23 Nov 2013
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)
Chestnut-bellied euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis) is one of many species of birds seen in the garden of Hotel do Ype.
19 Nov 2013
Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)
The glowing larvas of the headlight beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus) is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the…
19 Nov 2013
Common Mylon (Mylon maimon)
Every day I enjoyed the many butterflies around my room, and this was the only common mylon (Mylon maimon) I encountered during my stay. -9.596652,…
18 Nov 2013
Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
This group of tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) raided the mango trees like there was no tomorrow!
18 Nov 2013
Tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
In this angle I think the name tufted is appropriate, but it's more commonly known as the brown capuchin. This tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) is naturally part…
18 Nov 2013
White-whiskered Spider Monkey (Ateles marginatus)
A group of spider monkeys was accompanying a group of capuchin monkeys. While the capuchins were busy raiding the mango trees in the garden of Cristalino…
16 Nov 2013
Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) is the only species of woodpecker I encountered while at Pousada Xaraés. This was the second and last, and being the last…
11 Nov 2013
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
The walk on the "marsh pier" - a long wooden trail raised more than 2 metres to provide dry footing during the wet season - came to an end way too soon. This…
11 Nov 2013
Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
Fazenda San Fransico is around 150 square kilometres large, and around 50% of it is left wild! Basically all the higher areas are used for farming, and the…