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What are bird conservation regions?
Landbirds include a large number of species with a diverse range of ecological requirements, geographic distributions, ecological threats and management issues. In order to be effective, conservation planning for this bird group must address this variation, but also identify and focus on priority activities and practical and relevant management scales. To accomplish this, Partners in Flight follows international standards to assess species, set priorities and focus conservation efforts within ecologically-based Bird Conservation Regions developed by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI).
Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) are international areas with similar physical features, vegetation, bird communities and habitat-related issues (Bird Studies Canada 2001). As ecologically- vs. politically-based units, BCRs are thought to be most effective at addressing key avian conservation needs, while still providing practical, relevant management units for landscape-oriented actions.
 British Columbia and Yukon contain portions of six Bird Conservation Regions:
In British Columbia, Bird Conservation Regions follow boundaries of the provincial Ecoregion Classification System.
Click on the map to learn more about North America’s Bird Conservation Regions.
Partners in Flight BC/Yukon conservation plans and activities will function at a variety of scales. Many conservation objectives and recommendations will focus on the BC and Yukon portion of each BCR, but are designed to complement, extend and coordinate with bird conservation underway by Partners in Flight in the USA. Broadening our focus and coordinating efforts with neighbouring jurisdictions will help ensure effective and efficient conservation planning and delivery, both within BC and the Yukon Territory and throughout each BCR.
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