In this selection of photos you will see the rarest birds in the world. The pictures were taken by photographers who traveled to the most remote places on the planet, and spent many hours behind the lens, trying to find his fotozhertvu. All of them have taken their rightful place in the international competition. During the competition was sent more than 566 images of the rarest birds in the world.
The photo shows the kakapo, the author - Shane McInnes, a picture that won in the category "Birds Endangered or Threatened birds in the wild"
Second place in the same category took Savio Freire Bruno, with a fascinating picture of Brazilian Merganser with ducklings.
In third place with David Boyle fantastic way frigate in flight from the island of Christmas.
Today, international non-governmental organizations concerned with the issue of nature protection, seriously concerned about the state of the animal world. A special concern is the birds. This is not surprising, because the total number of bird species is 9000, about a thousand of the world are rare birds that are threatened with extinction. A bird has more than 7,000 species have a constant downward trend in abundance. Particularly alarming rate of decline in the number of bird species observed in the past few decades, and this is due to human activity.In Europe, there are more than 460 bird species. Of those in the Red Book of Switzerland, for example, recorded 83. In Sweden, the rare birds are 73 species in Germany, about 200 species of birds are considered rare. This represents approximately 25 to 40% of the total bird species. The Red Book of Europe, published by the European Council in 1982, recorded 72 bird species of birds - it's either the peripheral or arriving in Europe for the winter. All names of birds in Russia and the world in alphabetical order, see sections of our website.
The photo shows the kakapo, the author - Shane McInnes, a picture that won in the category "Birds Endangered or Threatened birds in the wild"
Second place in the same category took Savio Freire Bruno, with a fascinating picture of Brazilian Merganser with ducklings.
In third place with David Boyle fantastic way frigate in flight from the island of Christmas.
Today, international non-governmental organizations concerned with the issue of nature protection, seriously concerned about the state of the animal world. A special concern is the birds. This is not surprising, because the total number of bird species is 9000, about a thousand of the world are rare birds that are threatened with extinction. A bird has more than 7,000 species have a constant downward trend in abundance. Particularly alarming rate of decline in the number of bird species observed in the past few decades, and this is due to human activity.In Europe, there are more than 460 bird species. Of those in the Red Book of Switzerland, for example, recorded 83. In Sweden, the rare birds are 73 species in Germany, about 200 species of birds are considered rare. This represents approximately 25 to 40% of the total bird species. The Red Book of Europe, published by the European Council in 1982, recorded 72 bird species of birds - it's either the peripheral or arriving in Europe for the winter. All names of birds in Russia and the world in alphabetical order, see sections of our website.
