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Lavishly illustrated guide to Peru's birds describes 1,800 species

CHICAGO—More than 30 years in the making, Birds of Peru describes the birds of Peru through 304 color plates, 1,700 species distribution maps, also in color, and concise descriptive text. The first ...
New York Post

This is why birds are dying on Peru’s Fisherman’s Island

Isla Pescadores, Peru – Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru’s protected Isla Pescadores – Spanish for Fishermen’s Island – looks much as it always has. But ...
Reuters

On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill

ISLA PESCADORES, Peru, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru's protected Isla Pescadores - Spanish for Fishermen's Island - looks much as ...
Reuters

Peru's guano coastal birds face crisis as population drops over 75%, scientists say

LIMA, July 25 (Reuters) - Scientists along Peru's central Pacific coast are sounding the alarm that more action is needed to protect seabirds, sea lions, and penguins as climate change, disease, and ...
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Birds and bats ensure yields for cacao farmers in northern Peru

Healthy bat and bird populations don’t only help to keep the endangered tropical dry forests of northern Peru in equilibrium. For the regions’ farmers of cacao—the main ingredient in chocolate— these ...