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.

Scintillant hummingbird ready for some fresh nectar in the Talamanca mountains in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Scintillant hummingbird enjoying fresh nectar in the Talamanca mountains in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Silver-throated tanager (angara icterocephala), La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) in the Savegre Valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Scintillant hummingbird on its nest in the Talamanca mountains in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Scintillant hummingbird nest, Talamanca mountains in San Gerardo de Dota - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Scintillant hummingbird nest with eggs in the Talamanca mountains, Savegre Valley, San Gerardo de Dota - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent quetzal in the Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent quetzal in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in the Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) in the Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Resplendent quetzal silhouette in the Savegre valley, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Yellow-throated toucan playing hide and seek, Puntarenas, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Yellow-throated toucan near the beachtown of Jaco, Puntarenas, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) in a protective position, San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis), Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus), La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male red-legged honeycreeper hanging in the trees, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female red-legged honeycreeper, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male red-legged honeycreeper waiting on a branch to catch some food, La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Great kiskadee in a forest near La Fortuna, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male Great Curassow close up at Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at Arenal Observatory Lodge, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female black-crested coquette (Lophornis helenae) on a branch in the Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female black-crested coquette (Lophornis helenae) in the Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Female black-crested coquette in the Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Collared aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) in Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Collared aracari in a berry tree, Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Collared aracari  in Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Social Flycatcher in a garden, south of San Jose, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Social Flycatcher in the south of San Jose, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency
Blue-crowned motmot in San Jose, Costa Rica - Nature Stock Photo Agency