Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Binational Project to Protect Birds

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TEGUCIGALPA, Mar 6 2004 (IPS) - U.S. and Honduran scientists will work together over the next three years to study and protect migratory birds, including the tiny golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), whose habitat is 1,800 meters above sea level in encino pine trees. Experts from Tegucigalpa and from the Audubon Zoo, in the southern U.S. city of New Orleans, will track the migratory behavior of birds that travel between the southeast United States and the Honduran reserves of La Tigra National Park, Corralitos, El Picacho and Amarateca Valley.

Also taking part is a group from the Autonomous National University of Honduras, Jonathan Laínez, of the capital's environmental management division, told Tierramérica.

The aim is to establish the timing and routes of migration, and the status of the forests they use for nesting in order to define measures to prevent the extinction of these bird species.