The list of Amazon bird species in danger of extinction has risen sharply because their rain forest habitat is being slashed to make room for cattle ranching and agriculture, a conservationist ...

The Amazon Rainforest is home to some of the most exotic and beautiful animal life on the planet. ... The final animal on the list is another stunning bird — the scarlet macaw.

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...

Researchers studying a bird species — the golden-crowned manakin — in the Amazon rainforest discovered that it is actually a hybrid species, making it the first ever known hybrid bird species ...

The team focused on non-migratory birds to ensure their data would be tailored to species who inhabit the rainforest year-round. They found that most of the birds studied, on average, lost around 2% ...

Bizarre Amazon Rainforest Bird Species Discovered to Be Extremely Rare Hybrid. Published Dec 26, 2017 at 2:36 PM EST Updated Dec 26, 2017 at 5:49 PM EST. A dead, adult male golden-crowned manakin.

The results of a study on birds in the Amazon rainforest has shown that birds have gotten physically smaller over the last four decades, and scientists believe that a warming planet may be the ...