Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

The forest around the Amazon Research and Conservation Center is teaming with insects (ARCC), and on the base of a tree I found many attracted to sap coming…


Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)

Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)

Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) is one of several colorful canopy-dwelling birds I encountered on the western canopy tower of Cristalino Jungle Lodge. It…


Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

A red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) couple was nesting underneath the pier. I first thought they roosted there during the nights, but one day I was…