The American Birding Association list does not include the State of Hawaii, even though as of 2017, they now consider the state to be in their official tally of North American birds. A friend showed me a recent poster for sale which claimed to represent all the birds of North America. Protect the Arctic Refuge. The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. A survey of 529 bird species in the United States and Canada found that bird populations have fallen by 29 percent since 1970, a loss of nearly three billion birds. This University librarian was wondering if the claim that the poster covered every species in America was true. There will be Check lists of the birds by state and by province for Canada, Mexico and the USA. The sketches above are from my own life list of birds. The analysis, published in the journal Science, is the most exhaustive and ambitious attempt yet to learn what is happening to avian populations. The methodology for this number is described below. While some species grew, the researchers found, the majority declined — often by huge numbers. Thousands of wild bird enthusiasts are going out every day to photograph our planet’s beautiful birdlife. 389 | North American bird species are threatened by climate change. All text, photographs, illustrations, sketches and design created by the author. gives you the links to the countries of North America, as well as to the list of the birds of North America, North of the Mexican border. My guess is that the "regularly occurring species of North America, north of Mexico" and not including the Hawaiian Islands or Pacific U.S. territories is somewhere between 750-800. For the most part, there’s little mystery about how these happy exceptions came to be. Conservation measures allowed them to bounce back. Become a Member; Renew Membership; Donate; Our Work . (The species for which there weren’t enough data to make firm estimates occur only in small numbers.). The Eastern Bluebird is native to the open woodlands of eastern North America and central America (Sanjeev K Goyal), There are an estimated 1.5 million Anna’s Hummingbirds in North America (Judi Fenson), A Peregrine Falcon comes in to land in San Pedro, USA (Leslie Reagan), Anna’s Hummingbirds are expanding their range due to people planting exotic plants that provide nectar and putting out nectar feeders (Anirban Roychowdhury), The Yellow-shafted Flicker has been known to cause problems in human environments by excavating in unusual locations. Waterfowl are on the upswing. Updated September 16, 2019. And when she talks to people around the United States on her birding travels, many say the same thing. Technically, this includes the birds of the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados,  British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Saint-Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, United States Virgin Islands, The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Pick up your camera, fill your bird feeder, open your heart, and join the Wild Birds! “The numbers are broadly comparable,” he said. Edited by Christie Craig, Campaign Manager, https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/05/25/top-25-marine-birdlife/, Great collection of american birds. Among the worst-hit groups were warblers, with a population that dropped by 617 million. (Incredibly, the poster includes extinct species.). “Every field that’s plowed under, and every wetland area that’s drained, you lose the birds in that area,” Dr. Rosenberg said. Are there really only 740 bird species in North America? They urge keeping cats inside, so they don’t kill smaller birds. The United States is home to 1107 different species of birds, while Canada and Alaska host 686 and 521 species respectively. Last I checked, Mexico is still a part of North America. I decided to use the date of 1990 as a cut-off date. This number is also supported by the National Audubon Society. Revolution!! When these birds disappear, their former habitats often are not the same.