Boliva

Rainforests / jungles in Bolivia cover around 229,985 square miles area and located in the lowland area of the country. It is estimated that roughly two-third of the overall rainforest area in the country is forested. Primary forest covers around half of the forest cover area in Bolivia. The Bolivian Amazon is recognized as the homeland to thousands of common and rare species including amphibians, reptiles, fish, animals and birds. Many of these species have reached to alarming rates of disappearance.

Eastern Bolivia has been declared by the worldwide scientific community as among most biologically diverse locations that exist on Earth. Discovery ratio of more new species, each year, is relatively higher in rainforests / jungles in Bolivia than anywhere else. Bolivian habitats and wildlife have serious threats and massive efforts are underway to keep this region safe from the swift destruction for human and agricultural use.

Flamingos that actually born grey but eating plankton and shrimp get them orange and pink tones gradually. They can fly as high as 15,000-feet above sea level, but this beautiful bird is almost extinct. The flock of flamingos has reduced from 77,000 (in 1984) to under-5,000 (in 2007). Sloths, another rare creature of Bolivian rainforests, are slowest animal on Earth. They’ve sharp curved and very long claws. Bolivian jungles are also the home to the Andean Condors, who are recognized as largest flying bird on Earth. Andean Condor is the national bird of this country.

Rainforests in Bolivia are also the home to Spectacled Bears, Llamas (cousins of camels), Chinchilla (it has finest fur in animals), Bolivian Tree Lizard, Pink Dolphins, Capybara (largest rodent on Earth), Blue Morpho Butterflies (most beautiful and one of the largest on Earth) and Tapirs (an animal born with strips on its body that gradually disappear). A rare breed of dog with two noses was recently discovered by British explorers in Ojaki village in Bolivian Amazon.