North America's bird populations are rapidly shrinking, and new research suggests the losses are accelerating in places once ...

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WASHINGTON — At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published March 6.

North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a new study leveraging citizen science data for nearly 500 bird species.

But a change is coming. On Nov. 1, 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced that it will rename 152 bird species that have names honoring historical figures.

Earth8 Why dozens of bird species will see their names changed this year The name change will be coming to many North American birds with human names like Anna’s Hummingbird and Harris’s Hawk.

Analysis of nearly 500 bird species across North America has found that three-quarters are declining across their ranges, with two-thirds of the total shrinking significantly.

Three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, a recent study found. But unlike the mass extinctions that killed off the dinosaurs, this one is driven by us.

229 out of 718 bird species in the U.S. are now classified as high or moderate conservation concerns, according to the 2025 State of the Birds report.

Those showed 35 of the same species declined regionally and across the continent. Hagan said it's not clear why there is an increased abundance in Maine's North Woods but he and other researchers ...

Defining a species is, like any other scientific endeavor, subject to revision as we learn more. The provisional nature of taxonomy is surely evident in birds. The American Ornithological Society ...

Either way, many early accounts of the North American species simply call these birds “Snipes.” This is the name Alexander Wilson, for whom the bird is named, himself used in his account of them.