Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Queen (Danaus gilippus) is a truly amazing butterfly, and as I recall the only one of the species I encountered here at SouthWild Pantanal. Here it's visiting…


Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

It's the end of the dry season in the Pantanal, and the torrential downpour of last night is now flowing towards the permanent rivers and lakes. In this photo…


Caetangil paraguariensis

Caetangil paraguariensis

Caetangil paraguariensis is one of many species in the fabaceae family growing around SouthWild Pantanal. This one I found by the trail along the river, in…


Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)

Thoasa Sister (Adelpha thoasa)

Another species in the Adelpha genus! Some are very hard to identify as the patterns look very similar, but this thoasa sister (Adelpha thoasa) is of the easy…


Julia (Dryas iulia)

Julia (Dryas iulia)

Julia (Dryas iulia) turned up as I was photographing flowers alongside one of the trails around SouthWild Pantanal.


Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Striated heron (Butorides striata) is a very skittish species, perhaps one of the most nervous of all. When I drive up any river these are the birds that first…


Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)

Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)

It's a rare opportunity when you find toucan's nest, and even more so when you can follow their food delivery to the chicks. Here it's coming with a large…


Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)

Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)

A gray cracker (Hamadryas februa) is not easy to spot when resting. On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers in…


Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia)

Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia)

Variable Cracker (Hamadryas feronia) is not easy to spot when resting. On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers…


Starry Night Cracker (Hamadryas laodamia)

Starry Night Cracker (Hamadryas laodamia)

On a tree not far from the Cuiaba river in Porto Jofre I saw several species of crackers in the typical upside down posture. This however is my first of this…