The Five Great Forests of Meso-America - Protecting Our Shared Birds | The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Each Fall, Migratory Birds in Their Billions Lift Off From Parks, Glades, Gardens & Backyards in North America, Funneling into Central America’s Last Large Forests, Where Many Will Spend Over Half the Year. A New Study From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Reveals That Central America’s 5 Great Forests (5GF) are Crucial for Migratory Birds, Supporting Anywhere Between 1/10th & Nearly 1/2 of the Global Populations of 40 Species - Including Wood Thrush, Golden-Winged Warblers, & Broad-Winged Hawks.
The Cornell Lab’s Center for Conservation Media Partnered With WCS to Illuminate how Birds Connect us Across the Hemisphere. Our Shared Goal is to Link People Across the Places These Birds Rely on Throughout Their Full Annual Cycle, & to Highlight the Local Stewards Leading the Fight to Keep Central America’s Largest Forests Standing So That We Can all Keep Welcoming Our Birds Back Year After Year.