The White-whiskered Hermit hovered effortlessly in the forest light, its long curved bill perfectly adapted for the flowers hidden deep within the rainforest.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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A female Orange-bellied Euphonia pausing on a rain-soaked branch in the Mashpi cloud forest.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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A Black-cheeked Woodpecker pausing briefly while working its way up the trunk, searching the bark for insects.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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A Purple-chested Hummingbird pauses for a split second at the tree-top flower, though in reality it never really stops moving.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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A Crested Owl resting quietly in the rainforest canopy.
It remained perfectly still — so well hidden among the branches that we never would have noticed it if our guide hadn’t pointed it out.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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The Moss-backed Tanager made quick work of this insect.
One bite… and the rest was already falling away.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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There's no mystery how the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper got its name.
It crept quickly and quietly up the trunk, never staying still for long - which made a clean shot anything but easy.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
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The Crimson-rumped Toucanet may blend into the canopy, but that bill - and the formidable look in its eye - are anything but subtle.
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Golden-naped Tanager
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
Rain has a way of softening everything - except the color.
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Violet-tailed Sylph
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
That tail almost doesn’t look real -
like nature’s version of a black-light poster.
And then it turns slightly, and the color shifts all over again.
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Tayra
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
Not every movement in the rainforest comes with wings.
A rare mammal sighting between days of birds.
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Velvet-purple Coronet
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
Black at first glance.
Until the light finds it.
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The moss-backed tanager
is one of the most abundant birds in Mashpi - and somehow never ordinary.
Rainforest light, layered greens, and a bird that carries its own palette.
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This Red-headed Barbet had just finished feeding - traces of fruit still on its bill - when it paused just long enough for a portrait.
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
[Proof that the rainforest understands color theory.]
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Feathers layered like fine fabric —
nature’s elegant quilt of color and texture.
Collared Trogon in Mashpi.
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Green with envy - Flower shower - A #GlisteningGreenTanager showing where it gets its name from. #wildlife #nature #birds🪶 #photography #canonecuador #southamericanwildlife #andeanwildlife #antpitta #wildlifephotography #ChlorochrysaPhoenicotis #photographersofbluesky #canonuk
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