1 Feb 2023
Commicarpus simonyi
Only with sufficient moisture over time will you see a full grown specimen like this. In years of drought the winter rains fail and plants wither before they…
12 Dec 2014
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…
25 Nov 2013
Actinocephalus polyanthus
The very last couple of kilometres of road to the plateau of Itatiaia National Park is blocked by the park entrance, and even though you can drive to the…
24 Nov 2013
Paepalanthus itatiaiensis
This species grows in the soggiest parts in Itatiaia.
Altitude: 2460 metres.
Native range is southeastern Brazil.
18 Nov 2013
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.…
