Black Vulture
A highly social scavenger whose broad circles and white wing patches are familiar above both cities and wild rivers.
Meta, Colombia: places and wildlife
Browse the published Explore collection for Meta, Colombia. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Roadside Hawk
The small, vocal hawk of tropical roadsides often watches from a wire or bare branch before dropping onto prey.
Great Kiskadee
A loud, adaptable tropical flycatcher whose name echoes its ringing kis-ka-dee call.
Blue-gray Tanager
The calm blue-gray tanager of Amazonian gardens often appears in pairs wherever fruit and open canopy meet.
South American Coati
A social forest forager whose upright ringed tail often appears above vegetation before the animal itself.
Common Vampire Bat
The best-known blood-feeding mammal is also a highly social bat that shares food with unsuccessful roost-mates.
Cane Toad
A broad-headed Neotropical toad carries large toxin glands behind its eyes—an effective defense that makes a curious dog, not a quiet observer, the urgent concern.
Yellow-footed Tortoise
The Amazonian motelo walks humid forest floors on yellow-scaled limbs, tracking fallen fruit and fungi through habitat where an open-country tortoise would look out of place.