Cambridge: Almost half of the world’s bird species are in decline, a new report has revealed. One in eight species is threatened with extinction.
BirdLife, a 100-year-old organization, says this year’s report, which summarizes data collected by researchers, paints a very alarming picture of nature.
Populations of 49 percent of the world’s bird species are in rapid decline, while only 6 percent of species have increased since the last report in 2018.
One in eight species or a total of 1409 species are threatened with extinction. About 3 billion birds have gone extinct in North America since 1970.
“We have already lost 160 species of birds in the last 500 years and the rate of extinction is increasing,” said Lucy Haskell, BirdLife’s science officer and lead author of the State of the World’s Birds report.
He said that in the past, most of the incidents of extinction occurred on the islands, but the worrying thing is that the wave of extinction is increasing in the central regions due to the destruction of the environment of these birds.
In a report released last week, it was stated that the condition of birds around the world is in dire straits. Bird species are headed for extinction faster than ever before.
Most bird populations face threats from humans.
