South American Wildlife

A female Marsh Deer in the wetlands of the Pantanal, Brazil.

These Brazilian Yellow Billed Cardinals, though different in overall coloring, are related to North American Cardinals.

A Guanaco, the wild ancestor of the llama, is backdropped by the Andean mountains.

Big Jaguar seeks some shade in the Pantanal jungle.

A five-foot Jabaru Stork stands atop a massive stick nest.

This Green Iguana in the jungle carries a prehistoric look!

A Brazilian Ocelot surveying its jungle habitat.

An infant Howler Monkey surveys the Brazilian jungle.

Face to face with a jaguar in the jungles of Pantanal, Brazil.

An infant Cayman shows its colors.

Colors contrast on this South American Yellow Rumped Cacique.

A Rhea, or the South American Ostrich, in Patagonia, Argentina.

A Ringed Kingfisher patiently scans for its lunch riverside in the Pantanal.

A Ringed Kingfisher at the moment of impact on its fishing expedition in the Pantanal, Brazil.

A pair of White Eyed Parakeets in South America

A large Jaguar searches for Cayman on the river’s edge in Brazil.

A profile of a solitary Yellow Billed Cardinal in South America.

A cautious Ocelot hunts in the Pantanal region.

Which way’s up for this White-Eyed Parakeet in the trees?

A Rufous Tailed Jacamar perches with its catch in Brazil.

A Jaguar hunts a resting Cayman in Brazilian jungle waters.

A Condor with a 10-foot wingspan glides over Patagonia in Argentina.

A Cayman sounds a guttural alarm in the Quiaba River in Brazil.

A large jaguar at rest in the Pantanal region of Brazil.

A Ringed Kingfisher’s catch in the Pantanal is almost as big as it is!

A Southern Cara Cara sits on a dwelling in Patagonia, Argentina.

A family of Giant Otters hunt fish in the Quiaba River basin in the Pantanal.

A Male Magellanic Woodpecker treeside in Patagonia, Argentina.

A pair of Magellanic Woodpeckers feeding in Patagonia, Argentina.

A female Howler Monkey at home in the trees of the Pantanal.

A handsome young jaguar takes its rest in the grassy meadows in Pantanal Brazil.

A mother Capybara helps its young cross the currents of the Quiaba River in the Pantanal.

A Cayman lurks in the Quiaba River basin in the Pantanal wetlands.

A Cocoi Heron, also referred to as a White Necked Heron, enjoys its catch in the Pantanal.

A large jaguar enters the water in a river in the Pantanal region of Brazil.

An uncommon flock of Mountain Parakeets gathers in the treetops in Chile.

A male Howler Monkey sits in the canopy in Brazil.

A tiny frog on a green palette in the wetlands of the Pantanal, Brazil.

A down-covered chick follows its meal ticket, a King Penguin, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

A profile of a Rufescent Tiger Heron in Brazil.

A Giant River Otter preens in the waters of the Pantanal, Brazil.

A Giant River Otter makes his catch in the Quiaba River basin in Brazil.

A head-on look at a Guanaco, the ancestor of the llama, in Patagonia, Argentina.

A young Guanaco in Argentina gets its supper.

Perfect perch for a Green Heron in the Pantanal.

A pretty Green Rufous Kingfisher looks around the waterways.

A five-foot Jabaru Stork strutting in the Pantanal, Brazil.

A big Jaguar prowls the jungle floor after a lightening-induced fire in the Pantanal, Brazil.

A King Penguin reaches for the sky in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

King Penguins squabble over their young in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

A male Howler monkey gazes suspiciously from its treetop perch in the Pantanal.

A mature Cayman is camouflaged in the swampy waters of the Pantanal wetlands.

A colorful Mountain Parakeet takes wing in the skies of Chile.

A Rufous Tailed Jacamar perches in the Pantanal region of Brazil.

A Rufescent Tiger Heron in the Pantanal.