The Audubon Mural Project | 'Brown-capped Rosy Finch'

Brown-capped Rosy-Finches currently have a tiny range, breeding only on alpine tundra from southern Wyoming to southern Colorado and wintering in the surrounding foothills, including in northernmost New Mexico. A warming climate will force its breeding habitat into higher elevations. By 2080, Audubon's climate model predicts that only 3 percent of the finches' current winter range will have a similar climate to today.

The Audubon Mural Project is a public-art initiative of the National Audubon Society, produced in partnership with the Gitler &_____ Gallery, that beautifies communities while drawing attention to birds made vulnerable to extinction by climate change. Audubon’s groundbreaking science report "Survival By Degrees" found that climate change poses an existential threat to 389 bird species—two-thirds of all birds found in North America—and that no bird will escape effects like increased wildlife and sea-level rise. Audubon hopes these murals will inspire people to help protect the environment we all need to thrive.

Audubon commissions artists to paint murals of climate-threatened birds throughout New York City. Many of the murals are concentrated in the Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods of northern Manhattan.