Bird Headquarters
The Pantanal is a very special place and home to many different birds and other wildlife. We visited during the drier season when access was possible by road. Each wetland area was full of wildlife – water birds, Caiman and Capybara in particular.
The amazing riverside town of Porto Jofre is where we took a small boat along the river in search of the elusive jaguar and also giant river otter – we’ll be lucky!! Did we see them – look at the photos below to find the answer.
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Firey Capped Mannikin
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Rusty Fronted Tody Flycatcher
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Pale Crested Woodpecker
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Sunbittern
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Lineated Woodpecker
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Vermillion Flycatcher Male
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Guira Cuckoo
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Yellow Billed Cardinal
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Black Donacobius
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Snail Kite
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Pearly Vented Tody Flycatcher
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Red Shouldered Macaws
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Rufous Browed Peppershrike
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Hyacinth Macaw
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Baby Capybara
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Giant River Otters
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Southern Crested Caracara
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Cayman tries to swallow a fish
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Jaguar Kills a Cayman
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Jaguar Porto Jofre
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Skimmer
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Jabiru with young
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White Woodpecker
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Toco Toucan
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Blue Crowned Trogon
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Rufous Winged Antshrike
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Great Black Hawk
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Roseate Spoonbill
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Monk Parakeet
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Black Collared Hawk and Great Black Hawk fight for a snake.
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Red Billed Scythebill
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Great Potoo
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Jabiru mating
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Ringed Kingfisher
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Red Legged Seriema
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Large Billed Tern
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