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The plan establishes a coordinated, science-based global framework to protect all 26 species of bustards. The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology provided life history data from Birds of the World and photos from the Macaulay Library.
In April 2026, a group of avian biology experts convened at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Cornell Lab) to discuss shared goals and visions for large-scale avian traits datasets amid the urgency of avian conservation.
On expedition in Chad, a team of birders stopped for a lark, found sparrows and then a bird not seen for nearly a century…
Birds of the World is a powerful resource that brings deep, scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds. Every bird has a story. Discover them all with Birds of the World.
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Text: Take a deep dive into the remarkable world of birds with:
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Text: Birds of the World brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology:
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The IUCN (2025) Red List is based on a different taxonomy than Birds of the World. As such, we can only display conservation status for taxa where the two taxonomies match at the species level. For all unmatched taxa, the conservation status is "Unknown".
A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.
