This brilliantly colored songbird is found only in the humid forests of northeastern Brazil. Sadly, this species small population is declining as a result of forest loss and trapping for the illegal cage-bird trade. The main threat is deforestation for conversion to pastures and sugar cane plantations.
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| Their Tiny World |
"While I am watching the birds I believe I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild creatures affords me a certain safeguard. Where all else is dangerous, hostile and liable to inflict pain, they alone can do me no injury because, probably, they are not even aware of my existence. The birds are at once my refuge and my relaxation." ~Anna Kavan "But look around at this world, how perfectly it's made. Flowers can't move, yet the insects come to them and spread their pollen. Trees can't move either, but birds and animals eat their fruit and carry their seeds far and wide." ~Nahoko Uehashi
