Globally Threatened Birds Photo Gallery by James Lowen at pbase.com

Globally Threatened Birds

This gallery depicts only birds that are in real danger of extinction, i.e. listed as globally threatened or near threatened by BirdLife International, the world's leading bird conservation partnership (www.birdlife.org). These species should be the focus of local, national and regional conservation effort. Enjoy the photos, go see the birds and help efforts to save them.

All photographs are Copyright James C Lowen 2005-2010. Copies are available for sale: contact lowen.james@gmail.com. Special consideration given to conservation organisations.

Pygmy Cormorant	Pygmy Cormorant	Pygmy Cormorant	White Stork	White Stork
White Stork	Ferruginous Duck	Ferruginous Duck	Chestnut-bellied Guan	Chestnut-bellied Guan
Chestnut-bellied Guan	Horned Coot	Horned Coot	Horned Coot	Horned Coot
Horned Coot	Horned Coot	Horned Coot	Horned Coot	Giant and Horned Coot
Rufous-bellied Saltator	Rufous-bellied Saltator	Rufous-bellied Saltator	Rufous-bellied Saltator	Rufous-bellied Saltator
Rufous-bellied Saltator	Rufous-throated Dipper	Rufous-throated Dipper	Rufous-throated Dipper	Rufous-throated Dipper
Rufous-throated Dipper	Maquis Canastero	Vinaceous-breasted Parrot	Vinaceous-breasted Parrot	Vinaceous-breasted Parrot
Vinaceous-breasted Parrot	Vinaceous-breasted Parrot	Magellanic Penguin	Sooty Shearwater	Sooty Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater	Sooty Shearwater	White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel
White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail
Sharp-tailed Tyrant	Sharp-tailed Tyrant	Sharp-tailed Tyrant	Sharp-tailed Tyrant	Sharp-tailed Tyrant
Sharp-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant
Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Austral Rail	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift
Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift
Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift	Great Dusky Swift
Great Dusky Swift	Temminck's Seedeater	Temminck's Seedeater	Temminck's Seedeater	Temminck's Seedeater
Temminck's Seedeater	Temminck's Seedeater	Black-bodied Woodpecker	Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher	White-bearded Antshrike
Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant
Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant
Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Strange-tailed Tyrant	Seychelles Magpie Robin	Straight-billed Reedhaunter
Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter
Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Straight-billed Reedhaunter
Straight-billed Reedhaunter	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail	Bay-capped Wren-spinetail
Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri
Bearded Tachuri	Bearded Tachuri	Black-and-white Monjita	Black-and-white Monjita	Black-and-white Monjita
Black-and-white Monjita	Cobb's Wren	Cobb's Wren	Cobb's Wren	Rufous-throated Dipper
Rufous-throated Dipper	Rufous-throated Dipper	Saffron-cowled Blackbird	Yellow Cardinal	Yellow Cardinal
Slender-billed Finch	Tucuman Mountain-finch	Tucuman Mountain-finch	Tucuman Mountain Finch (juvenile)	Tucuman Mountain Finch (juvenile)
Black-capped Piprites	Black-capped Piprites	Black-capped Piprites	Marsh Seedeater	Marsh Seedater
Marsh Seedater	Marsh Seedeater	Marsh Seedeater	Sporophila sp nov ('Ibera Seedeater')	Rufous-bellied Saltator
Military Macaw	Military Macaw	Diademed Sandpiper-plover	Diademed Sandpiper-plover	Magellanic Plover
Magellanic Plover	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	probable Elegant Tern	Inca Tern
Inca Terns: immatures	Olrog's Gull (juv)	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gulls
Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull
Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Olrog's Gull	Orinoco Goose	Orinoco Goose
Orinoco Goose	Spectacled Duck	Spectacled Duck	Spectacled Duck	Striated Caracara
Striated Caracara	Striated Caracara	Striated Caracara	Striated Caracara	Striated Caracara
Striated Caracara	Andean Condor	Andean Condor	Andean Condor	Andean Condor
NEW Black-fronted Piping-guan	Austral Rail	Austral Rail	Austral Rail	Austral Rail
Austral Rail	Austral Rail	NEW "Dot-winged Crake"	Chilean Flamingo	Chilean Flamingo
Chilean Flamingo	Chilean Flamingo	Chilean Flamingo	Chilean Flamingo	Chilean Flamingo
Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe
Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe
Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe	Hooded Grebe
White-chinned Petrel	White-chinned Petrel	Atlantic Petrel	Atlantic Petrel	Atlantic Petrel
Atlantic Petrel	Pink-footed Shearwater	Pink-footed Shearwaters	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross	Black-browed Albatross
Grey-headed Albatross	Grey-headed Albatross	Grey-headed Albatross	Light-mantled Albatross	Light-mantled Albatross
Light-mantled Albatross	Light-mantled Albatross	Light-mantled Albatross	Sooty Albatrosses	Salvin's Albatrosses
Salvin's Albatross	Salvin's Albatross	Salvin's Albatrosses	Salvin's Albatrosses	Salvin's Albatrosses
Northern Royal Albatross	Northern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatrosses	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross	Royal Albatross sp.	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross
Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatrosses	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross	Southern Royal Albatross
Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross imm
Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross
Wandering Albatross	Wandering Albatross: imm	Wandering Albatros	Wandering Albatross	antipodensis Wandering Albatross
antipodensis Wandering Albatross	Northern Giant Petrel	Northern Giant Petrel	Northern Giant Petrel	Northern Giant Petrel
Northern Giant Petrel	Southern Giant Petrel	Southern Giant Petrel	Southern Giant Petrel	Southern Giant Petrel
Southern Giant Petrel	Magellanic Penguin	Magellanic Penguin	Southern Rockhopper Penguin	Magellanic Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin	Southern Rockhopper Penguin	Southern Rockhopper Penguin	Southern Rockhopper Penguin	Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Penguin	Gentoo Penguins	Gentoo Penguins	Gentoo Penguins	Gentoo Penguins
Gentoo Penguin chicks	Gentoo Penguin chicks	Gentoo Penguin and chick	Gentoo Penguin and chick	Gentoo Penguin incubating
Gentoo Penguins displaying	Gentoo Penguins	Gentoo Penguin	Gentoo Penguins	Greater Rhea
Greater Rhea	Lesser Rhea	Lesser Rhea	Lesser Rhea

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Antonio Salvadori		23-Nov-2012 20:46
Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures with the world

jan j�rgensen		21-Aug-2009 21:57
Impressive! JanJ

Guest		03-Feb-2009 03:02
Wow, these are absolutely spectacular images!!!

Guest		24-Nov-2008 11:31
Great Gallery. It is a shame all these species are endangered. You do them great justice with you photography. V!

Glen Allen		19-Sep-2008 23:27
Great gallery... thanks for sharing.. huge Vote

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