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If you want to go for bird watching when you are in Peru, then you should pay a visit to the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve is a renowned protected wildlife area of Peru. The area of the reserve is 7.700 square miles and the area is drained by two rivers which are Maraņon which flows from the northern side and Ucayaly which flows from the south. The Peruvian government is the main initiator behind the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in Peru because they wanted to save the indigenous flora and fauna of the country. It was necessary, because widespread human migration was constantly posing grave dangers to the exotic avian, flora and varieties of fauna of Amazon.
Pacaya Samiria National Reserve is a habitat of not only lots of wild animals and varieties of tree but also varieties of marine animals. Thus here you would find more than 500 varieties of birds, about 102 mammalians as well as 240 species of reptiles, 58 species of amphibians and 256 varieties of fishes. If you are a lover of trees and shrubs then also you will not be disappointed since here you would get 1024 species of flora which include both wild and cultivated specimens. Among these trees the most abundant one is the aguaje. This is the favorite fruit of the macaws and other varieties of birds such as tapirs, paca and agouti. About five of the eight macaws indigenous to Peru finds habitat in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
Varieties of animals get protection in this National Reserve of Iquitos. Thus here you would get to see black caiman, dugongo, water turtle and varieties of dolphins such as pink dolphin and grey dolphin which are rarely seen. Spider ape and giant otter are also found here. Giant Arapaima is the largest species of fish in Amazon and you would get to see them often when you are on a trip to this natural reserve.
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