Aerial Insectivores

Over the past few decades a dramatic decrease has been documented in populations of birds that make a living by capturing flying insects on the wing. The CWE is gathering data on several species of aerial insectivores whose population size has decreased, including Tree and Barn Swallows, and eastern Whip-Poor-Wills.

Research Areas

• Species at Risk
• Declining Avian Populations
• Aerial Insectivores
• Coastal Ecology
• Impacts of Human Activity on Birds

Aerial Insectivore researchers

Catherine Villeneuve, Philina English, Tony Williams, Nancy Mahony

Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC CANADA V5A 1S6