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Brazil/Argentina 2014: Amazon, Pantanal & Iguazu Falls

A 3-week birding and wildlife excursion with Rockumper Birding Tours
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  • The Cristalino Jungle Lodge dock and platform on the Cristalino River.  Cristalino Lodge preserves a large area of rainforest with unusually great biodiversity, even for the amazon basin.  It was chosen as one of the 25 best ecolodges in the world by National Geographic Traveller.  See their web page at: <a href="http://cristalinolodge.com.br/en">http://cristalinolodge.com.br/en</a><br />
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    The Cristalino Jungle Lodge dock and platform on the Cristalino River. Cristalino Lodge preserves a large area of rainforest with unusually great biodiversity, even for the amazon basin. It was chosen as one of the 25 best ecolodges in the world by National Geographic Traveller. See their web page at: http://cristalinolodge.com.br/en
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  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

    Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
    At 2.4 in. (6 cm.) this is the world's smallest Passerine (songbird).
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  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

    Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant,  Myiornis ecaudatus

    Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus

    Adult in the nest. Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Ipê, Tabebuia sp.

    Ipê, Tabebuia sp.

    A hard and resilient wood, often used in coastal environments. Its wood is known for its resistance to attack by both fungi and insects, and holds a Class A fire rating -- the same rating given to concrete and steel!
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  • A carpet of Ipê flowers; the tree only blooms for a few days.

    A carpet of Ipê flowers; the tree only blooms for a few days.

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  • Unidentified turtle

    Unidentified turtle

    Crystalino River, Brazil
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  • Greater Yellow-headed Vulture,  Cathartes melambrotus

    Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes melambrotus

    A close relative of the Turkey Vulture of North America, it prefers rainforest rather than open habitats.
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  • View from one of the canopy towers, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

    View from one of the canopy towers, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

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  • View from one of the canopy towers, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

    View from one of the canopy towers, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

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  • White-necked Puffbird, Notharcus hyperrynchus

    White-necked Puffbird, Notharcus hyperrynchus

    Photographed from a canopy tower, Cristalino Jungle Lodge
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  • A large Brazil Nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, on the Castanera Trail, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

    A large Brazil Nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, on the Castanera Trail, Cristalino Jungle Lodge

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  • Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa)

    Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa)

    The fruit is a large capsule resembling a coconut in size and weighing up to 2 kg (4.4 lb). The hard, woody shell contains eight to 24 triangular seeds (the "Brazil nuts") packed like the segments of an orange.
    The capsule contains a small hole at one end, which enables large rodents like the agouti to gnaw it open. The rodents eat some of the nuts inside while burying others for later use; some of these are able to germinate into new Brazil nut trees.

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  • Flame-crowned Manakin,  Heterocercus linteatus

    Flame-crowned Manakin, Heterocercus linteatus

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge

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  • Flame-crowned Manakin,  Heterocercus linteatus

    Flame-crowned Manakin, Heterocercus linteatus

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge

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  • Swallow-wing, Chelidoptera tenebrosa

    Swallow-wing, Chelidoptera tenebrosa

    A specialized Puffbird which captures insects on the wing from a perch in the canopy.
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Looking for wildlife on the Cristalino River

    Looking for wildlife on the Cristalino River

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  • Red-handed Howler, Alouatta belzebul

    Red-handed Howler, Alouatta belzebul

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Red-handed Howler, Alouatta belzebul

    Red-handed Howler, Alouatta belzebul

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Brazilian Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris

    Brazilian Tapir, Tapirus terrestris

    Tapirs are excellent swimmers and divers, and can also move quickly inland on steep slopes. Their main predators are caimans, pumas and jaguars. Adults generally weigh between 150 to 320 kilograms (330 to 710 lb).
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Brazilian Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris

    Brazilian Tapir, Tapirus terrestris

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Brazilian Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris

    Brazilian Tapir, Tapirus terrestris

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Brazilian Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris

    Brazilian Tapir, Tapirus terrestris

    This photo and the next show the flexibility of this animal's long snout.
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Brazilian Tapir,  Tapirus terrestris

    Brazilian Tapir, Tapirus terrestris

    This photo and the previous one show the flexibility of this animal's long snout.
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Curl-crested Araçari,  Pteroglossus beauharnaesi

    Curl-crested Araçari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesi

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • White-whiskered Spider-Monkey, Ateles marginatus

    White-whiskered Spider-Monkey, Ateles marginatus

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • White-browed Purpletuft, Iodopleura isabellae

    White-browed Purpletuft, Iodopleura isabellae

    A small (11 cm.) member of the Cotinga family. Photographed from a canopy tower, Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Green Ibis,  Mesembrinibis cayennensis

    Green Ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Green Ibis,  Mesembrinibis cayennensis

    Green Ibis, Mesembrinibis cayennensis

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron,  Tigrisoma lineatum

    Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Tigrisoma lineatum

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron,  Tigrisoma lineatum

    Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Tigrisoma lineatum

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Red-throated Piping-Guan, Pipile cujubi

    Red-throated Piping-Guan, Pipile cujubi

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Red-throated Piping-Guan, Pipile cujubi

    Red-throated Piping-Guan, Pipile cujubi

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Capped Heron,  Pilherodius pileatus

    Capped Heron, Pilherodius pileatus

    One of the most beautiful of S. American herons. Photographed under low light conditions from a moving boat in late afternoon. Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Cashew Tree, Anacardium occidentale

    Cashew Tree, Anacardium occidentale

    A cashew apple with its cashew seed.
    One nut per "apple" - no wonder cashews are expensive!
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil.
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  • Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    A large member of the Chachalaca/Guan/Curassow family (Cracidae), length to 89 cm./35 in. and weighing up to 3.8 kg./8.4 lb. Surprisingly both sexes look alike and have the massive casque-like bill, though males are larger.
    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    Razor-billed Curassow, Mitu tuberosum

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata, female

    Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata, female

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata, female

    Bare-faced Curassow, Crax fasciolata, female

    Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil
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  • The Pantanal

    The Pantanal

    View along the Transpantanera, the only road which goes through the Pantanal, though only part way.
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  • Most of the Pantanal is under private ownership, mainly  ranches.<br />
Pousada Piuval, Pantanal<br />
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    Most of the Pantanal is under private ownership, mainly ranches.
    Pousada Piuval, Pantanal
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  • Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

    Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

    A large woodpecker in the same genus as the extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker of North America.
    Fazenda Curicaca, Pantanal
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  • Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

    Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Campephilus melanoleucos

    Fazenda Curicaca, Pantanal
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  • Yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela

    Yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela

    Fazenda Curicaca, Pantanal
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