David Allen Sibley and
   The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is proud to present eight illustrations of increasingly rare and threatened birds by the famous naturalist, birder and artist David Allen Sibley, accompanied by information about their habitats, the threats they face, and what the Conservancy is doing to protect them. View the Illustrations.

Wood ThrushLong-billed CurlewBurrowing OwlHenslow's SparrowPainted BuntingCerulean WarblerGolden-cheeked WarblerSanderling


Why David Sibley works with The Nature Conservancy

 © Richard Pasley
David Allen Sibley, © Richard Pasley

Sibley is the author of the fastest-selling bird guide of all time, The Sibley Guide to Birds, a comprehensive field guide to North American birds published in October 2000 and its companion piece The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. A native of upstate New York, Sibley began drawing birds at age seven, and his search for birds has taken him to such birding hotspots as Cape May, New Jersey; the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas; and south Florida.

Learn more about David Sibley and The Sibley Guides

View more of Sibley's artwork

Illustrations by David Allen Sibley from The National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Copyright © 2000 by Chanticleer Press and David Allen Sibley. No illustrations may be copied, reproduced, or reused without the express written permission of the copyright holders.