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The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows. Image taken in the Pantenal - Brazil.
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The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows. Image taken in the Pantenal - Brazil.

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  • A typical view of the Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, a road that crosses the pantanal, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The road is a link between the city of Poconé and the place of Porto Jofre. It is 147 km long and crosses no less than 122 wooden bridges, several of which were impassable so we had to go around them. Not such a probem in the dry months, but impossible during rain season. It is horribly washboarded and dusty in the dry season, and pretty much straight for the entire length of the road.
  • The Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, is a road that crosses the pantanal, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The road is a link between the city of Poconé and the place of Porto Jofre. It is 147 km long and crosses no less than 122 wooden bridges, several of which were impassable so we had to go around them. Not such a probem in the dry months, but impossible during rain season.
  • A pair of Parekeets setup their nbest in a communal colony in the Pantenal, Brazil
  • Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are among the largest of the New World monkeys. Fifteen species are currently recognised. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae. These monkeys are native to South and Central American forests. Threats to howler monkeys include human predation, habitat destruction and being captured for captivity as pets or zoo animals.
  • Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are among the largest of the New World monkeys. Fifteen species are currently recognised. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae. These monkeys are native to South and Central American forests. Threats to howler monkeys include human predation, habitat destruction and being captured for captivity as pets or zoo animals.
  • The Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) is a social, non-parasitic cuckoo found widely in open and semi-open habitats of eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and north-eastern Argentina. It is monotypic within the genus Guira, and is related to the anis.
  • The Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) is a social, non-parasitic cuckoo found widely in open and semi-open habitats of eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and north-eastern Argentina. It is monotypic within the genus Guira, and is related to the anis.
  • A Tapir (/ tay-pər or /təˈpɪər/ tə-peer) is a large browsing mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile snout. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. There are four species of Tapirs: the Brazilian Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, Baird's Tapir and the Mountain Tapir. All four species of tapir are classified as endangered or vulnerable. Their closest relatives are the other odd-toed ungulates, including horses and rhinoceroses.
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  • A Cayman enjoys the last warm rays of afternoon sun in a pond in the Pantenal, Brazil.
  • The Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.
  • This is a Heron, but I'm currently stumped on the species.
  • Another Cayman crowded into a waterhole with perhaps a hundred or more others. Taken at the end of the dry season in late October in the Pantenal, Brazil.
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  • Great Potoo - Brazil
  • A Potoo. The potoos are a family, Nyctibiidae of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called Poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. There are seven species in one genus, Nyctibius, in tropical Central and South America. These are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. They hunt from a perch like a shrike or flycatcher. During the day they perch upright on tree stumps, camouflaged to look like part of the stump.
  • The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina.<br /> <br /> Image taken in the Pantenal, Brazil.
  • The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer waters of the Caribbean and the tropical and subtropical Pacific coasts, but the South American races make only shorter movements in response to annual floods which extend their feeding areas in the river shallows. Image taken in the Pantenal - Brazil.
  • A giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and her pup, taken in the Pantenal, Brazil. These are the largest River Otters in the world
  • A giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) and her pup, taken in the Pantenal, Brazil. These are the largest River Otters in the world.
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