Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

The oxbow lake at the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with life, and is an excellent location to get up and close to the smooth-billed ani…


Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

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 ladder-tailed nightjar…


Aldama robusta

Aldama robusta

Native range of aldama robusta is Brazil. -15.2997,-55.8406


Aspilia leucoglossa UV

Aspilia leucoglossa UV

What a big surprise that this bright flower in visible light is completely dark in UV! Not even a lighter and a darker region. Native range of aspilia…


Chapada dos Guimaraes plant 01

Aspilia leucoglossa

Native range of aspilia leucoglossa is East Bolivia to Brazil. -15.2997,-55.8406


Chapada dos Guimaraes plant 01

Aspilia leucoglossa

Native range of aspilia leucoglossa is East Bolivia to Brazil. -15.2997,-55.8406


Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

My final plant encounter on my way out of Pantanal - a really beautiful color and my first of the ridge beggarticks (Bidens gardner). Native range is Bolivia,…


Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

Ridge Beggarticks (Bidens gardner)

My final plant encounter on my way out of Pantanal. Native range of ridge beggarticks (Bidens gardner) is Bolivia, Brazil to Paraguay.


Aspilia sp UV

Aspilia sp UV

In UV the all-yellow we humans see, is not at all present. The size and shape of the dark centre can in many instances be a key component in identifying…