BirdLife International

BirdLife International

Formation	June 20, 1922; 101 years ago (1922-06-20)
Type	INGO
Purpose	Conservation
Headquarters	Cambridge, United Kingdom
Region served	Worldwide
Chairman	Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias
Chief Executive	Patricia Zurita
Website	www.birdlife.org
Formerly called	International Council for Bird Preservation

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.^[1] BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide.

It has a membership of more than 2.5 million people across 116 country partner organizations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, the National Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy.^[2]

BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List authority for birds.^[3][4] As of 2015,^[update] BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of the total) are threatened with extinction (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable).^[5]

BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, BirdLife: The Magazine, which contains recent news and authoritative articles about birds and their conservation,^[6][7] and publishes its official journal Bird Conservation International with Cambridge University Press.^[8]