COLOMBIA: Highlights | Slideshow | Wildlife | Amazon | | Llanos | Cartagena

Photos of Montane Forest in Colombia

All images are the property of Rhett A. Butler / mongabay.com, copyright 2007. contact me regarding use and reproduction.




These " Photos of Montane Forest in Colombia " were taken during a 2007 trip to Colombia.





White a dark red-stripped butterfly


Heliconia in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Clear-wing butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia


Transparent butterfly of the Nymphalidae family (Subfamily Satyrinae)


Nymphalidae transparent-winged butterfly in a Colombian cloud forest


Red and yellow bromeliad


Ot�n river


Waterfall and montane forest of La Pastora in Parque Ucumar�


Wasps' nest


Satyrinid (Satyrinae) butterfly with clear wings


Red and yellow Heliconia


Bromeliad in a Colombian cloud forest


Cloud forest in Colombia


Red and yellow bromeliad in Colombia


Red and yellow bromeliads


Leaf of a rainforest shrub


The shallow root structure of a canopy tree


Forest of Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia


Ot�n river


Red and black butterfly on a sandy river beach




Waterfall at Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Umbrella leaf


Montane forest of Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Yellow-legged wasp


Epiphytes in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Transparent butterfly (Pseudohaeterea hypaesia) in Colombia


Red and yellow Heliconia in Colombia


Colombian cloud forest of Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Epiphyte roots in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya montane forest


Creek leading to a waterfall at Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Fuschia-colored flowers in Colombia


Black and orange butterfly


White fungi on a rainforest tree trunk


Umbrella leaf


Creek in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Canopy trees with white leaves


Ot�n river


Daddy longlegs in the Colombian rainforest


Purple and yellow flowers


Yellow beetle climbing a blade of grass


Hanging vines in a Colombian cloud forest


Black and red beetle


Orchids growing up the trunk of a tree in a Colombian cloud forest


Tank bromeliad in a Colombian montane forest


Transparent-winged butterfly with orange, black, and white markings


Fishing spider in Colombia


Red and black butterfly


Waterfall at Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Tree-planting project in Colombia


Vine growing up a moss-covered tree trunk


Umbrella leaf in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Canopy tree laden with hundreds of epiphytes


Forest fragment near Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya / Parque Ucumar� / Refugio La Pastora


Palm leaf in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Large leaf


Flowers in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


White moth


Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya forest


Big leaf in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya


Heliconius butterfly in Santuario Ot�n Quimbaya










what's new | tropical fish | for kids | other languages | help | search | about | copyright & use | contact

Copyright Rhett Butler 1994-2012

Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2007. While these photos 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.


Mongabay.com is a free resource.
Unless otherwise specified, all pics and photographs found on travel.mongabay.com are the property of mongabay.com.
If you are interested in using a picture or graphic from the site, please contact mongabay.com.
Also if you find errors or dead links on the site, please let me know.