Pale Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)

Pale Sulphur (Aphrissa statira)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Tomato (Temenis laothoe)

Orange Banner (Temenis laothoe)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Red Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)

Red Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Bell’s Paradise Skipper (Phocides metrodorus)

Bell’s Paradise Skipper (Phocides metrodorus)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Hübner’s Sister (Adelpha plesaure)

Hübner’s Sister (Adelpha plesaure)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Leaving Napo Wildlife Center

Leaving Napo Wildlife Center

After 3 nights in Yasuni National park this was the very first rain shower! It was perfectly timed, as it started pouring down just as we were switching from…


Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

At 05:39 in the morning the light is still very dim - the sun is well below the horizon. My eyes could only see the silhouette of the Heron against the…


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

The unmistakable profile of the Hoatzin - even close to darkness you know immediately what bird it is. Yasuni National Park-0.526667, -76.434167


Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) is a large bird like this should be easy to see, but the Herons are expert at standing still no matter what their…


Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

This was the only encounter I had with common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). You may see them anywhere, and in this case I didn't have to go more than a…