Birds

Data from crowd-sourced research and advanced analytics were combined to estimate the entire bird population. A 2021 study estimates that there are about six birds for every human on the planet. That leaves us with a total bird population of about 50 billion. That’s right, you read it correctly! We, humans, are outnumbered many times over by birds. The shocking fact is that this number is actually quite conservative.

Griffon vulture caught in flight - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Harlequin duck on Botany Beach, Vancouver Island - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Canada Jay in a pine tree - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Griffon vulture flying over Rémuzat - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Ruby-crowned kinglet hold by a scientist - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Song sparrow caught in a net by researchers - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Song sparrow being measured by a scientist - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Canada jay near the forest lodge - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Canada jay in the forest near Paradise Meadows - Nature Stock Photo Agency
American bushtit hold by a researcher - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Outdoor working desk of a bird ringer - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Bird researcher at work - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Ruby-crowned kinglet in the hands of a bird ringer - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Bird ringer office of the day - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Northern flicker caught by a bird ringer - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Bairds crow close up - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Song sparrow in Canadian woods - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Oriental Pied Hornbill sitting on a horizontal branch - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Colugo posing for the camera in The Datai Bay, Langkawi, Malaysia - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Hornbill looking over the tree - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Canada Jay posing in the forest - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female oriental-pied hornbill in a forest habitat - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male oriental pied hornbill posing between the leaves - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male oriental pied hornbill in the strees - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Blue Jays checking the walking path - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Small group of harlequin ducks on Paradise Beach, Vancouver Island - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Oriental Pied hornbill looking for a mating partner - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Oriental Pied hornbill in the lower tree canopy - Nature Stock Photo Agency
White-bellied sea eagle flying over Datai Bay - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Couple of wreathed hornbills in their habitat - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Great Hornbill in its habitat - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Romantic couple of Oriental Pied hornbills - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Western sandpiper near Tofino, Vancouver Island - Nature Stock Photo Agency
European kestrel overlooking the meadow - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Juvenile (escaped) budgerigar in the forest - Nature Stock Photo Agency