Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they’re declining in the US, new report shows

Washington (AP) – at least 112 Types of birds in North America It has lost more than half of its population in the past fifty years, according to New report Publishing Thursday.

within Birds The most severe numbers show the two tanna, Florida rubbing, Jays, Golden Cheeked Warbles, Blackbirds Tricolared and yellow magpies.

“These are the very real consequences if we cannot maintain the decisive habitats that birds need,” said Mike Parasher, one of the great world in the non -profit ducks.

Over the course of several decades, Waterfool has emerged as a bright point of conservation as duck population grows even with the decline in many other bird groups in the United States, but this trend has been reflected.

Braisher said that the total number of ducks and diving fell about 30 % from 2017. Loss. Habby Herbal lands And a long dryness that affects wetlands in the Prairie Prairie Puiri in Great Plains has affected. Of all water birds, the numbers have decreased by 20 % since 2014.

The latest report is a cooperation between several groups including the University of Cornell, Ducks Unlimited, American Bird Consservance, and National Audubon Society and American Ornithology Society.

Work depends on the US geological survey data, the service of American fish, wildlife and citizens ’projects such as EBIRD’s Cornell. There are about 2000 species of birds in North America. A third of the species that have been examined as a great or moderate interest is classified due to the low numbers, the loss of habitats or other threats.

Amanda Ruduwald, a co -author of Cornell, said these birds “need urgent interest in preservation,” adding that the trends of wiping birds also reveal the validity of their habitats.

The report focuses on birds that must be born and feed in specific habitats such as forests, herbal lands and coastal areas. Herbal birds, including Popolink, are most at risk.

“For each type we are at risk of loss, it is similar to clouds of an individual thread from the complex fabric of life,” said Peter Marra, a biologist at Georgetown University, who did not participate in the new report.

Marra referred to the success of conservation in the main past in the United States – such as the return of bald eagles, the bush, and dirt.

“We know that we can bend the curve again with the targeted conservation plans. But we cannot close our eyes and hope.”

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