| Wow, I can't believe we have reached the final Project Peru update. It
seems like we are just getting started and I could easily spend another
month down here looking for wild animals! The biodiversity of plant and
animal life is truly amazing.
I think we have been very fortunate to see lots of interesting creatures
while in the jungle. Instead of trying to pick just one animal for this
final update, I want to give a list of all the animals we have seen. I
have only been able to highlight 17 animals in our updates but we have
seen so many more! There are many animals we still need to identify, but
here is what we have so far.
Also, here are some of the great photos Dave took on the trip. These
are all shots of animals we didn't put in the updates. Enjoy!
Jesse
Fish:
Shuyo
Black Piranaha
Red Piranaha
White Piranaha
Chambria
Arapaima
Palometa
Tarashqua
Mammals:
Squirrel Monkey
Red Howler Monkey
Saki Monk Monkey
Pink Dolphin
Gray Dolphin
Saddleback Tamarin
White Lipped Peccaries
Collared Peccarie
Brown Capuchin Monkey
White Capuchin Monkey
Three Toed Sloth
Many bats (there are about 88 species and it is hard to tell them apart,
especially at night.)
Giant Anteater
Woolly Monkey
Giant River Otter
Paca
Birds:
(We saw many more birds than we were able to identify!)
Yellow Hooded Blackbird
Canary Winged Parakeet
Oriole Blackbird
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green & Rufuos Kingfisher
Roadside Hawk
Black Skimmer
Yellow Headed Caracara
Black Caracara
Red Throated Caracara
Eastern Kingbird
Brown Chested Martin
Horned Screamer
Black Collared Hawk
Striated Heron
Capped Heron
Cocoi or White Necked Heron
Plumbeous Kite
Greater Yellow Headed Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Large Billed Tern
Yellow Billed Tern
Blue Headed Parrot
Red Bellied Macaw
Chestnut Fronted Macaw
Blue and Gold Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Red & Green Macaw
Wattled Jacana
Cuviers or White Throated Toucan
Hoatzin
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Green Ibis
Black Vulture
Many hummingbirds
Yellow Tufted Woodpecker
Crimson Crested Woodpecker
Black Capped Donacobius
Masked Crimson Tanager
Red Capped Cardinal
Blue & Gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Fork Tailed Palm Tanager
White Winged Swallow
Banded Swallow
Southern Rough Winged Swallow
Social Flycatcher
Pale Legged Hornero
Greater Ani
Smooth Billed Ani
Cobalt Winged Parakeet
White Eyed Parakeet
Dusky Headed Parakeet
Short Tailed Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Festive Parrot
Yellow Crowned Parrot
Sungrebe
Muscovy Duck
Snail Kite
Swallow Winged Puffbird
White Eared Jacamar
Reptiles and bugs:
Black Caiman
Pygmy Caiman
Side Neck Turtle
Anaconda
Wandering Spider
Pink Toed Tarantula
Wolf Spider
Bullet, Fire, and Leafcutter ants
Grasshoppers
Bees
Mosquitoes
Wasps
Beetles
Dragonflies
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