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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

10,000 Birds

1601-1800 sp : Colombia, Brazil, Peru (Looking for smaller areas of these huge countries? 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. /

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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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