launched a remarkable new Angry Birds campaigning website today in support of The BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme.

Music and Migration II : a musical appeal to stop illegal bird killing in Malta

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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Music and Migration II : a musical appeal to stop illegal bird killing in Malta

UK/DK Music label 'Second Language' releases Music and Migration II in support of BirdLife Malta's campaign against illegal bird killing

Threatened whistling-ducks arrive at Woodbourne, Barbados

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Flooding at BirdLife's Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge in Barbados reduced the amount of suitable stop-over habitat for shorebirds this autumn, but this proved good for ducks and in September, two globally threatened West Indian Whistling-ducks turned up - the first time the species has been on the island for 50 years.

For lovebirds everywhere

Friday, September 30, 2011

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Birdlife International has teamed up with the Good Gifts Catalogue to raise funds for Lilian’s Lovebirds Agapornis lilianae in Malawi.

‘State of Nepal’s Birds’ launched

Monday, September 26, 2011

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A major new report has been published entitled State of Nepal’s Birds 2010. Produced by Bird Conservation Nepal and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.