Roughly two-thirds of the birds that breed in North American forests and woodlands, and about half of all North American land birds, migrate each winter to rainforests. Approximately on-third of all migratory species depend heavily or exclusively on primary tropical forests. These forests are the wintering areas for many species of migratory birds. The pressure from the increase in population has caused extensive loss of these forests. Without support from the international community for voluntary international family planning programs, many of these countries will be forced to further jeopardize the remaining forests, resulting in additional loss of migratory birds and other species.
Migratory birds depend on wetland and coastal habitat for stopover sites and breeding areas.
With this increase in development and loss of habitat we are contributing the decline in these important and beautiful species. Migrating Birds use these bottomland areas as highways to their breeding grounds further north.