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Threatened bird of
the day:
Aug 8, 2008
Flame-breasted Fruit-dove
Ptilinopus marchei

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BirdLife Games event - Diving

08-08-2008: Birds are amazing athletes. Today’s BirdLife Games event is Diving. Can you spot which of the following birds has been recorded diving to a depth of 540m? More »


Other News

Birdfair finds Spoon-billed champion
05-08-2008: WildSounds, the leading international wildlife book and sound guide supplier, has become the latest Species Champion to support the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme More »

'Net losses' for South African seabirds
06-08-2008: A study of trawl fishing in South Africa suggests that around 18,000 seabirds may be killed annually in this fishery, highlighting trawl fisheries as a major threat to seabirds, especially several species of albatross already facing a risk of extinction... More »

Birders records boost Abu Dhabi’s environmental database
04-08-2008: The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates Bird Records Committee have signed an agreement to share nearly a quarter of a million reports of wild birds seen in the United Arab Emirates since the late 1960s... More »

Marine reserve on home straight
31-07-2008: Wellington’s south coast marine reserve came a step closer recently with its formal announcement. The ‘Taputeranga Marine Reserve’ will be opened officially next month; 17 years after Forest & Bird first started campaigning for it... More »

Bullfinch benefits from Guardian
30-07-2008: A recent survey suggests that the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch is benefitting from the work of its Species Guardian More »

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Think Pink - save Africa's flamingos
BirdLife's position statement on the proposed Lake Natron soda ash development. More »

BirdLife News Round-up: July 2008
The Olympic Games are about to start in Beijing. However, some of the world's greatest athletes are birds. Celebrating the amazing achievements of birds, this month we’ll be running the BirdLife Games... More »

Price of power
A ubiquitous part of modern life, electricity and the infrastructure that provide it have devastating effects on several bird species. More »

 

 

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