All Images
News Release 11-125
Tropical Birds Return to Harvested Rainforest Areas in Brazil
Bird species thought extinct came back to the forests
This material is available primarily for archival purposes. Telephone numbers or other contact information may be out of date; please see current contact information at media contacts.
The White-plumed Antbird has gone "extinct," then returned, several times in the forest.
Credit: Philip Stouffer/LSU
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (535 KB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.
View from the edge of a forest fragment; birds regularly move through to recolonize the fragments.
Credit: Philip Stouffer/LSU
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (1.2 MB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.
The Black-banded Woodcreeper is unlikely to survive in fragments, this one notwithstanding.
Credit: Philip Stouffer/LSU
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (524 KB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.
This pasture has been abandoned; its regrowth will allow some birds to return to the forest.
Credit: Philip Stouffer/LSU
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (622 KB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.
The Black-throated Antshrike may not be able to recolonize fragments of the forest.
Credit: Philip Stouffer/LSU
Download the high-resolution JPG version of the image. (520 KB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.