🌿 Environment May 8, 2026 · Wilson Odhiambo

Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining

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Up to half the bird species using the African-Eurasian flyway are declining
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Each year in May, World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the billions of birds that migrate long distances with the changing of the seasons, a living braid of ecosystems separated by thousands — even tens of thousands — of kilometers. According to Kariuki Ndang’ang’a, BirdLife International Africa’s regional director, about 2 billion birds fly along the African-Eurasian flyway every year: the populations of between 40 and 50 percent of these migratory bird species are in decline. Ndang’ang’

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