Birds of North America under threat from climate change – in pictures
Warming temperatures are reducing the range of several of North America’s iconic birds, including United States’ national bird the bald eagle, affecting over 300 species and pushing many towards extinction
A bald eagle flies from its nest as an eaglet looks on at Gray’s Lake Park in Des Moines, Iowa. The US national bird, once considered a conservation success, faces losing 75% of its range by 2080. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/APBaltimore oriole, a familiar sight in backyards, could become rarer. Photograph: William Leaman/AlamyThe wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) is also vulnerable to changing climate. Photograph: Alan Murphy/ BIA/CorbisCommon loon (Gavia immer), nesting with its chick. Photograph: Roberta Olenick/AlamyWhistling Tundra swan (Olor coumbianus) flying over Rocky Mountains, Montana. Photograph: Neal Mishler/AlamyBrown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) pair foraging on pine cones in Texas. Photograph: Alan Murphy/ BIA/CorbisBrown pelicans sit on dead mangrove on Cat Island, a former nesting ground which has mostly eroded into the Barataria Bay in Plaquemines Parish, Los Angeles. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/APA northern saw whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) perched in tree. Photograph: Michelle Valberg/CorbisRoseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) squabbling over a wetland in Florida. Photograph: Arthur Morris/CorbisChestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus)Photograph: Jared Hobbs/AlamyA wood duck (Aix sponsa) pair, New Mexico.Photograph: E.J. Peiker/ BIA/CorbisAmerican avocets (Recurvirostra americana) feeding at the edge of water at Merritt Island national wildlife refuge, Florida. Photograph: Paul Sparks/AlamyPurple finch (Carpodacus purpureus) male in winter, Canada.Photograph: Scott Leslie/CorbisA mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides).Photograph: AlamyBlack rosy-finch (Leucosticte atrata), New Mexico.Photograph: Glenn Bartley/ BIA/CorbisRuffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) male in a courtship display.Photograph: Michael Quinton/Corbis
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