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21 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

I haven't been able to find any resource describing which of these two distinctly different facial patterns are male and female, but I assume the first one is…

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae

21 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

When a group of 20-30 monkeys rush through the canopy, it's like swarm of sounds and movements. You mostly see some feet, tails, or furry bodies jump in and…

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae

20 Nov 2012

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Most of the time you hear but don't see the monkeys, as they are in the canopy, high above you in a very sharp background - the sky. If you're lucky you get a…

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae

20 Nov 2012

Black-headed squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis)

Even though I was in a canoe on the Chalalan lake, and these monkeys were moving through the trees next to the lake, it was very hard to get clear views and…

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanMammalsCebidae

20 Nov 2012

Black-capped capuchin (Cebus apella)

Yum-yum! If the monkeys are busy eating, they can be quite difficult to spot, and only when they move you'll have an idea of their location by the branches…

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanBirdsThraupidae

20 Nov 2012

Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

The fully mature red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) adult. It sounds like this: -14.426253,-67.919775

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MadidiBoliviaChalalanBirdsThraupidae

20 Nov 2012

Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

A juvenile red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis). It sounds like this: -14.426253,-67.919775

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MadidiBoliviaMammalsCuniculidae

20 Nov 2012

Lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)

This was my first mammal sighting in the Madidi National Park, and was very promising as this was just a few hundred metres after crossing the park's border…

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