Hello and welcome to the world's largest bird park.

 

Welcome to the world’s mega bird park

Hello and welcome to the world's largest bird park.

       The South American tropics rank as one of the avian kingdom's most diverse regions, with species ranging from the vibrant toucan to the stately harpy eagle.   There are about 3,800 species there, including over 1,300 in the Amazon and 28 that are indigenous to the area1.

The geographic distribution of each species varies significantly from one another. Certain toucan species may only be found in relatively small areas, unlike the harpy eagle, which may be found from southern Central America to the Amazon.

Within a small 5,500 hectare portion of the jungle at one location in the Peruvian Amazon, about 575 different species of birds have been identified. In contrast, North America as a whole is home to 700 different bird species.

Several birds migrate from North America to the tropics of Central and South America from November to March. Some are only found in the Amazon rainforest.

The majority of birds reside in the thick undergrowth of the   from the rainforest bottom to the canopy, searching for insects. Some, like the harpy eagle, capture other creatures and flowers, while others prefer flying insects, fruit, and   birds and reptiles. 

  

 (Harpia harpyja)2 Harpy eagle

The harpy eagle, which is over a meter tall and has a wingspan of two meters, is unquestionably one of the most imposing Amazonian birds. It has extremely strong legs and feet, and a large, blackish-grey crest of feathers on its head. Males and females differ in size by about a third.

The harpy eagle eats birds, less than one-third of its diet consists of monkeys, more than one-third of its diet consists of sloths, and nearly no prey is too huge for it.

Harpy eagles spend a lot of time sitting still and listening. Once they've located a target, they glide in with their claws out and swoop down to grasp the prey. Females attack greater prey than males do because of their larger size.

Although the  It is exceedingly challenging to find species in this huge area, which includes the Amazon and southern Central American jungles. Their only habitat is being destroyed by deforestation, which is causing population declines. It is impossible to determine the eagle population precisely because they are dispersed over such a large area.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species3 rates the harpy eagle as Near Threatened.