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Laughing Beetle (Passalus sp.: Passalidae) Laughing Beetle is what the locals call this beetle because when you pick one up it wriggles and makes a noise similar to a human laughing. They are about the size of our Betsy Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) 2.9-4.1 cm (1.1-1.6 in) long. Photographed...

Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus subsp. microrhynchus) Male is the upper bird and the female the lower bird. Photographed at the base of Morro de Calzada, San Martin Department, Peru. Protected lower-mid elevation tropical rain forest at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation.

Thiemes Great Satyr (Pronophila epidipnis: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 6.5-7.1 cm (2.6-2.8 in). Photographed at Abra Patricia, Owlet Lodge, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 2,000 m (6,562 ft) elevation.

Yellow-breasted Brush Finch (Atlapetes latinuchus subsp. latinuchus) Photographed at Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 2,000 m (6,562 ft) elevation.

Spectacled Restart (Myioborus melanocephalus subsp. melanocephalus) Sexes similar. Photographed at Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 2,000 m (6,562 ft) elevation.

Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus subsp. pauper) Sexes similar. Photographed at Lago Pomacochas, Florida Pomacochas, Amazonas Department, Peru. Lake margin at 2,150 m (7,054) ft. elevation.

Tayra (Eira barbara subsp. peruana: Mustelidae) These weasel-like mammals reach 60 cm (23.6 in) long with a tail that reaches another 45 cm (17.7 in) long. They range in weight from 2.7- 7.5 kg (6-16.5 lbs). There is only a single species belonging to the genus Eira but the species is...

Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia: Orchidaceae) This terrestrial orchid is native to tropical Asia but has been introduced and naturalized in most of the New World tropics including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. They grow in fairly large clumps reaching heights of 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. Its showy...

Andean Cock-of-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus subsp. aequatorialis) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Saddleback Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis: Callitrichidae) Foothills of Cordillera Esalera, northeast of Tarapoto, San Martin Department, Peru. Disturbed rain forest at ca. 750 m (2,461 ft) elevation.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata subsp. viridipectus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Moyobamba, San Martin Department, Peru. Overall area is a highly disturbed (deforested) rainforest at 860 m (2,822 ft) elevation.

Inca Flycatcher (Leptopogon taczanowskii) Sexes similar. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Tarantula. Though this close-up makes this tarantula look large, it is quite small by tarantula standards. Including its legs it is about 5.1 cm (2 in) long. Photographed at Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca...

Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) Sexes similar. Taken from a bridge looking down into a black cavernous abyss (Quebrada Quiscarrumi). Two flashlights and a flash at ISO 6400. Photographed along the edge of a ravine between Moyobamba and Tarapoto, San Martn Department, Peru. A tropical...

Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia genoveva: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 3.5-5.7 cm (1.4-2.2 in). Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamonmeus subsp. pyrrhopterus) Sexes similar. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Geometrid Moth (Lissochlora purpureotincta: Geometridae) Wingspan 3-6 cm (1.2-2.4 in). Photographed at the Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 2,000 m (6,562 ft) elevation.

Gray-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris subsp. chrysogaster) Sexes similar. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis subsp. striaticeps) Sexes similar. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation cloud forest) at ca. 1,500 m (4,921 ft) elevation.

Cramers Nightfighter known in the US as the Common Scarlet-eye (Nascus phocus: Hesperiidae) This spread-wing skipper was in a tattered state but was still very attractive. Photographed on lower east side of Abra Patricia, Amazonas Department, Peru. A tropical premontane forest (mid-elevation...

Red Buttons Opuntia (Opuntia quitensis: Cactaceae) Photographed in open disturbed desert northeast of Olmos near Corral Quemado, Piura Department, Peru. Disturbed desert above Rio Maraon at ca.140 m (459 ft) elevation.

Wedge-tailed Grass Finch (Emberizoides herbicola subsp.sphenurus) Sexes similar. Photographed along the road between Estadio municipal de Calzada and Morro de Calzada, Amazonas Department, Peru. Open pastureland with scattered trees at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation.

Lafresnayes Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi subsp. lafresnayi) Female, species slightly sexually dimorphic. Photographed along the road between Estadio municipal de Calzada and Morro de Calzada, Amazonas Department, Peru. Open pastureland with scattered trees at ca. 1,400 m (4,593 ft) elevation.

Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea subsp. pallescens) Cordillera Escalera, northeast of Tarapoto, San Martin Department, Peru. Cloud forest at 1,000 m (3,281 ft) elevation.