Cotingas include many different looking rainforest birds e.g. the bright red national bird of Peru, the cock of the rock. With its bright blue plumage, plum throated cotingas contrast the cock of the rock in appearance. They live in tropical and subtropical lowland rainforest feeding on fruit and insects.
rainforest birds - Plum Throated Cotinga
Hyacinth macaws are the largest flying parrot; there is a larger, flightless parrot in New Zealand named the kakapo. Hyacinth macaws are spectacular Amazon Rainforest parrots with their rich blue plumage combined with a bright yellow chin and eye patch. Hyacinths are armed with a strong and robust gun-metal grey beak for crushing their food of hard palm nuts. As mentioned in the rainforest birds article, they are severely hunted for the pet trade, which has caused a plummet of hyacinth macaws in the wild. You can still see hyacinth macaws in certain areas of the Amazon and Pantanal. They prefer semi-open forest or forest edges and generally stay away from the dense rainforest interior. Seeing these outstanding birds free should entrench the importance of conservation.
RAINFOREST BIRDS - HYACINTH MACAWS
Hummingbirds are among the world's smallest rainforest birds. There are over 300 species of them, and they are all native to Southern, Central and Northern America. They eat nectar from flowers and can hover in the same place in the air and even fly backwards. Most species live in Southern and Central America.
rainforest birds - Hummingbirds
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