- Introduction
Birds are born inside hard-shelled eggs. For many days to weeks they are protected and kept warm by their parent(s). This is called incubation. After they hatch, they will be fed by their parent(s). When they develop flight feathers they will learn to fly. Soon after flying they will be on their own. Next year they will mate and have young of their own. The cycle begins again.
- BIRTH DIAGRAM
BirdLife Partners
BirdLife Partners operate in over one hundred countries and territories worldwide, some with more than one Partner.
Together the BirdLife Partnership forms the leading authority on the status of birds, their habitats and the issues and problems affecting bird life.
Please follow the links below to find out about the BirdLife Partner with conservation data for each country or territory:
Africa
Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte (to France); Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Réunion (to France); Rwanda; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; St Helena (to UK); Sudan; Swaziland; São Tomé and Principe; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe;
Americas
Anguilla (to UK); Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba (to Netherlands); Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda (to UK); Bolivia; Brazil; British Virgin Islands (to UK); Canada; Cayman Islands (to UK); Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe (to France); Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique (to France); Mexico; Montserrat (to UK); Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico (to USA); St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Pierre and Miquelon (to France); St Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK); Uruguay; USA; Venezuela; Virgin Islands (to USA);
Asia
Bangladesh; Bhutan; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei; Cambodia; China (mainland); Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; North Korea; Pakistan;Philippines; Russia; Singapore; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor); Vietnam;
Europe and Central Asia
Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia;Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands (to Denmark); Finland; France (Mainland); Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar (to UK); Greece; Greenland (to Denmark); Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia (FYROM); Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Montenegro; Netherlands, The; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway); Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan;
Middle East
Afghanistan; Bahrain; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Palestinian Authority Territories; Qatar; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Syria; United Arab Emirates; Yemen;
Pacific
American Samoa; Australia; Christmas Island (to Australia); Cocos (Keeling) Islands (to Australia); Cook Islands; Fiji;French Polynesia; Guam (to USA); Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; New Caledonia (to France); New Zealand; Niue (to New Zealand); Norfolk Island (to Australia); Northern Mariana Islands (to USA); Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Islands (to UK); Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tokelau (to New Zealand); Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA); Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna Islands (to France);
Antarctic Region
Antarctica; Bouvet Island (to Norway); French Southern Territories; Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (to UK);
