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Photos by Trip: Venezuela, December 2004
Black-Collared Hawk
Busarellus nigricollis
Cienegas de Catatumbo NP
Venezuela
15 December 2004
Blue-necked Tanager
Tangara cyanicollis
Los Canales Coffee Farm, Merida
Venezuela
15 December 2004
Thick-billed Euphonia
Euphonia laniirostris
Los Canales Coffee Farm, Merida
Venezuela
15 December 2004
Russet-throated Puffbird
Hypnelus ruficollis
Cienegas de Catatumbo NP
Venezuela
15 December 2004
Tyrian Metaltail
Metallura tyrianthina oreopola
Teleferico Stop #2, Merida
Venezuela
17 December 2004
Blue and White Swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Los Aleros, Andes
Venezuela
19 December 2004
Streak-throated Bush-tyrant
Myiotheretes striaticollis
Mifafi Biological Station
Venezuela
19 December 2004
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Rupicola peruviana
San Isidro Valley
Venezuela
19 December 2004
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Los Aleros, Andes east of Merida
Venezuela
19 December 2004
Rusty-Margined Flycatcher
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Arassari lowland camp
Venezuela
20 December 2004
Rufous-Vented Chachalaca
Ortalis ruficauda
Arassari lowlands camp
Venezuela
20 December 2004
Neotropic Cormorants
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Apure (Baguey) River, near San Vicente
Venezuela
21 December 2004

[Black Skimmer in foreground;
Black-collared Hawk in back]
Cocoi (White-necked) Heron
Ardea cocoi
Apure (Baguey) River
San Vicente area, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
(Juvenile left; Adult right)
Tigrisoma lineatum
San Vicente Area Road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Scarlet Ibis
Eudocimus ruber
San Vicente area road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Bare-Faced (Whispering) Ibis
Phimosus infuscatus
San Vicente area road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
King Vulture
Sarcoramphus papa
Apure (Baguey) River
near San Vicente village
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Horned Screamer
Anhima cornuta
San Vicente area road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
San Vicente Area Road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Apure (Baguey) River
near San Vicente, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Road near San Vicente, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
San Vicente area road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Large-Billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex
Road near San Vicente, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Chestnut-Fronted Macaw
Ara severa
Apure (Baguey) River
near San Vicente, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Scarlet Macaw
Ara Macao
Apure (Baguey) River
near San Vicente, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Groove-Billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Hoatzin
Opisthocomus hoazin
Apure (Baguey) River
near San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Ringed Kingfisher
Megaceryle torquata
Apure (Baguey) Rive
near San Vicente
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Rufous-Tailed Jacamar
Galbula ruficauda
Baguey Tributary of the Apure River, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Yellow-Rumped Cacique
Cacicus cela
San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Venezuelan Troupial
Icterus icterus
San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
San Vicente Village, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Fork-Tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana
San Vicente area road, Llanos
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Savannah Hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
Llanos outside San Vicente village
Venezuela
22 December 2004
Mammals
Red Howler Monkey
Alouatta seniculus
Apure River area
Venezuela
22 December 2004
Reptiles
Brown Boa
(so says guide Roger, who snatched it out of a tree by the riverside; I don't find such a species)
??
Apure River
20 December 2004
Green Anaconda
Eunectes murinus
Apure River area
Venezuela
20 December 2004
Common Caiman
Caiman crocodilus
Apure River area
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Side-necked Turtle
sp??
Apure River
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Fish
Apure River
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Apure River
Venezuela
21 December 2004
Butterflies
San Isidro Valley
Venezuela
19 December 2004
San Isidro Valley
Venezuela
19 December 2004
Arassari Camp
Llanos, Venezuela
20 December 2004