Botany One @botany.one · Jul 22 80% of the birds recorded as present were not seen in the survey. Instead they were identified from their birdsong. What the survey found was that Colombia still has incredible biodiversity; mountain forests ≠ lowland forests ≠ páramo grasslands. Each has entirely different species. (5/11)
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When cattle replace forests, the bird communities collapse, because the plants they rely on disappear. In their place are the same grass species. Differences like elevation, where you find different birds just a few hundred metres higher cease to matter, as pastures lack botanical diversity. (6/11)