International Progress to Conserve Canada Warblers
The University of Saskatchewan, Canada is conducting important research to understand the ecology of the Canada Warbler when it spends its winters in the Columbian Andes. The research is funded in part by Bird Studies Canada.
Canada Warbler Photo: Glenn Bartley
Canada Warbler range map for North America
More than 80% of the Canada Warbler population breeds in Canada during the spring/summer. Since 1970 studies have shown a nearly 75% decline in the population. In 2008 the species was federally recognized as Threatened. The Canada Warbler was added as a species of high conservation concern by the global environmental treaty, United Nations Environment Programme Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
In the following 4 minute video researchers from SELVA-Research for Conservation in the Neotropics show the mountains of Colombia. This is where they are studying the importance of Andean forests and shade-grown coffee plantations as habitat.
At the 2013 BirdLife World Congress in Ottawa the Canada Warbler International Conservation Initiative (CWICI) was officially launched with support from Swarovski Optik, a BirdLife Species Champion for the Canada Warbler.
The CWICI research team is investigating the Canada Warbler's specific habitat needs. The researchers are investigating the factors involved in the Canada Warbler's population decline with the aim of identifying targeted actions for the species conservation.
In their investigations the researchers have used the Motus Wildlife Tracking System. The following 2 minute video demonstrates the Motus Wildlife Tracking System.
Currently in its fifth season the Canada Warbler study is nearing completion.
Two working groups have been formed to develop conservation strategies for both the breeding grounds in North America and the wintering grounds in South America. The Canada Warbler's wintering grounds are threatened by the loss and degradation of habitat. But just as important are the threats to the Canada Warbler's northern breeding grounds. The working groups are working together to release a multilingual "full lifecycle" conservation plan hopefully later in 2018.
Like other neotropical migrating birds in trouble, the conservation of the Canada Warbler requires wide support from a network of agencies and organizations over an entire hemisphere.
Sources and Full Articles
International Progress to Conserve Canada Warblers, Bird Studies Canada
Canada Warbler, AllAboutBirds.org
Canada Warbler in the Colombian Andes, SELVA – Research for Conservation in the Neotropics, YouTube video, 3 February 2018
Motus Wildlife Tracking System, Bird Studies Canada, 1 December 2017
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Unfortunately, many species of birds are disappearing due to deforestation, the growing of croplands are destroying their habitats. Here, in Peru, the Amazon Jungle has lost millions of hectares of lands, so several birds are extintc .
I absolutely love this, firstly the content itself. I'd have never read about this anywhere else but yet here I am learning all about the conservation of these cute little Canadian Warblers and secondly, because I always find it incredible how such seemingly specialist and tiny parts of nature that go into making the the world what it is are studied with so much passion and resource, showing the links and knock on effects of what would happen if the world lost one little bird...makes me feels soooo small in a huge old world lol
Thanks for sharing :-)
Thorough as always. I'm curious to see what their results will be; I hope they can offer solutions, too. Thanks for researching this topic.
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hopefully andes forests can be as natural and preserved as the forest, because it is really concerned to hear the habitat around the andes are threatened with extinction :(
Nice to see there are efforts to conserve them they look awesome natural beauties :)
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great thing you shared i was not at all aware about thing great to know that they are conducting this research :)
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