Mangrove Hummingbird, Endangered & Decreasing

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Mangrove Hummingbird.....Status = Endangered & Decreasing



http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/images/bluebanner_mangrove_hummingbird(2).jpg

It is a bit weird to be standing in the ocean, with your back to the shore, and spot a hummingbird
zipping by on the way to its nest – but that is often how you spot a Mangrove Hummingbird.


The Mangrove Hummingbird is unique to Costa Rica.

It forages at at the lower and middle levels of mangrove swamps and in adjacent vegetation along
the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, preferring to feed on the nectar of the tea mangrove.

The destruction of mangroves for shrimp aquaculture, road construction, and beach and urban development
is the biggest threat to this range-restricted bird. Although logging mangroves is illegal in Costa Rica,
the law is widely ignored, and the trees are often cut to make charcoal, further reducing habitat for the
Mangrove Hummingbird and other vulnerable bird species.

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Black-Cheeked Ant Tananger ....... Status = Severely Threatened




The Black-cheeked Ant Tanager lives only on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Its mangrove
habitat, however, is severely threatened by land speculation and development for the tourism
industry and small scale land clearance.

http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/international/BlackcheekedAntTanager.html