BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations actively working to protect and conserve wildbirds and their habitats, demonstrating the rich diversity of biological life on earth.

An International Partnership

BirdLife International is truly a global partnership, working in over 100 countries worldwide, with national Partners in 61 countries and representatives in a further 30. Each Partner organisations represents BirdLife International in its own territory. Where there is no Partner, an organisation or individual may become a BirdLife Representative. 

Setting Priorities

BirdLife International is the leading authority on the status of the world's birds, their habitats and the urgent problems which they face. 

BirdLife International holds the most up-to-date information in the world on global bird populations and distributions. Through research and data collection, BirdLife International identifies priorities for birds and biodiversity conservation and publishes the results. BirdLife International also compiles the official list of the world’s globally threatened birds.

Advocacy

The BirdLife International Partnership, promotes ‘common positions’ on the priority policies for the conservation of species, sites and habitats based upon clearly identified and agreed priorities. By working together globally and regionally, and supporting each other's efforts nationally, the Partnership represents a powerful voice to influence governments and decision makers around the world.

Action

BirdLife International promotes the protection of the environmental component of sustainable development, and is involved with local communities in ‘country programmes’ around the world.