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With around 10,000 species of birds found on the planet, many concentrated in the tropics, a special type of person can grow obsessed and even competitive with increasing their bird count. To date there are 13 people that have criss crossed the planet to personally see more than 9,000 birds.

Bird species diversity can in part be traced to its land formation. For example after millions of years of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the previously separate American continents eventually became connected. The stretch of land between continents—now Central America— contains what might be expected of a bridge - representation of species from both continents. Bird species began migrating to the area many millions of years ago. Birds such as the jay came from the north, while hummingbird species appeared from the south.

In addition to its bridging geography fruits and flowers attract birds looking to diversify their diet and travel great distances or in some cases stay put because of localized abundance. Birds that feed mostly on nectar or fruit are increasingly rare at locations away from the equator. With trees fruiting all year in the tropics, even birds like the resplendent quetzal can survive on diets that are nearly exclusive to certain fruits.

Fruits and flowers provide birds with food, but many of these plants also rely on birds. In the neotropics, hundreds of bird species fill the important ecological role of dispersing fruits and pollinating flowers. The bird’s mobility makes them an ideal carrier. However, with high mobility, bird communities require large areas of land to survive. Thus, birds are strongly affected by human alterations and fragmentations of the forest. Because many plants, in turn, rely on birds to access adequate habitat, isolating forest fragments creates a feedback loop of species reduction. With accelerating loss of birds and plants, deforestation becomes a serious problem. The conservation of large land areas is very important to maintaining these species in the tropics.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Three-wattled Bellbird

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Resplendent Quetzal

Bare-necked Umbrellabird

Turquoise-browed Motmot, Bird - Vertebrate

Black Witch

Turkey Vulture

Long-tailed Manakin

Great Green Macaw

Keel-billed Toucan

Magnificent Frigatebird

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan

Bananaquit

Violet Sabrewing

Fiery-billed Aracari and Collared Aracari

Brown Pelican

Long-tailed Hermit

Scarlet Macaw

Green Heron

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