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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

10,000 Birds

1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia. This portal has compared on a per unit of area basis data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants, creating a biodiversity index. 9 Nicaragua (6.8 % – 781 sp. / 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China.

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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

As it streaks across the Andean skies of Bolivia and Argentina with its flashy tail, its not hard to see how this bird got the name “comet&#. Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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