The following are the 20 common North American birds with the greatest population declines since 1967. Click on the thumbnail to view and download a high resolution, printable image. Photos may be published in connection with coverage of Common Birds in Decline and must be accompanied by the photographer's name. Click on the species name to link to its profile, or click on the audio link to download its bird call. All sounds must be credited to Lang Elliot, Nature Sound Studios. Broadcast-quality b-roll of several species may also be downloaded from Mastervision.com/Audubon
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| Bird | Photographer | Audio | |
 | #1 Northern Bobwhite | Ashok Khosla | Audio link |
 | #2 Evening Grosbeak | Dave Menke, FWS | Audio link |
 | #3 Northern Pintail | Howard B. Eskin | Audio link |
 | #4 Greater Scaup | Donna Dewhurst, FWS | Audio link |
 | #5 Boreal Chickadee | Jeremy Yancey | Audio link |
 | #6 Eastern Meadowlark | Laura Erickson | Audio link |
 | #7 Common Tern | Glen Tepke | Audio link |
 | #8 Loggerhead Shrike | Gary Stolz, FWS | Audio link |
 | #9 Field Sparrow | Howard B. Eskin | Audio link |
 | #10 Grasshopper Sparrow | Laura Erickson | Audio link |
 | #11 Snow Bunting | Donna Dewhurst, FWS | Audio link |
 | #12 Black-throated Sparrow | Brad Fiero | Audio link |
 | #13 Lark Sparrow | Glen Tepke | Audio link |
 | #14 Common Grackle | Howard B. Eskin | Audio link |
 | #15 American Bittern | Gary Zahm, FWS | Audio link |
 | #16 Rufous Hummingbird | Howard B. Eskin | Audio link |
 | #17 Whip-poor-will | John Cassady | Audio link |
 | #18 Horned Lark | George Jameson | Audio link |
 | #19 Little Blue Heron | Laura Erickson | Audio link |
 | #20 Ruffed Grouse | Laura Erickson | Audio link |
