rainforest wildlife [foto]

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Giant earthworm with bottlecap for size comparison

(Suriname)


Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)
(pan02-1805)


Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf

Brown beetle with green spots
Brown beetle with green spots

(Belize)


Woolly monkey


Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings

(Suriname)


Scarlet macaw


Leaf-mimicking praying mantis

(Suriname)


Olive green; orange; and brown beetle

(Suriname)


Mountain Paca (Agouti taczanowskii) in the Colombian Amazon


Three-striped posion dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus)

(Suriname)


Green grasshopper with yellow markings and a black head


Metallic blue beetle

(Suriname)


Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings


Caterpillar

(Suriname)

Flock of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick
Flock of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick

(Peru)


Maroon-spotted brown lizard

(Suriname)


Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia


Rainbow Ameivas in Colombia


Heliconius butterfly feeding on a hot lips flower
(pan02-2026)


Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling


Capuchin monkey

(Suriname)


Ants on the forest floor

(Suriname)

American crocodile
American crocodile

(Belize)

Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru
Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru

(Peru)

Greater ani (Crotophaga major)
Greater ani (Crotophaga major)
Local name: Locrero
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Woolly monkey

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)

(Belize)


Jaguar (Panthera onca)


Tamandua

(Brazil)

Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick
Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick
Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Parrot


Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) with turquoise markings
(pan02-1846)


Harlequin frog (Atelopus spumarius)

(Suriname)

Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree
Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Brown insect (zoomed)
(pan01-0712a)

Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch
Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Amazon foxtail; aquatic plant; in its wild habitat
Amazon foxtail; aquatic plant; in its wild habitat
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Blue-eyed butterfly

(Suriname)

Yellow katydid
Yellow katydid

(Belize)

Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Light gray dragonfly with blank-banded wings
Light gray dragonfly with blank-banded wings

(Guatemala)


Harpy eagle with its beak open


Cnemidophorus deppei lizard in Colombia

Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) in the Amazon rain forest
Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) in the Amazon rain forest
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Unidentified bird in forest canopy
Unidentified bird in forest canopy
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Entire clay lick
Entire clay lick
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


White moth


Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Mealy parrots in flight over rainforest
Mealy parrots in flight over rainforest
Amazona farinosa (Local name: Aurora grande)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
A bird in the chachalaca; guan and curassow family Cracidae.
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)



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