Zona
3: Ejidos Santa María Pixoy and Tekal Nuevo |
These ocellated turkeys (Agriocharis ocellata) took
eight photographs of themselves over a four-minute period. |
The grey-necked wood rail (Aramides cajanea) is
a common, but shy, bird found in forests and wetlands from central Mexico
through much of South America. An omnivore, it eats plant material as
well as crabs, insects, other arthropods and snails. |
Collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) are closely related to
pigs. They live in herds, eat an omnivorous diet and have a distinctive
appearance including a long body, cylindrical snout and large pointed
ears. However, one big difference is that baby peccaries are born ready
to run, while piglets depend completely on their mothers for many weeks. |
Its size and what look like faint spots in its coat
indicate that this puma (Puma concolor) might be around a year
old, maybe less. |
Photos from this zone included
nearly all the species seen elsewhere. Just no jaguars this time.
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