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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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BoliviaChalalanMadidiMammalsCebidae

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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BoliviaChalalanMadidiMammalsCebidae

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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BoliviaChalalanMadidiMammalsCebidae

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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BoliviaChalalanMadidiMammalsCebidae

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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BoliviaSiloli desertLaguna HediondaBirdsPhoenicopteridae

15 Nov 2012

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…

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BoliviaSiloli desertLaguna HediondaBirdsPhoenicopteridae

15 Nov 2012

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…

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BoliviaLaguna ColoradaEduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National ReserveSiloli desertPhoenicopteridaeBirds

14 Nov 2012

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…

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