Insectivorous birds consume an estimated 400 500 million tons . . . of insectivorous birds in suppressing potentially harmful insect pests on a global scale—especially in forested areas Keywords Arthropods Avifauna Breedingseason Globalimpact Insectpests Predation Introduction Birds, represented by nearly 10,700 species, are found across the world in all major terrestrial biomes Accordingly, they
One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate the loss of plant and animal species by 2070 data from 538 species and 581 sites around the world They focused on plant
Landmark study reveals new ‘Tree of Life’ for all birds . . . Our study also confirms a close relationship between two of the most familiar groups of birds in Australia, the passerines (songbirds and relatives) and parrots These popular birds dominate the Australian Bird of the Year polls Songbirds make up nearly 50% of all bird species and include birds like magpies, finches, honeyeaters and fairywrens
Feathered geniuses: Birds are much smarter than we think Some bird species do, but they represent only a tiny fraction of the world’s 10,000 species of bird Parrots, corvids and Australian magpies top the list of imaginative players, although scientists keep finding other species to include
eBird Science Every year the eBird Status and Trends project updates the maps with millions of new observations submitted by eBirders This year, the team modeled relative abundance for 868 additional species across the globe using data from 464,542 eBirders—bringing the total number of species with visualizations to 2,068
We are only aware of 10,000 species of birds. Given that fac . . . An ornithologist would likely direct their research towards areas where bird species have not been extensively studied or documented These regions often include remote and difficult-to-access areas such as tropical rainforests, mountainous terrains, islands, and parts of South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa
Argentavis - Wikipedia The type species, A magnificens, is sometimes called the giant teratorn Argentavis was among the largest flying birds to ever exist, holding the record for heaviest flying bird, although it was surpassed in wingspan after the 2014 description of Pelagornis sandersi, which is estimated to have possessed wings some 20% longer than those of