Author Archives: Thang Nguyen

This post ranks bird countries species around all Asia Total number of bird species in Asia and Rank of diversity of bird Note, this data from Birdlife International dates to July 2019 and could be add by recently year Country / region Bird species count Rank Threatened bird species (2018) Indonesia 1,711 1 160 China […]

The birds of Asia are diverse. The avifauna of Asia includes a total of 3827 species. The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements‘ Birds of the World: A Checklist, 2021 edition. Taxonomic changes are on-going. As more research is gathered from studies of distribution, behaviour, and DNA, the order and number of families and species may change. Furthermore, different approaches […]

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International. There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological […]

By Russell McLendon Published October 22, 2019 Wind turbines are an important source of clean, renewable energy. They’re one of the fastest-growing power sources in the U.S., outpacing even natural gas. Unfortunately, they also sometimes kill birds and bats. So the purpose of this post will talk about how can we can protect bats and birds from […]