According to a recent study conducted, around 400 species of bird may become endangered due to global warming in the coming 50 years. A few major causes for the extinction of various species of birds are climate change, deforestation and converting grassland into cropland.
Sources also indicated that the number of extinction would grow more in the coming century. According to the author Walter Jetz of the University of California, “We found in our study that under certain assumptions by the year 2100, 950 to 1,800 bird species may be imperiled or even driven to extinction by climate change and habitat destruction,” he further added, “Most of these species are currently not recognized as imperiled.”
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has estimated this with the combine projections of future global warming, agricultural expansion and human population growth. If you are looking for some detail information then you may go for the online PloS Biology journals.
Climate change has been considered as one of the major cause for extinction, as birds look out for more suitable habitat. Direct habitat destruction is one the major cause in case of tropical birds.
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