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White-chinned Jacamar (Galbula tombacea subsp. tombacea) Male, species slightly sexually dimorphic. Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of the Andes...

Lined Antshrike (Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus subsp. tenuepunctatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Wildsumaco Lodge, Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of the Andes...

Boisduvals Horned Devil (Adeloneivaia boisduvali: Saturnidae) Wingspan 9.0-10.0 cm. Wildsumaco Lodge, back deck under lights at night. Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of...

Geometer Moth (Oospila concinna: Geometridae) Wingspan 1.8-2.0 cm (0.71-7.9 in). Wildsumaco Lodge, back deck under lights at night. Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of the...

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) Sexes similar. Margin of lake Aangu at Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador. Ecuadorian amazonian rainforest at ca. 200 m (656 ft) elevation.

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus subsp. picatus) Sexes similar. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m 118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 12-15 m (39-49 ft)...

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) Sexes similar. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m 118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 12-15 m (39-49 ft) above the platform...

Emeraldine (Ceroctena amynta: Erebidae) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Wildsumaco Lodge, back deck under lights at night. Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of the Andes...

Many-banded Aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) Sexes similar. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m 118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 12-15 m (39-49 ft) above...

Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) Male, species slightly sexually dimorphic but you have to be very close. Males with thread-like plumes on its head. I will post a close-up (cropped) view later. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m...

Reticulated Planthopper (Pterodictya reticularis: Fulgoridae) This bizarre looking but harmless insect has a wingspan of ca. 5.5 cm and total length (tip of head to the end of the plumes of its excreted white wax) of ca. 4.6 cm (1.8 in). Near Sani Lodge, Sucumbios Province, Ecuador. Napo River...

Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) Displaying male, species slightly sexually dimorphic but you have to be very close. Males with thread-like plumes on its head. I will post a close-up (cropped) view later. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform...

Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. Tree canopy from a platform that was 36 m 118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 12-15 m...

Surgeon Ants (Pheidole sp.: Formicidae) Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador. Ecuadorian amazonian rainforest (Rio Napo floodplain) at ca. 200 m (656 ft) elevation.

Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) Male, species sexually dimorphic. The platform was 36 m (118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree was actually another 5-10 m (16-33 ft) above the platform. Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National...

Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa subsp. neglecta) Sexes similar. Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador. Napo River floodplain, Ecuadorian amazonian rainforest at ca. 200 m (656 ft) elevation.

Stingless Bees (Apidae) These social stingless bees had a hive at eye level adjacent to a canopy tower platform in the Napo River floodplain. The platform is 36 m (118 ft) above the ground in a Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra: Malvaceae). The top of the tree is actually another 12-15 m (39-49 ft)...

Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda subsp. filicauda) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni National Park, Orellna Province, Ecuador. Napo River floodplain, Ecuadorian amazonian rainforest at ca. 200 m (656 ft) elevation.

Green-backed Ruby-eye (Perichares philetes: Hesperridae) This grass skipper has a wingspan of 3.8-4.3 cm (1.5-1.7 in). Around Guango Lodge in the town of Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador. It is on the eastern-slope of the Andes in an elevational zone known as humid temperate forest (also...

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata subsp. cristata) Near the Napo River clay lick. Floodplain of the Napo River, Orellana Province, Ecuador. Ecuadorian amazon rain forest at ca. 200 m (656 ft) elevation.

Lafresnayes Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi, subsp. lafresnayi) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Ca. 1 km south of Wawa Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador. Semi-deciduous foothill forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.

False Daggerwing also known as Banded Mapwing (Hypanartia dione: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 5.5-7.2 cm (2.2-2.8 in). Along the road from Baeza to Narupa, Napo Province, Ecuador. Rain forest, subtropical elevational zone at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation. Foothills of the eastern-slope of the Andes...

Flame-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus cristatus subsp. fallax) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Ca. 1 km south of Wawa Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador. Semi-deciduous foothill forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.

Rufous-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus subsp. frater) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Ca. 1 km south of Wawa Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador. Semi-deciduous foothill forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.

Geometer Moth (Pityeja histionaria: Geometridae) Cabanas Isidro Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador. Eastern-slope of the Andes near Cosanga. San Isidro Reserve at ca. 2,000 m (6560 ft) elevation. Mid-elevation montane forest (cloud forest), Quijos Valley along the Tena-Baeza Road. January 2016.