Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird, a striking black bird with a red throat pouch and crest, is in trouble. A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution warns it’s among 500 bird species worldwide that could vanish within a century, driven by human activities like deforestation and urban sprawl. Found only in Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, […] The post Costa Rica’s Rare Birds at Risk as Human Activity Threatens Extinction appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.