Species |
May-O4
|
Jun-04 |
Jul-04 |
Ago-04 |
Sep-04 |
Oct-04 |
Nov-04 |
Dic-O4 |
Jan-05 |
Feb-05 |
Mar-05 |
Total |
| Pink River
Dolphin (Inia geofrensis) |
56% |
93% |
75% |
75% |
64% |
88% |
89% |
41% |
100% |
75% |
85% |
76,45% |
| Squirel
monkey |
37% |
41% |
75% |
75% |
13% |
64% |
|
|
22% |
75% |
15% |
33,55% |
| Saddle
Backed Tamarin Monkey |
25% |
18% |
63% |
62% |
20% |
|
56% |
21% |
44% |
63% |
12% |
32,82% |
| Dusky Titi
Monkey |
45% |
24% |
50% |
7% |
15% |
35% |
67% |
16% |
33% |
50% |
48% |
33,36% |
| Howler
Monkey |
36% |
37% |
50% |
50% |
73% |
30% |
44% |
34% |
56% |
50% |
24% |
41,00% |
Number of passenger that
has experience exeptional sightings of the following species
| Specie |
May-O4
|
Jun-04 |
Jul-04 |
Ago-04 |
Sep-04 |
Oct-04 |
Nov-O4
|
Dic-04 |
Jan-05 |
Feb-05 |
Mar-05 |
| Giant Otters
(Ptenoura brasilensis) |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Giant Anteater
( Myrmecophaga tridactyla) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| River amazon
Manatee (Trychechus inungis) |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Comon River
Otters |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Three toed
Sloth |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tapir
( Tapirus terrestris) |
0 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Capibara
(Hidrocaeris hidrocaeris) |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
30 |
0 |
| Noisy Night
monkey (Aotus vociferans) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tayra (
Eira barbara) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Withe fronted
Capuchin monkey |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| Agouti
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Colared
Pecari |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| White Lipped
Pecari |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Red brocket
deer |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Tamandua
( tamandua tetradactyla) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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HELICONIA
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Rain Forest Plants
A tropical rain forest is characterized by its
lack of grasses and sedges between the trees,
the dense forest, the forest floor, with the
reduction of shrub-like plants, herbaceus plants
and vines because of the lack of light. A mild
irony of nature in the tropics is that, though
there are more tree species than anywhere else
many are sufficiently similar so that one can
meaningfully describe as a “typical tropical
tree.” Leaves of tropical plants are characteristically
oval and unlobed and they often possess sharply
pointed ends, called drip tips, which help to
facilitate the runoff of rainwater.
Red, orange and yellow flowers are associated
with bird-pollinated plants (particularly by
hummingbirds), while blue and lavender flowers
are commonly bee-pollinated. Some trees produce
conspicuous fragrant white flowers that attract
bats or moths at night. Small white and yellow
flowers are mostly pollinated by bees, beetles,
flies and butterflies. Of course, while various
insects are more attracted to particular colors
and odors, any flower could be visited by any
insect if it has nectar.
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KING VULTERE
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Rainforest Birds
During the past seven years, 530 species have
been recorded in the Kapawi area. This number
includes the seasonal migrants from Patagonia
or North America. Though everyone wants to see
toucans, macaws and parrots, these and many
other birds cannot be seen until they fly out
across a river or other forest gap or gather
in the mornings at our parrot saltlick. However,
many hawks, kingfishers, orioles, flycatchers
and anis can be easily spotted or you can walk
in the forest to look for shy and inconspicuous
antbirds, tinamous, manakins, and puffbirds.
And once in a while even a harpy eagle or fiery
topaz hummingbird may present itself as a rare
surprise!
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EMERALDA
TREE BOA |
Rainforest
Reptiles
Reptiles are relatively abundant but
tough to see as they often hold perfectly
still when aware of our presence, or
silently retreat into the leafy forest
floor in order to avoid a confrontation.
They have relatively dry scaly skin
and waterproof eggs that enable them
to utilize many different habitats,
and can take in all the water they need
from their food. Their slow metabolism
allows them to reduce water and food
requirements. Distribution and activity
is limited because they are 'cold-blooded';
when they need to warm up, they bask
in the sun and to cool down they seek
shade (useful clues on when and where
to look for them!). Around Kapawi you
will find land reptiles like snakes,
lizards and tortoises as well as aquatic
reptiles like caimans (a small cousin
of the alligator) and river turtles.
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FROGS
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Rainforest
Amphibians
Some people find amphibians sluggish and
slimy while others find them active, beautiful
and harmless. However you feel about them
personally, frogs and salamanders provide
a fascinating glimpse into our evolutionary
past; amphibians were the very first vertebrates
to live on land and still need water to
reproduce. To adapt to life on land with
this limitation, they filled a myriad
of ecological niches such as streamsides,
lagoons, temporary ponds and even the
wet forest floor or the water-filled leaves
of both arboreal and terrestrial bromeliads.
Today, amphibians are diverse and abundant
terrestrial vertebrates and are at peak
biodiversity in the lowland tropical rainforests.
Walks at night will enhance your opportunities
to find these animals.
If
you like to download Kapawi frog’s
list
[Microsoft Excel 
] please click here |
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LEPIDOPTERA
CATERPILLA
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Rainforest Insects
and other Invertebrates
Most people dislike
creepy-crawlies; many find insects and
spiders repulsive, scary, or simply uninteresting.
Your visit to the rainforest will change
your point of view! You can appreciate
the exquisite color and form of butterflies
and moths along with the beauty of invertebrates
(creatures without a backbone) and the
interrelationship between insects and
other rainforest organisms, especially
plants. Recent studies of rainforest canopies
indicate that there could be as many as
30 million insect species. More than half
of every living thing that exists on the
planet is an insect (compare to mammals,
at a mere 4%). Insects recycle nutrients,
maintain soil structure and fertility,
pollinate plants, disperse seeds, control
populations of other organisms and are
a major food source for birds, mammals,
reptiles, amphibians, other insects…even
carnivorous plants. However, we know more
about rocks on the moon than about forest
insects. Even though we may sometimes
wish that there were no mosquitoes and
the like, we have to understand that without
them and other insects life on earth would
quickly collapse to simple plants and
microbes and the rainforest would not
exist.
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