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Pages in category "Fauna of the Amazon" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 250 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Amazon river dolphin is a species endemic to the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometre, accounting for over 40% of the planet's remaining tropical forests. [3] Since 2000, rainfall has declined across 69% of the Amazon. The WWF estimates that 27% Amazon will be without trees if deforestation continues at its ...
The fauna of Guyana comprises all the animal species inhabiting the country of Guyana, which is part of the neotropical realm. Guyana has many endemic species and one of the highest biodiversity rates in the world as a result of the majority of the country being part of the Amazon rainforest , and as a result a large amount of the species being ...
[6] [7] They are the Martinique amazon (Amazona martinica) [8] [9] and the Guadeloupe amazon (Amazona violacea). [6] [10] [11] Amazon parrots were described living on Guadeloupe by Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre in 1667 and by Jean-Baptiste Labat in 1742, and they were called Psittacus violaceus at that time. Labat also described amazon parrots living ...
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
Birds migrate to the Amazon rainforest from the North or South. Amazon birds are threatened by deforestation since they primarily reside in the treetops. [2] At its current rate of destruction, the rainforest will be gone in forty years. [3] Human encroachment also negatively affects the habitat of many Amazonian birds.
The Amazonian pygmy owl occurs in the central and southwestern areas of the Amazonia region. Its presence has been confirmed in northern Bolivia, [7] in Peru both in the Amazon and north of the Amazon, [8] and extending east to eastern Venezuela, [9] Guyana, [10] Suriname, [11] and French Guiana.
This is a list of butterflies of the Amazon River basin and the Andes. The Amazon River basin may be the most speciose region for butterflies . Nine countries have territory in the Amazon River basin or immediately adjoin this region: Brazil , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Suriname , and French Guiana .