Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this one was perched in plain…


Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Where there's water there's Black-capped donacobius, and the oxbow lake at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) is no exception - you'll hear and…


Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)

Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens)

Nightjars are naturally hard to see as they're nocturnal, but you definitely hear them and if you use their sound you can often locate them with a flashlight.…


West Indian Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

West Indian Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

Old and worn out, but still in good health as it was by no means sitting still when I repeatedly approached. Location was near one of the many dwindling pools…


Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

As I was slowly moving on the river of Fazenda San Francisco I noticed this bird in a dense thicket on the riverside. What's peculiar is the white on its head,…


West Indian Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

West Indian Buckeye (Junonia evarete)

On the open grassland that is the savanna (Sabana), there are few birds and a lot of insects - ants and termites in particular. Only a select few butterflies…