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A Sampling of
Brazilian animals & Birds

as photographed during FONT's September 2006 Tour

All of the over 30 photographs that follow were taken during that tour 
by Andy Smith of Pennsylvania, USA - © - all rights reserved.
www.andysmithphotography.com

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Hyacinth Macaw,
in the world the largest member of the parrot family  

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Plumbeous Ibis

Buff-necked Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Savanna Hawk

Pale-crested Woodpecker

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

4 White Woodpeckers
together on a tree

Red-billed Scythebill

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Rufous-tailed Jacamar
(the rufous is underneath!)

American Pygmy Kingfisher (above)
and Green Kingfisher (below)

Black-hooded (or Nanday) Parakeets,
coming to lunch outside where we had ours in the Pantanal

A Gray-necked Wood Rail
on a dirtbank along a river

Rufous Hornero by its nest, made of dirt

Black-capped Donacobious
(This bird was once called the Black-capped Mockingthrush;
it's now said to be closely related to the wrens.)

Great Antshrike

Silver-beaked Tanager

Orange-backed Troupial

White-bellied Seedeater

White-browed Blackbird

Barn Owl
(after dark, when we also saw the following owl, nightjars, & animals
as far as the Crab-eating Raccoon)

Striped Owl

Little Nightjar

Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Maned Wolf

Ocelot

Pantanal Cat
(formerly Pampas Cat)



Crab-eating Fox

Crab-eating Raccoon

Black Howler Monkey 
(The male is black.)

Black Howler Monkey 
(The female is brown.)

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