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The impact of warming on different bird species

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Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest, according to a new University of Michigan-led study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study combines data from two previously published papers that measured body-size and wing-length changes in a total of more than 86,000 bird specimens over four decades in North and South America. The North American study was conducted by the Field Museum in Chicago. From above, this photograph shows birds from the Field Museum building-collision study. From left to right: golden-crowned kinglet, brown creeper, magnolia warbler, Blackburnian warbler, indigo bunting, rose-breasted grosbeak, wood thrush, American robin, brown thrasher.

Climate change is causing significant changes in ecosystems worldwide, including alterations to the physiology and behavior of many animal species. One group of animals particularly vulnerable to these changes are birds, known for their sensitivity to shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns. As such, understanding how different bird species respond to climate change is a […]

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