Conservation groups have more than doubled the size of a nature reserve in Colombia that is an important wintering area for the Prothonotary Warbler.
The organizations — Rainforest Trust, World Land Trust, Saving Nature, American Bird Conservancy, and Fundación Biodiversa Colombia — added 3,839 acres to the El Silencio Natural Reserve, located in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena Valley. The reserve now covers 6,844 acres.
Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world and the Middle Magdalena Valley is one of its most diverse regions. Not only is it critical habitat for migrating birds, but it is also home for six primate, 345 bird, 42 amphibian, and 723 vascular plant species.
Expanded reserve protects warbler wintering area - BirdWatching
The organizations — Rainforest Trust, World Land Trust, Saving Nature, American Bird Conservancy, and Fundación Biodiversa Colombia — added 3,839 acres to the El Silencio Natural Reserve, located in Colombia’s Middle Magdalena Valley. The reserve now covers 6,844 acres.
Colombia is the second-most biodiverse country in the world and the Middle Magdalena Valley is one of its most diverse regions. Not only is it critical habitat for migrating birds, but it is also home for six primate, 345 bird, 42 amphibian, and 723 vascular plant species.
Expanded reserve protects warbler wintering area - BirdWatching