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The Marvelous Spatuletail is a small hummingbird restricted to a tiny area inside the Uctubamba Valley in the Peruvian Andes. This small hummingbird is known from three areas (north and south-east of Leimebamba, the Chachapoyas area and Florida, on the shore of Lago Pomacochas). However, the only recent records are from Florida. It lives at [...] The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 2000, establishes a matching grants program to fund projects that promote the conservation of migratory birds in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The grants program began supporting projects in 2002, when it received its first appropriation in the amount [...] Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic, has announced the creation of a new refuge “Reserva Biologica Loma Charco Azul” on the northwestern border of Sierra de Bahoruco National Park, a global biodiversity hotspot. “With 30 endemic bird species, Hispaniola ranks high in global importance for bird conservation,” said Dr. George Wallace, American Bird Conservancy’s Vice [...] Rediscovered Bird Species in Peru and the Neotropical Region This is the second part in a three part blog series examining the phenomenon of rediscovering bird species that were once thought lost or extinct. Rediscovered Bird Species in Peru: White-winged Guan (Penelope albipennis) The White-winged Guan is a classic example of rediscovered Neotropical avifauna. The species was described [...] When I started writing this post I spent a couple of days reading articles and taking notes about the subject. At the end of the day I had too much information to be included in a single posting. I have therefore decided to launch a series that will be divided into three parts. In Part [...] |
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