Michaela Gustafson
We estimate that more than half of all raptor species are in decline, and 18% are threatened with extinction. Our time-tested, proven strategy of species-based conservation has been a mainstay since we resolved to save the Peregrine Falcon in 1970. We are confident that this approach, in concert with our other key strategies of saving habitat, engaging people, and addressing threats, has the power to stop raptor extinction.
We created our first conservation breeding facility in 1970 to learn how to sustain the dwindling Peregrine Falcon population in North America. Until then, raptors had only rarely hatched in human care, and certainly not at a scale large enough to restore a species.
Among the many challenges of species-based conservation is the need to determine which species require intervention. We estimate there are about 600 raptor species, and many have never been studied, much less monitored or counted. In concert with the IUCN "Red List," we are designing the Global Raptor Impact Network (GRIN), a new tool to gather data and analyze the abundance, distribution, and threats to species in real time.
North America
Africa and Asia
Central and South America
Including the projects highlighted above, The Peregrine Fund has worked with over 100 raptor species in more than 40 countries since 1970.
African Fish-eagle | African Grass-owl | American Black Vulture | American Kestrel | Andean Condor | Aplomado Falcon | Augur Buzzard | Austral Pygmy-owl | Ayres's Hawk-eagle | Bald Eagle | Banded Kestrel | Bare-shanked Screech-owl | Barred Forest-falcon | Bat Falcon | Bat Hawk | Bearded Vulture | Bicolored Hawk | Black Eagle | Black Hawk-eagle | Black Kite | Black Solitary Eagle | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Black-and-white Hawk-eagle | Black-and-white Owl | Black-collared Hawk | Buckley's Forest-falcon | Burrowing Owl | California Condor | Cape Eagle-owl | Cape Vulture | Cassin's Hawk-eagle | Chimango Caracara | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Cinereous Vulture | Collared Forest-falcon | Common Black Hawk | Cooper's Hawk | Costa Rican Pygmy-owl | Crane Hawk | Crested Caracara | Crested Eagle | Crested Owl | Crowned Eagle | Crowned Solitary Eagle | Double-toothed Kite | Eastern Imperial Eagle | Eastern Screech-owl | Egyptian Vulture | Eleonora's Falcon | Eurasian Buzzard | Frances's Sparrowhawk | Galapagos Hawk | Golden Eagle | Great Black Hawk | Great Horned Owl | Grey Falcon | Grey-backed Hawk | Grey-headed Fish-eagle | Grey-headed Kite | Gundlach's Hawk | Gyrfalcon | Harpy Eagle | Harris's Hawk | Hawaiian Hawk | Henst's Goshawk | Himalayan Griffon | Hooded Vulture | Hook-billed Kite | Indian Vulture | Javan Hawk-eagle | King Vulture | Lanner Falcon | Lappet-faced Vulture | Laughing Falcon | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Lined Forest-falcon | Long-crested Eagle | Long-eared Owl | Long-winged Harrier | Madagascar Buzzard | Madagascar Cuckoo-hawk | Madagascar Fish-eagle | Madagascar Harrier-hawk | Madagascar Owl | Madagascar Red Owl | Madagascar Scops-owl | Madagascar Serpent-eagle | Madagascar Sparrowhawk | Malagasy Harrier | Malagasy Kestrel | Mantled Hawk | Martial Eagle | Mottled Owl | Northern Goshawk | Orange-breasted Falcon | Ornate Hawk-eagle | Osprey | Pallas's Fish-eagle | Papuan Eagle | Pearl Kite | Pemba Scops-owl | Peregrine Falcon | Philippine Eagle | Plumbeous Kite | Prairie Falcon | Red Kite | Red-footed Falcon | Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-throated Caracara | Ridgway's Hawk | Roadside Hawk | Rough-legged Buzzard | Rufous-legged Owl | Rufous-thighed Kite | Rüppell's Vulture | Savanna Hawk | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Short-eared Owl | Short-tailed Hawk | Slaty-backed Forest-falcon | Slender-billed Vulture | Snail Kite | Sokoke Scops-owl | Sooty Falcon | Spectacled Owl | Steppe Eagle | Swainson's Hawk | Swallow-tailed Kite | Taita Falcon | Tawny Eagle | Turkey Vulture | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | White Hawk | White-backed Vulture | White-browed Owl | White-collared Kite | White-necked Hawk | White-rumped Vulture | White-tailed Hawk | White-tailed Kite | White-tailed Sea-eagle | Yellow-billed Kite | Yellow-headed Caracara | Zone-tailed Hawk
