Displaced by El Niño, South American seabirds flock to Panama
Published on: Friday 14 August 2026
By Enea Lebrun and Stefanie Eschenbacher PANAMA BAY, Panama, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual range in Panama Bay as a powerful El Niño warms the eastern Pacific and disrupts marine food supplies. The birds are arriving in unusually high numbers after warming waters drove fish such as anchovies
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