Birds

Data from crowd-sourced research and advanced analytics were combined to estimate the entire bird population. A 2021 study estimates that there are about six birds for every human on the planet. That leaves us with a total bird population of about 50 billion. That’s right, you read it correctly! We, humans, are outnumbered many times over by birds. The shocking fact is that this number is actually quite conservative.

American crocodile with a yellow-headed caracara behind it on the shores of the Tarcoles river, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Mangrove Black-hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) overlooking the Tarcoles river in Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Mangrove Black-hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) near the Tarcoles river in Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) at night, Arenal area, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) at night, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) sleeping in the rainforest, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) at night in the rainforest, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female Purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) in Savegre, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female Purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) ihiding in the bushes, Savegre, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female Purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) in the Savegre Valley, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca (magnificent) hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Lesser violet-ear (Green Violet-ear) hummingbird in the Savegre Valley, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Lesser violet-ear (Green Violetear) hummingbird in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
White-throated mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris), Savegre valley, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Quetzal, Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent Quetzal in Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in Savegre, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent Quetzal, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Stripe-tailed hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Stripe-tailed hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia) in the Batsu gardens, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
White-throated mountaingem (Lampornis castaneoventris), Savegre, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird or admirable hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis), Savegre valley, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis), San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Scintillant hummingbird in theTalamanca mountains in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male Magnificent hummingbird showing its colors near Savegre, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Harlequin duck on the rocky shoares of Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Humpback whale feeding on a school of fish joined by gulls in the inlets of Vancouver Island, Canada - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Volcano (Scintillant) hummingbird in the Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis), Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) in San Gerardo de Dota - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird in Savegre, San Gerardo de Dota - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Yellow-throated toucan in a banana tree, Jacó, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Yellow-throated toucan enjoying bananas in Jacó, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency