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Audubon's unprecedented analysis of forty years of citizen-science bird population data from our own Christmas Bird Count plus the Breeding Bird Survey reveals the alarming decline of many of our most common and beloved birds.

Since 1967 the average population of the common birds in steepest decline has fallen by 68 percent; some individual species nose-dived as much as 80 percent. All 20 birds on the national Common Birds in Decline list lost at least half their populations in just four decades.

The findings point to serious problems with both local habitats and national environmental trends. Only citizen action can make a difference for the birds and the state of our future.

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To find out more, including a detailed look at the top 20 species involved visit the Common Birds in Decline website.

American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 3,000,000

Black-throated SparrowAmphispiza bilineataBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 20 million

Boreal ChickadeeParus hudsonicusBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 5.2 million

Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 73 million

Common TernSterna hirundoBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 2,700,000

Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 6.9 million

Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 3.8 million

Field SparrowSpizella pusillaBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 5.8 million

Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

Global Population:

• 11 million

Greater ScaupAythya marilaBird SoundType: Species_profile | From: National Audubon Society BirdsRead Full ProfileWatchlist Status:

• Green

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