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Tropical forests harbor around two-thirds of the world’s biodiversity. The Neotropics—comprising Central America, the Caribbean and South America—are home to a third of the world’s known bird species, the highest among all biogeographical realms. Some families of birds such as toucans, manakins and antbirds are only found in the Neotropics. With its rich bird diversity, […]
According to a new study done by the University of Illinois, 70 percent of understory bird species disappeared in the forest between 1977 and 2020. And the great majority have been reduced by half or more.
Deep in a Panamanian rain forest, bird populations have been quietly declining for 44 years. A new University of Illinois-led study shows a whopping 70% of understory bird species declined in the forest between 1977 and 2020. And the vast majority of those are down by half or more.
Conservationists are concerned about the rapid decline across a variety of species.
Researchers have studied long-term bird population numbers at Parque Nacional Soberanía, a 55,000-acre national park about 15 miles from Panama City.