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Source: February 08, 2022 · David Wiedenfeld | https://abcbirds.org/ In recent years, there has been a Taxonomic Revolution in ornithology, causing a surprise to long-time birders and ornithologists, such as myself. The Summer Tanagers in my neighborhood, once considered tanagers, are now identified as grosbeaks. Moreover, blackbirds and orioles, which were once placed near the end of […]

Most Endemic Bird Areas are in the tropics and important for other biodiversity too A total of 218 Endemic Bird Areas has been identified across the world, the majority in the tropics and subtropics. There is good congruence between global patterns of bird endemism, as shown by Endemic Bird Areas, and those shown by other […]

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 […]