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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.

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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries. One of the largest species of hummingbird with a very unique and un-hummingbird-like tail, it is found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay where it can actually be remarkably common.

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