Masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata)

Masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata)

The song of the masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata) is very similar to the Willow Warbler, and I was enjoying it every day of my stay here.…


Spiranthera odoratissima

Spiranthera odoratissima

As I visited at the end of the dry season, the plateau was lush and green. Huanchaca Plateau is also called Caparu Meseta (Meseta de Caparú). Altitude: 806…


Spiranthera odoratissima

Spiranthera odoratissima

As I visited at the end of the dry season, the plateau was lush and green. Many of the plants species were in full bloom, like t his spiranthera odoratissima.…


Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

This was my first steps on top of the Huanchaca Plateau (Caparú Meseta), and what a welcome! The deer just looked at me and went on chewing for some time, and…


Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla grows on the slopes of the Cerro Tunupa. Full of sticky resin. Altitude: 3989 metres. Native range is Bolivia and Chile.


Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla grows on the slopes of the Cerro Tunupa. Altitude: 3989 metres. Native range is Bolivia and Chile.


Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla

Adesmia polyphylla grows on the slopes of the Cerro Tunupa. Altitude: 3989 metres. Native range is Bolivia and Chile.


James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

When their food, algae, is getting scarce on the shallows, they venture out as deep as needed to get to where the algae is. Here they seem to be floating as…


James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

Even at these muddy sections of the lagoon, the flamingos find food that seemingly outweighs the energy spent ovecoming the suction of the mud. A few flaps of…


James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)

From afar the flamingos all seem to be the same species. James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) is identified by the red legs, that the black tip on the bill…