Notable birds include: Oilbird, endangered Northern Helmeted Curassow and Flame-winged Parakeet, a species endemic to the region.

The Helmeted Curassow or Northern Helmeted Curassow', (Pauxi pauxi) is a large terrestrial black curassow with a small head, large bluish grey casque on forehead, red bill, white-tipped tail feathers, greenish glossed mantle and breast feathers, and white below.

The sunlit office of the nature conservancy group could have been in any country - potted plants, desktop terminals, a poster of the endangered Pauxi Pauxi bird and a staff member wearing a shirt that said: "Plant trees - plant hopes."