10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In short, I truly believe that there still are, maybe not plenty but a good number of species that to this day go unnoticed to the scientific eye, but are surely known to the indigenous peoples (the best example is the newly discovered giant rat from the Solomon Islands). The Cocha Antshrike was one of these species not long ago.

Solomon Islands 223

Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 223

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. Other Europeans came. Africans were brought over as slaves.

Puerto Rico 237

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 237

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

They ranged across 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, China, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia and Uganda). McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Their Ugandan contribution reached 258 before contact was lost. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

2019 140

2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 140