Fauna of the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest is a species-rich biome in which thousands of species live, many of which are endemic. To date, there are at least 40,000 different types of plants, 427 types of mammals, 1,300 types of birds, 378 types of reptiles, more than 400 types of amphibians, and around 3,000 types of freshwater fish known to be living in the Amazon.

The Amazon river dolphin is a species endemic to the Amazon.

The Amazon rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometres (2.6 million square miles), accounting for over 40% of the planet's remaining tropical forests. Since 2000, rainfall has declined across 69% of the Amazon. The WWF estimates that 27% of the Amazon will be without trees if deforestation continues at its current rate.

Birds

Main article: Birds of the Amazon

There are more than 1,500 species of birds living in the Amazon, including hummingbirds, channel-billed toucans, hoatzin and macaws. In one sites of Peruvian Amazon, there are around 575 species of birds are found in a 5,500-hectare (21 mi²) section.

From November to March, some birds will migrate from Central American to South American topics. Other are exactly found in Amazon.

Most of the birds are living in undercover dense of Amazon forest because they are looking for insects from rainforest floor to the canopy. Some prefer flying insects, or fruits and flowers, like harpy eagle will capture other mammals and reptiles and birds.

Mammals

A jaguar

There are about 427 different kinds of mammals living in Amazon, with most of them being bats and rodents, including the largest rodent in the world, the capybara, which can weigh up to 90 kilograms (200 lb). As well as large predators such as the jaguar, the cougar and the maned wolf.

In the Amazon, mammals are found on ground, trees and the air. The jungle is filled with a diversity of different species. On the tallest trees one can find sloths, one of the most common mammals in the forest.