14 Dec 2014
White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
These wonderful and uncommon white-bellied parrots just flew into the garden of the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) and started eating from the…
12 Dec 2014
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
This clay-lick is about one our boat drive downstream from the Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC) in the Peruvian Amazon. This lick was dominated…
19 Nov 2013
White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
This was my one and only encounter with white-bellied parrot (Pionites leucogaster). This is just one of two individuals that found time to sit in this Brazil…
18 Nov 2013
White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
White-eyed parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus) is yet another of many species of parrots you may see on the grounds of Cristalino Jungle Lodge. This couple is…
18 Nov 2013
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus)
Even though I was close to this tree and heard a lot of noise from these birds, it was hard to locate them, as their size and color is just like the leaves of…
8 Dec 2011
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
This clay lick (Saladero de Pericos) is located around 800 metres from the creek and is visited later in the day than many of the others. After 10 in the…
8 Dec 2011
Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi)
The parrot licks are not necessarily visited by the same species throughout the year, and on this lick (Saladero de Pericos) the orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia…
8 Dec 2011
Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)
This clay lick (Saladero de Pericos) is located around 800 metres from the creek and is visited later in the day than many of the others. After 10 in the…
8 Dec 2011
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
The Blue-headed Parrots never went down from the trees to the Napo River parrot lick used by most other parrots - and that is the way of the licks. One day…
8 Dec 2011
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Dusky-headed parakeets (Aratinga weddellii) dominate this clay lick, but larger species also visit and are thus easy to distinguish. The largest here are the…