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Stunning Video Captures Beauty of Extremely Rare Santa Marta Sabrewing
March 27, 2024
Located in the isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains of northern Colombia, little has been known about the species as it was lost to science for 64 years before being photographed once in 2010, only to become lost again before its rediscovery in 2022 by Yurgen Vega, one of the authors of the new study.
WEBINAR. Avian phylogeny: a complete and dynamic tree of birds
BOW Team
March 23, 2024
Join us for the next Birds of the World ‘Discovery Series’ webinar Avian phylogeny: a complete and dynamic tree of birds Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 Time: 12:00 PM EST (timezone converter) Length: 1 hour Registration: Required for real-time attendance or to receive video at a later time. Our understanding of avian evolutionary relationships has […]
WEBINAR: The Red-tailed Hawk Project - developing a model system for studies in raptor ecology and evolution
BOW Team
February 27, 2024
Over the past 4 yrs, The Red-tailed Hawk Project has captured and sampled more than 400 hawks from 7 of the 16 described subspecies and deployed over 100 tracking units. In this webinar, Bryce Robinson, PhD Candidate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will share what the project has learned from these efforts, and what they hope to learn moving forward.
VIDEO: Unraveling the mysterious life histories of storm-petrels - the world's smallest seabirds
BOW Team
February 1, 2024
In this webinar, FERNANDO MEDRANO, the assistant director of the Chilean NGO called Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile, presented an in-depth overview on what is known and yet unknown about the storm-petrels of the world.
BOW welcomes Aves Uruguay as content partner
BOW Team
January 29, 2024
We are happy to announce that Aves Uruguay, the leading organization for the study and conservation of birds in Uruguay, has joined the global Birds of the World partner network.
2024 y más allá: hitos, planes y nuestro propósito de conservación
BOW Team
January 9, 2024
A medida que Birds of the World se acerca al cierre de nuestro cuarto año (!), tenemos muchas buenas noticias que informar sobre cómo la plataforma se ha expandido y adaptado a nuevas oportunidades. ¡A continuación presentamos más detalles!
2024 and Beyond: Milestones, Plans, and our Conservation Purpose
BOW Team
January 9, 2024
As Birds of the World inches towards the close of our fourth year (!), we have much good news to report about how the project has developed, expanded, and adapted to new opportunities. Please read on for details! Â
WEBINAR: Life history of the endemic Black Falcon of Australia by Dr. Steve Debus
BOW Team
December 13, 2023
Our next webinar will feature Dr. Steve Debus, an ornithologist and raptor expert from New South Wales, Australia to discuss the Black Falcon, a widespread but uncommon and little-studied raptor endemic to Australia.
VIDEO: Overview of the 2023 eBird/Clements taxonomy update
BOW Team
November 1, 2023
Three avian taxonomy experts from eBird and Birds of the World convened for a discussion of the recent updates to the eBird/Clements checklist. The team provided an in-depth overview of the 2023 taxonomy updates and recent efforts to standardize bird taxonomy across all major global checklists.
2023 eBird taxonomy update - Complete
October 12, 2023
The 2023 annual eBird taxonomy update includes 3 newly-described species, 124 species gained because of splits, and 16 species lost through lumps, resulting in a net gain of 111 species and a new total of 11,017 species worldwide. Please visit eBird for a complete summary of the year’s updates.
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