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Apoorva Joshi, mongabay.com correspondent This article was produced under the Global Forest Reporting Network and can be re-published on your web site or blog or in your magazine, newsletter, or newspaper under these terms. This article is the first in a two-part series about the shortcomings of protected area definition in Peru. Read the second part. …
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To our knowledge, there is no photograph of the new Junin Tapacaulo. This is rare photo of a Vilcabamba Tapaculo, Photo: Alex Duran. A new species of bird of the genus Scytalopus commonly known as “Tapaculos”, has been found in the remote Andean Mountains of Central Peru. Peter Horner and colleagues made this amazing discovery …
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Abra Patricia Reserve protects habitat for many birds including this Silver-backed Tanager (Tangara viridicollis). Two new key properties have been acquired in northern Peru that will expand Abra Patricia Reserve to over 25,000 acres and help protect habitat for 23 globally threatened bird species. The acquisitions were funded by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and completed …
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The wetlands of the High Andes are an evolutionary hotspot for the grebe family (Podicipedidae). This unique diversity is, however, rapidly being lost: in the past 30 years, 2 species have gone extinct and another 3 species are on the verge of extinction. Here we report on efforts to save three of these species, the Hooded …
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This is the first time scientists have assigned a monetary value to the pest-control benefits rainforest can provide to agriculture. Their study could provide the framework for pest management that helps both farmers and biodiversity. To quantify the benefit resident and migratory birds provide to coffee plantations, the researchers calculated bean yield of infected plants …
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Manu National Park The Manu National Park was legally established in 1973 in order to protect 14 ecosystems ranging from as low as 150 meters in parts of the Amazon Basin to the Puna Highlands at altitudes of 4200 meters. Because of this topographical range, it has one of highest levels of biodiversity of any …
Bahuaja-Sonene National Park The Bahuaja-Sonene National Park is the largest multi-national tropical protected area in the world. The park connects 1’091,416 hectares in Peru with Bolivia’s adjacent Madidi National Park. These national parks are part of a chain of national parks that range south to south-central Bolivia. The Heath River, which originates in Lake Titicaca …
Macaw and Parrot Clay Licks in the Rainforest of Peru The congregation of colorful large Macaws, Amazon Parrots, and parakeets in Southeastern Peru’s Macaw clay licks has been described as one of the most thrilling of avian phenomena. Riverside clay licks, locally known as Ccollpa is the point of concentration for hundreds of macaws, …
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Amazonian Pygmy Owls (Glaucidium hardyi) is not a rare bird. In fact the species is fairly common in certain areas of the Amazon Rainforest they inhabit. But this small bird is only 5.5 inches long, entirely nocturnal, and generally lives in the canopy of mature Amazon Rainforest. Try to find one to photograph during the …
