{"id":50461,"date":"2021-12-21T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=50461"},"modified":"2024-11-09T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T19:32:34","slug":"european-study-shows-bird-declines-similar-to-north-americas-3-billion-birds-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/european-study-shows-bird-declines-similar-to-north-americas-3-billion-birds-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"European Study Shows Bird Declines Similar to North America's 3 Billion Birds Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n              <figure class=\"size-large alignnone\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-1280x822.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-720x462.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-1280x822.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351-480x308.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HSparrow-Pulawski-204653351.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"House Sparrow in Scotland. Photo by Lukasz Pulawski\/Macaulay Library.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n                <figcaption>In a new study of bird population trends in the European Union, the House Sparrow was one of the biggest decliners. House Sparrows, which are a native species in Europe, have declined by 50% since 1980. The one here was spotted in Edinburgh, Scotland. <em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/asset\/204653351\">Lukasz Pulawski\/Macaulay Library<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n              <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style alignright\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-1280x720.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/STBeeeater-pohlen189329381-FI.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"Living Bird Winter 2022 cover image - Swallow-tailed Bee-eater by Zak Pohlen\/Macaulay Library.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Winter 2022\u2014Table of Contents<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><small>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2022-table-of-contents\">Winter 2022<\/a> issue of <em>Living Bird<\/em> magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/14522\/donate\/1\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>In November the journal <em>Ecology and Evolution<\/em> published research showing that <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.8282\">bird populations across the European Union have declined by nearly 20%<\/a> since 1980. The declines amount to about 600 million breeding birds lost in Europe over the past four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The European study\u2014by scientists from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, and the Czech Society for Ornithology\u2014echoes findings published in the journal <em>Science<\/em> in 2019 that showed North America <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/vanishing-1-in-4-birds-gone\/\">has lost 3 billion breeding birds since 1970<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group legacy-sidebar sidebar-alignright has-lightgray-background-color has-background\">\n<h4>Reference<\/h4>\n<p>Burns, F., et al. 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.8282\">Abundance decline in the avifauna of the European Union reveals cross-continental similarities in biodiversity change<\/a>. <em>Ecology and Evolution<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.8282<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both studies showed big declines among birds that breed in farmlands and grasslands, as well as long-distance migratory birds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe annual rates of bird loss in the European study are remarkably similar to the rate of decline in the 3 billion birds lost paper,\u201d said Ian Owens, director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Owens is a native of North Yorkshire, England. \u201cBoth studies show a decline of 0.5% per year in population size, which may not initially sound like much, but it adds up to devastating losses across a human lifetime. It\u2019s ecological collapse on an unprecedented scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need transformative action across society to tackle the nature and climate change crises together,\u201d said Fiona Burns, lead author of the European study and RSPB senior conservation scientist. \u201cThat means \u00a0increasing the scale and ambition of nature-friendly farming, species protection, sustainable forestry and fisheries, and rapidly expanding the protected area network.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Winter 2022 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In November the journal Ecology and Evolution published research showing that bird populations across the European Union have declined<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/european-study-shows-bird-declines-similar-to-north-americas-3-billion-birds-lost\/\" title=\"ReadEuropean Study Shows Bird Declines Similar to North America&#8217;s 3 Billion Birds Lost\">&#8230; Read more 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