Peru

  • The Iquitos waterfront, the staging location for many explorations in the Peru Amazon.
  • Typical transport between Iquitos and the rain forest Lodges.
  • Night or owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae). Other night monkeys peering from their nest cavity. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuyo Reserve, Peru]
  • Night or owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae). A group of small night monkeys clustered in their nest tree. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha). A species of prehensile-tailed monkey, hanging out and having a snack along the river. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea). These small marmosets chew holes in the tree bark, then eat sap and insects that collect. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Geoffroy’s monk saki (Pithecia monachus). A large New World monkey lounging in the rain forest canopy. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Coppery titi monkey (Plecturocebus cupreous). A troop of these monkeys passed through the trees at the Lodge one afternoon. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Poison dart frog (Ranitomeya uakarii). A dart frog endemic to this northeastern region of the Peru Amazon. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Tree frog (unknown species). A very tiny, but colorful frog found on the floor of the rain forest. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Wire-tailed manakin (Pipra filicauda). A small, colorful tyrant with long, thin tail feathers. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans). Not eye-catching, but ear-catching, the screaming piha is the second-loudest bird in the world (116 dB). [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Capped heron (Pilherodius pileatus). Capped herons are typically very wary of humans and difficult to photograph. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Striated heron (Butorides striata). One of the species of so-called green-backed herons. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea). Juveniles like this have orange breasts which fade as they mature. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Cream-colored woodpecker (Celeus flavus). One of many very colorful woodpecker species in the Amazon. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons). A type of puffbird that is fairly common near the jungle lodges. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Bluish-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens). A relative of the puffbirds, but with iridescent feathers. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • White-eared jacamar (Galbulcyrhynchus leucotis). Another species of jacamar in flight above the Tahuayo River. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Black caracara (Daptrius ater). A type of falcon perched along the Tahuayo River. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Lesser yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes burrovianus). One of a pair of chicks in a nest located beneath a large log. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Fer-de-lance snake (Bothrops asper). An extremely poisonous type of pit viper, found coiled in the roots of a tree. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Yellow-crowned brush-tailed tree rat (Isothrix bistriata). A common species of spiny rat that nests in trees. [Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, Peru]
  • Common gallinule (Gallinula galeata). A type of rail, feeding at a coastal wetland near Lima. (Ventanilla Wetlands, Callao, Peru]
  • Snowy egret (Egretta thula). One of the plumed egrets, wading at a coastal wetlands near Lima. [Ventanilla Wetlands, Callao, Peru]