After Decades Gone, South America's Most Powerful Bird Reappears and Exposes an Alarming Collapse in Its Habitat

After Decades Gone, South America's Most Powerful Bird Reappears and Exposes an Alarming Collapse in Its Habitat

The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), one of the world’s largest and most powerful raptors, has reappeared across parts of its range in Central and South America after decades of absence. Verified sightings in Brazil and southern Mexico have confirmed that the species, long thought lost from several regions, is once again present in forested landscapes that have suffered extensive deforestation over the past century. The findings, reported by the Br…