Bird Conservation International is a peer-reviewed journal that seeks to promote worldwide research and action for the conservation of birds and the habitats upon which they depend. The official journal of BirdLife International, it provides stimulating, international and up-to-date coverage of a broad range of conservation topics, using birds to illuminate wider issues of biodiversity, conservation and sustainable resource use. It publishes original papers and reviews, including targeted articles and recommendations by leading experts.

Akritas Cape: a recently discovered raptor migration hotspot in the Balkans
20 June 2025, Ugo Mellone
Several new hotspots have been identified in the past three decades, particularly in Italy, but none have approached the numbers observed at those three traditional...

Rare island finch threatened by extreme storms
14 April 2025, Peter G. Ryan
The latest Paper of the Month for Bird Conservation International is The impact of storm-induced tree loss on the population of Wilkins’s Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi...

Foraging on the verge of extinction: are fisheries a threat to the critically endangered Rapa Shearwater?
09 April 2025, Frédéric Jiguet
The latest Paper of the Month for Bird Conservation International is Tracking the non-breeding range of Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae, a Critically Endangered...

Millions of birds at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge
12 August 2025, Erica Gentili
Every spring and autumn, millions of birds cross the Strait of Messina, a narrow channel between Sicily and mainland Italy that forms one of Europe’s most important...

Major win for Great Britain: lead ammunition will be banned in outdoor shooting!
07 August 2025, Erica Gentili
In a historic move at a crucial time for nature, England, Scotland, and Wales have announced a ban on toxic lead ammunition in outdoor shooting, marking a turning...

Japan’s birds playing in water
01 August 2025, John Fuller
In the heat of summer, HIH Princess Takamado presents a cooling selection of her photos of birds bathing.

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Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita and Yellow Warbler S. petechia bartholemica population assessment after Hurricane Irma

Wild or farmed? Natural water-bodies, not aquaculture, drive fish intake in a top predator along the Odisha coast, India

The use of monitoring data from north-west Europe as indicators for the health of Arctic-breeding waterbird populations

Breeding biology of the Critically Endangered Cherry-throated Tanager Nemosia rourei

Spring snowmelt and mountain birds: foraging opportunities along ski-pistes

A systematic review reveals the future study priorities of hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae) in Indonesia

The spread and status of the Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri on Tristan da Cunha

Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans

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Akritas Cape: a recently discovered raptor migration hotspot in the Balkans

Rare island finch threatened by extreme storms

Foraging on the verge of extinction: are fisheries a threat to the critically endangered Rapa Shearwater?

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Millions of birds at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge

Major win for Great Britain: lead ammunition will be banned in outdoor shooting!

Japan’s birds playing in water

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