Amazonia Wildlife

The Amazon Rainforest has 14,000 species of animals and 1,500 species of birds. While it's possible to see many of these on a trip to the jungle, it is very difficult to take pictures of them due to the dense trees and great camouflage which some of the jungle creatures have. Here is a selection of some of the animals we saw, cropped and a little blurry, but exciting for us nonetheless!

Highland Motmot (Motmotus motmota)

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

Golden-tailed sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)

Red-throated caracara (Ibycter americanus)

  

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

  

Owl butterfly

Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)

  

Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)

  

Limpkin (Aramus guarana)

Lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)

  

Here is a complete list of the birds and animals we saw:

Birds

Dusky-green oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)

Blue banded toucanet (Aulacorhynchus huallagae)

Lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)

Masked Trogan (Trogon personatus)

Highland Motmot (Motmotus momota)

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

Magpie tanager (Cissopis leverianus)

Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis)

Roadside hawk (Buteo magnirostris)

Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)

Great potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

Dusky-headed parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)

Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Yellow-tufted woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)

Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

Horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

Snowy egret (Egretta thula)

Fasciated tiger heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)

Speckled chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)

Blue-throated piping-guan - wild turkey (Pipile cumanensis)

Tunamou (similar to a grouse)

Yellow-rumped cacique (Cacicus cela)

Pale-eyed blackbird (endemic to lake area) (Agelasticus xanthophthalmus)

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

Blush-fronted jacamar (Galbula cyanescens)

Golden-tailed sapphire (hummingbird) (Chrysuronia oenone)

Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)

Red-throated caracara (Ibycter americanus)

Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)

Golden-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala)

Black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

Swallows

Animals

Dusky Titi monkey

Leaf-cutter ants

Butterflies

Fire ants

Termites

Giant ants

Spiders

Frogs

Stick insect

Bats

Crickets