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Brazil has the highest number of threatened avian taxa.

Taxa eligibility for ex situ conservation is not correlated to level of threat.

Larger taxa with easily replicable diets are predominant in ex situ conservation facilities.

Presence in traffic favors taxa eligibility for ex situ conservation plans.

Ex situ conservation reach is constrained by the lack of experimentation and of risk-taking.

Power lines are a major cause of bird mortality due to electrocutions and collisions.

This threat has been poorly studied in South America.

Scientific and grey literature suggest this threat is present in this subcontinent.

A total of 85 bird species from 34 families affected by power lines were identified.

More studies assessing bird mortality due to this threat in South America are needed.

More than 12% of the watersheds of the Brazilian Amazon already have or are approaching natural forest cover below 30% and more than a third have below 80%.

Regions of the Amazon already forest cover below the average of the Atlantic Forest.

We propose learning policy lessons from the Atlantic Forest to avoid the same trajectory as the Amazon.

They need to be implemented urgently to stop the route towards its tipping point, address the climate emergency and assure the provision of ecosystem services.

Identifying and mapping strategic areas is a starting point for conservation and restoration actions.

Different participator perspectives allow changes in the methodology originally adopted.

The participatory approach provides highly effective and assessable mapping prioritization.