Threats to Birds

The American Bird Conservancy has excellent information on the many threats that birds face from habitat loss and degradation to cats to window collisions. The ABC also has information on solutions to these and other problems. Rather than repeat this information here, please visit their website by following the links.

• Habitat Loss

• Cats and other Invasives

  Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird’s No. 1 Enemy

• Collisions (with windows, buildings, vehicles)

• Fisheries

• Climate Change

• Pesticides and toxic materials

• Lack of Resources

• Extinction