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Peruvian Amazon trip August 2015 (Thomas Garm Pedersen) Mammals Brazilian tapir (night shot) Brazilian tapir (night shot) Brazilian tapir (night shot) Paca (night shot) Capybara Capybara Gray woolly monkey Gray woolly monkey Red howler monkey Common squirrel monkey Common squirrel monkey Brown capuchin Saddle-backed tamarin Saddle-backed tamarin Fruit-eater bat Reptiles and amphibians Rainbow boa constrictor Tree gecko Common clown tree-frog Microhylidae Birds Crested quetzal Crested quetzal Crested quetzal Andean cock-of-the-rock Scarlet macaw Scarlet macaw Chestnut-fronted macaw Chestnut-fronted macaw Blue and yellow macaw Blue-headed parrot Chestnut-eared aracari Chestnut-eared aracari Emerald toucanet Emerald toucanet Yellow-rumped cacique Dusky-green oropendola Russet-backed oropendola Black-capped donacobius Bluish-fronted jacamar Bluish-fronted jacamar Sapphire-spangled emerald Blue-crowned trogon Scarlet-hooded barbet Violaceous jay Ringed kingfisher Amazon kingfisher Green kingfisher King vulture Larger yellow-headed vulture Black vulture Roadside hawk Plumbeous kite Black caracara Blue-throated piping-guan Spix's guan Squirrel cuckoo Cocoi heron Fasciated tiger-heron Striated heron Little blue heron Great egret Snowy egret Cattle egret Neotropical cormorant Purple gallinule Sand-colored nighthawk Andean potoo Masked tityra Crimson-crested woodpecker Yellow-tufted woodpecker Plumbeous pigeon Social flycatcher Vermilion flycatcher Cinnamon flycatcher Blue-gray tanager Crimson masked tanager Silver-beaked tanager Black-fronted nunbird Long-tailed tyrant Tropical kingbird Yellow-browed sparrow White-winged swallow Slate-throated redstart Red-capped cardinal Large-billed tern Butterflies Common longwing Chromis firewing Sesostris cattle-heart Torquatus swallowtail Orange kite-swallowtail Zebra teaser Orange-barred sulphur Anartia amatea Red-barred amarynthis Tiger Julia butterfly Red flasher Eurota purplewing Beotus beauty Owl butterfly Other insects Leaf-cutter ants Praying mantis Tortoise beetle Firefly Spiders Pink-toed tarantula Brazilian wandering spider Golden silk spider Miscellaneous Characidae Guide and photographer .

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