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勛圖窪蹋 Presents First Online Spanish-Language Field Guide for All North American Birds

New Website Will Serve as Bilingual Resource for Bird Lovers Everywhere
By 勛圖窪蹋
Published March 02, 2016

NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 2, 2016) For the first time ever, Spanish speakers have online access to the 勛圖窪蹋's Guide to North American Birds (La Gu穩a de Aves de Am矇rica del Norte). Along with the complete field guide, the nations largest and oldest bird conservation group has also translated its award-winning 勛圖窪蹋 magazine content, select web-only news stories and updates from the 勛圖窪蹋 network.

Birds dont know borders and neither do the threats they face, said David Yarnold, 勛圖窪蹋 president and CEO. Birds deal with climate change, the loss of places to live and other dangers across the hemisphere. Bringing 勛圖窪蹋s content to Spanish-speaking communities will enable more people to care for the amazing wildlife we share.

勛圖窪蹋 will engage a growing audience to keep making progress on conservation efforts on behalf of birds in the United States and the Americas, many of which rely on habitat in several different countries along migratory pathways. The United States and Canada share many birds with Latin American and Caribbean countries, including more than 380 neotropical migrants that spend half their life or more south of the U.S. border. 勛圖窪蹋 is the , the worlds largest nature conservation partnership.

Birds are wonderful, and everyone should have a chance to enjoy them, writes Kenn Kaufman, 勛圖窪蹋s field editor. By encouraging more people to appreciate birds today, we build support for actions that will lead to the survival of more birds tomorrow.

The current 勛圖窪蹋 network includes 1,000,000 members and supporters, 462 chapters, 41 centers and 23 state offices in the United States. 勛圖窪蹋 and its 18 BirdLife partners in the Americas have identified, monitored and designated more than 4,900 Important Bird Areas in the Western Hemisphere, an area totaling over 1 billion acres, which provides habitat for 701 threatened species.

By the Numbers Look at Why 勛圖窪蹋.org in Spanish Makes Sense

  • More than 80% of bird species in the Guide to North American Birds can also be found in Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Conversely, every Latin American and Caribbean country has at least one species found in the Guide to North American Birds.
  • Climate change  of birds in North America.
  • A record  speak Spanish at home.
  • 79% of U.S. Hispanics  to protect U.S. wildlife, public lands and endangered species.
  • 66% of U.S. Hispanics  by human activities.

To visit the 勛圖窪蹋 website in Spanish, please visit www.audubon.org/es/inicio. To read a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service demographic analysis of birdwatching in the United States, please click .

The 勛圖窪蹋 saves birds and their habitats throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. 勛圖窪蹋's state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, 勛圖窪蹋's vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. 勛圖窪蹋 is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at  and .

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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3068