A study conducted over 18 years in Costa Rica shows that small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest can provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations.
This photo provided by researchers shows a royal flycatcher bird in Las Cruces Biological Station in Coto Brus, Costa Rica in March 2018. Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica, published on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Though a forest specialist, this bird often ventures into diversified farms in search of specific flower species that match the shape of its bill. This photo provided by researchers shows a white-winged tanager at Las Cruces Biological Station in Coto Brus, Costa Rica, in June 2017. This forest bird has seen population increases in forest habitats.
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