threats dri vi n g
declines
BirdLife systematically
evaluates the threats facing
globally threatened bird
species as part of its work
assessing avian extinction risk
for the IUCN Red List. This
provides an important insight
into the principal drivers not
only of bird extinction, but of
the biodiversity crisis more
widely. In turn, this informs
our conservation strategies
and approaches.
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1091
74%
493 146
Livestock Wood & Pulp
Plantations
996
Aquaculture
Crops
Agriculture
734
50% 611
Logging Subsisience/
Small Scale
578
39%
267
Large Scale
374
Invasive Species
154 98 83 45
Bird Micro-
Organism/
Diseases Plant Insect
Mammal
25 11
Reptile Fish
517
35%
Hunting & Trapping
485
33% 344
Climate Change &
Severe Weather Habitat Shifting
& Alteration
405
28%
1,469
GLOBALLY
THREATENED
BIRD SPECIES
Residential &
Commercial
Development
137
30
63
Droughts
Storms &
Flooding
294 108 84
Housing &
Urban Areas Commercial
& Industrial
Areas Tourism &
Recreation
Areas
21
Other Temperature
Extremes
Impacts
271
18%
Fire & Fire
Supression
259
18% 218
Energy Production
& Mining Mining &
Quarrying
33 24
Renewable
Energy Oil & gas
Drilling
220
15% 186 37
Transport &
Sevice Corridors Roads &
Railroads Utility &
Service
Lines
9
Shipping
Lanes
11
213
14% 146
Pollution Agricultural &
Forestry Effluents
10 8 8
Light
Pollution Airbourne
Pollutants Garbage &
Solid Wastes
65
Oil Spills & Domestic &
Industrial Urban Waste
Water
Effluents
193
13% 104 98
Human
Disturbance Work Recreational
Activities
14
War
122
8%
Dams & Water
Management
95
6%
Fisheries
63
4%
Gathering
Terrestrial Plants
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