Georgetown: “The Guyana Amazon Tropical Birding Society is producing a magazine which will be of interest to those persons who have a passion for birds.” This was disclosed by Director General of the Department of Tourism Donald Sinclair when he spoke recently with the Government Information Agency.
According to Sinclair, the birding magazine will give information on the birding hotspots in Guyana and how those sites can be accessed and what particular species can be found there.
Sinclair said that birding has been recognized as an important niche market and by attending bird fairs; expansion of the birding market will be maximized. “Internal promotions in terms of what happens, in terms of what we do with our websites, will be ways of advertising Guyana’s diverse species of birds,” the tourism director said.
Guyana has over 815 migrant and resident bird species for visitors to admire. These include the largest eagle in the world, the Harpy Eagle also known as the “flying wolf; the Canje Pheasant, Guyana’s national bird, is very primitive in appearance and has a striking resemblance to the earliest bird fossils. It was therefore believed to be evolved from dinosaurs; the Guyana Toucanet, another species of bird that is sometimes kept as a pet or kept in an aviculture as a breeder bird.
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