Back BirdLife International Afrikaans جمعية الطيور العالمية Arabic BirdLife International AST BirdLife International Byelorussian Бърдлайф Интернешънъл Bulgarian बर्डलाइफ इंटरनेशनल Bihari বার্ডলাইফ ইন্টারন্যাশনাল Bengali/Bangla BirdLife International Catalan BirdLife International Czech BirdLife International Danish
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| Formation | June 20, 1922 |
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| Type | INGO |
| Purpose | Conservation |
| Headquarters |  Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Region served | Worldwide |
Chairman | Dr Mike Rands[1] |
CEO | Martin Harper[1] |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | International Council for Bird Preservation |
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.[2] BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide.
It has a membership of more than 2.5 million people across 116 country partner organizations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, the National Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy.[3]
BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List authority for birds.[4][5] As of 2015,[update] BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of the total) are threatened with extinction (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable).[6]
BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, BirdLife: The Magazine, which contains recent news and authoritative articles about birds and their conservation,[7][8] and publishes its official journal Bird Conservation International with Cambridge University Press.[9]
- ^ a b "Who we are - BirdLife International". BirdLife International. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "BirdLife Partners". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ BirdLife International. "ABC joins the flock!". BirdLife. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Red List Authority for birds".
- ^ BirdLife International. "Sites & Habitats (IBAs and KBAs)". BirdLife. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Birds". iucn.org. 19 January 2016.
- ^ "BirdLife's World Bird Club". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ International, BirdLife. "BirdLife: The Magazine". BirdLife.
- ^ "Bird Conservation International | About this journal". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 23 May 2024.