PERU: Wildlife | Amazon | Manu

pictures: manu national park in Peru

Below you will find a collection of photos from Peru. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler in 1995, 2005, and 2011. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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Yellow and red Heliconia
Yellow and red Heliconia


Heliconia flower
Heliconia flower
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Dry river bed in the Amazon basin
Dry river bed in the Amazon basin


Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper
Orange-pink and yellow leafhopper


Manu Cloud Forest Lodge
Manu Cloud Forest Lodge


Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon
Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon


Insect nymph
Insect nymph


Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)
Meneria Metalmark (Amarynthis meneria)


Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru
Blue-and-yellow macaw in Peru


Mist over the Amazon rainforest at sunset
Mist over the Amazon rainforest at sunset


Rainforest canopy leaves
Rainforest canopy leaves


Yellow and black banded caterpillar
Yellow and black banded caterpillar


View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley
View of the Amazon rainforest down the Kosnipata Valley


Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park
Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park


Bat
Bat


Sunset in the Amazon rainforest
Sunset in the Amazon rainforest


Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest
Cecropia in the Peruvian cloud forest


Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park
Rio Pini Pini flowing out of Manu National Park


Dry river bed in the Amazon basin
Dry river bed in the Amazon basin


Pair of scarlet macaws
Pair of scarlet macaws


Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect
Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect

(Peru)

Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed
Callicore cynosura butterfly with wings closed

(Peru)

Rhetus periander butterfly
Rhetus periander butterfly

(Peru)

White butterfly
White butterfly

(Peru)

Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings
Biblis hyperia butterfly; brown to black with red on its wings

(Peru)

Brown grasshopper with white marking
Brown grasshopper with white marking

(Peru)

Insect nymph
Insect nymph


Scarlet macaw in the Amazon
Scarlet macaw in the Amazon


Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree
Giant metallic ceiba borer beetle; Euchroma gigantea; on Kapok tree

(Peru)

Rainforest river in Manu
Rainforest river in Manu


Male cock-of-the rock
Male cock-of-the rock


Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)


Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth
Urania leilus day-flying or diurnal moth

(Peru)

Praying mantis standing guard of its tree
Praying mantis standing guard of its tree

(Peru)

Bamboo forest in the Amazon
Bamboo forest in the Amazon


Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor
Mass of caterpillars on leaf litter of forest floor

(Peru)

Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings
Purple leafhopper with light green and magenta markings


Rainbow insect
Rainbow insect


Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing

(Peru)

Waterfall in the upper Amazon
Waterfall in the upper Amazon


Furry red caterpillar
Furry red caterpillar


Orange harvestman
Orange harvestman


Green katydid
Green katydid


Walking stick insects mating
Walking stick insects mating

(Peru)

Pini Pini River
Pini Pini River


Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs

(Peru)

Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs
Green grasshopper with yellow and black bands; and red; yellow; orange; and black striped legs

(Peru)

Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs
Light green grasshopper with yellow and maroon striped legs

(Peru)

Bee burrowing in the sand
Bee burrowing in the sand

(Peru)

Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle
Small black; red; yellow; and white beetle

(Peru)

Black moth with orange and green markings
Black moth with orange and green markings

(Peru)

Red and white leaf of a rainforest shrub
Red and white leaf of a rainforest shrub


Black wasp on canopy platform
Black wasp on canopy platform

(Peru)

Beetle
Beetle


Leaf katydid
Leaf katydid


Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon
Rainforest valley in the upper Amazon


Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles
Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles

(Peru)

Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing
Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing

(Peru)

Mass of caterpillars
Mass of caterpillars

(Peru)

Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree
Stranger fig roots wrapped around Kapok tree
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of PeruV

(Peru)

Black moth
Black moth


Katydid
Katydid

(Peru)

Darth Vader planthopper
Darth Vader planthopper


Leafhopper
Leafhopper


Flowering trees on a hillside in the Amazon
Flowering trees on a hillside in the Amazon


Click beetle with glow lights
Click beetle with glow lights

(Peru)

Red rainforest crab
Red rainforest crab

(Peru)

Walking stick insects mating
Walking stick insects mating

(Peru)

Dark brown centipede
Dark brown centipede

(Peru)

Beige grasshopper
Beige grasshopper

(Peru)

Red bromeliads in Manu cloud forest
Red bromeliads in Manu cloud forest


Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)
Multi-colored butterfly on a beach (unknown species)

(Peru)

Rufous-capped thornbill
Rufous-capped thornbill


Lycorea halia butterfly
Lycorea halia butterfly

(Peru)



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Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2012

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