Translated with Deepl from the original Spanish text
A new species of native bird discovered in the rural area of the capital of Valle del Cauca will be presented at a press conference to be held this Monday, October 21 at 8:30 am, in the Government Council Room of the Mayor's Office of Santiago de Cali.
This is the species number 562, discovered in one of the conservation grounds, owned by the Dagma, immersed in the Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, where the environmental authority has been working for 19 years in the conservation of its ecosystems, actions that, in a determined way, have allowed this new discovery.
For the administration of Mayor Maurice Armitage it is very important to find this new endemic bird of Valle del Cauca, considering that Colombia ranks first worldwide in bird diversity, with 1,897 species and that 50% of these are in Valle del Cauca, and about 561 species live in Santiago de Cali.
The last time a new species was revealed for this genus was 15 years ago in Peru. This new finding allows Colombia, Valle del Cauca and Cali to maintain leadership in the area, with the largest number of birds in the world.
Dagma director Claudia Maria Buitrago Restrepo, stressed the importance of contributing to the conservation of ecosystems, so that we continue to make Cali a more biodiverse city.
