Amphibians > Phyllomedusidae & Tree Frogs
The Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor), also known as the giant waxy monkey leaf frog or Kambô, is an iconic arboreal amphibian presiding over the high canopies of the Amazon Basin. Revered for its immense size, calm deliberate movements, and remarkable...
Birds > Pipridae & Manakins
The Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata), also celebrated as the Swallow-tailed Manakin, is one of the most vividly plumaged and socially captivating avian jewels of South America’s endangered Atlantic Forest. Renowned among ornithologists for its extraordinary...
Mammals > Dinomyidae & Pacaranas
The Pacarana (Dinomys branickii) is a heavy-set, gentle herbivorous rodent indigenous to the mist-draped Andean cloud forests and upper Amazon valleys. The sole surviving member of the once vast prehistoric family Dinomyidae—which formerly included extinct behemoths...
Birds > Cotingas & Passeriformes
The Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) is one of the most visually breathtaking canopy birds of the Amazon Basin. Famed for the incandescent turquoise-blue plumage of the adult male, contrasted against a deep wine-purple throat and black-spangled wing accents, this...
