It is revealed that Honduras’s majority areas are dominated with forest and there several types of forests you can find in the nation. As the second-largest nation in Central America, Honduras is the one that still has forested areas like cloud forest, rain forest, pine forests, and mangroves, and there are also some beautiful scenery.

The nation that stretches from Caribbean to Pacific is also keeping animals that are the species which already extinct in other region. There are a number of species and some to mention are mammals. There are over 200 mammals live in Honduras’s forested areas. The mammals that are still living peacefully are Bats with the population reaches a half of the total number of 98 species found in Honduras. You can also find out that iconic jaguar or Panthera onca which is also the rare species that is still alive out there in Honduras’s forests.

Moreover, other mammals found are West Indian manatess or Trichechus manatus, the white-tailed deer or Odocoileus virginianus or famous as national animal, a variety of monkeys such as white-headed capuchin, Mexican spider monkey, and the golden-mantled howler monkey.
Besides the mammals, Honduras also owns a variety of bird species. Out there, you can see that there are 18 parrot species such as great green macaw/Ara ambigua, orange-chinned parakeet/Brotogeris jugularis, Pacific parakeet/Aratinga strenua, and lastly the national bird scarlet macaw/Ara macao.

If you go higher to Honduras’s tropical forests, you may find the black-capped swallow or Notiochelidon pileata, whereas in the coastal lowland forests you will enjoy the view of chestnut-mandibled toucan or Ramphastos swainsonii. Many Honduras people decide to keep the chestnut-mandibled toucan as pets because this bird gas bright color in the face as well as exaggerated bill.

Speaking of plants in Honduras, each forest type has special plants and sometimes it depends on the kinds of species live there. For example, the mangrove ecosystem is indicated with the population of black mangrove/Avicennia germinans and red mangrove/Rhizopora mangle. In dry land there are Mahogany trees and lowland forest is dominated with Honduras pine and ocote pine. The impressive and famous tree in Honduras is the ceiba/Ceiba pentandra, which has 250 feet of height and a 10-foot of diameter trunk.

Additionally, Honduras has over 5.000 species of plants. The scientists found out that the flowering plants are the species that are spread in most areas in Honduras. These flowering plants are the main source for insect and birds. As well, there some main species found in the nation, for instance sage, Peach sage, blue vine sage, and Karwinski’s sage. There is also one species of flowering plant that becomes the food source for Honduras people which is called yellow lotus that live in mangrove forest.