pictures: birds in Peru

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Environmental news for Peru | SLIDESHOWS: Peru 2011 Peru 2005

Manu Cloud Forest Lodge Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Andean Cock-of-the-rock Location: Machu Picchu Pueblo (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest (Peru) Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Male cock-of-the rock Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird Also known as the Collared Inca Hummingbird. Locally called the Picaflor de Collar Inca Location: Pueblo at Machu PicchuV (Peru) Reddish-orange fungi on log Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Small brown insect with red marking (Peru) Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Red-and-green macaw in flight Ara chloroptera (Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Rufous-capped thornbill Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers Ara ararauna. Local name: Guacamayo boliviano Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Butterfly in the rainforest canopy (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Male cock-of-the rock Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) (Peru) Chestnut Eared AraÁari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Local name: Guacamayo escarlata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Pair of scarlet macaws Lafresnaya lafresnayi hummingbird in mid-flight Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) 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) Pair of scarlet macaws playing Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds. Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Brown; black; and white butterfly (Peru) Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) Green heron (Butorides striatus) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick Scientific name: Ara chloroptera Local name: Guacamayo cabezÛn Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Mealy parrot Scarlet macaw perched Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) and Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) feeding on clay wall Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Hanging Oropendola nests in canopy tree Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Hooded Tinamou (Nothocercus nigrocapillus) Rufous-capped thornbill Canopy trees Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Male cock-of-the rock performing at a lek Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Tuqui tuqui Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) in flight Local name: Maracana de Aguajal Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala] Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) Scarlet macaws in flight Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu; on clay lick Local name: Pucacunga Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Parakeets flying over forest canopy Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Large group of parrots and macaws flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Blue-headed parrot; Pionus menstruus; in the canopy Local name: Loro de Cabeza azul or Chunkachui Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Hummingbirds on bird feeder Location: Pueblo at Machu PicchuV (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds. Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Macaw in flight Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba) seeds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Local name: Aguila pescadora Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-headed parrots and Yellow-crowned parrots Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11

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