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Bird Watching Prospects in the Amazon Rainforest

Once you catch bird watching fever, theSuriname, French Guiana and Brazil, the
completion of your life list will become acountry which encompasses 60 percent of the
dream. In that dream, there is little doubtAmazon rainforest. The range of nations and
that you will see the famous Amazonthe characteristics of the forest contribute
Rainforest.to making this region home of the world's
tiniest hummingbirds. The area includes such
Bird Watching Prospects in the Amazonrare species as the hoatzin, toucan, and the
Rainforestumbrella  bird.
Encompassing about 1,500 species in the landAmazonia forest also represents over half of
where the world's second longest river flows,the planet's remaining rainforests, one of
the Amazon Rainforest is a unique birdingthe few areas where bird watchers can find
habitat . This region of South America fromsuch life list necessities as exotic parrots,
the Peruvian Andes to the South Atlantic inumbrella birds and trogons. The high
Brazil  is  known  as  Amazonia.diversity of Amazon species includes resident
species, wintering in, migrating birds, or
The Amazon River and shoreline is a majorjust  passing  though  the  region.
destination for bird watchers with 4,000
miles of shoreline. It is estimated thatFew of the species are found throughout the
about 15 percent of all known bird species invast rainforest. Instead, each has particular
the world have their habitat here, whichhabitats in particular areas. Species at the
represents only 4 percent of the planet'sbase of the Andes are far different than
land  surface.those found closer to the vast Amazon River
basin. In short, one has to have a thorough
The Amazon Rainforest is a 7 million kmknowledge of specific species before simply
square (1.2 billion acres) moist broad leafheading down to South America on a birding
forest from 9 nations, Bolivia, Peru,expedition.
Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana,



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