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Here find a (non exhaustive) list of our wild friends
All around Guadalupe Lodge, diversity of species is extraordinarily high. The Manu National Park is the largest national park in Peru. The park covers an incredible area of highly various forests, including both the Andean and lowland rainforests. The reserve includes several fascinating monkeys, a diverse and colorful diversity of birds, amphibians and reptiles.
An abundance of reptiles such as snakes, lizards, caimans, tortoises, and turtles inhabit the Manu National Park. Amongst the many various insects, you can meet in the Manu are some very rare species like the scorpion spider, the bullet ant, the jewel caterpillar, the jumping stick, the leaf-cutter ant, the longhorn beetle or the tarantula. You might also stumble upon nice Amazon caterpillar, rhinoceros beetle, Heliconius butterfly, glow-in-the-dark critters or very colorful grasshoppers.
How could we speak about the Manu National Park without mentioning its various species of amphibians and mammals
Amazon
Tree
Boa
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Corallus
Hortulanus
Pseustes sulphureus
Chironius multiventris
Haseman’s Gecko
Gonatodes hasemani
Amazon Green Anoli
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Anolis punctatus
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Caiman
Click on the pictures and discover the animals' names.
Yellow-spotted River Turtle
Podocnemis unifilis
Yellow footed tortoise
Chelonoidis denticulata
Red Brocket
Deer
Papybara
Poecilotheria
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Subfusca
Tamandua
Tetradactyla
Jumping
Stick
Mountain
Paca
Ocelot
Longhorn
Beetle
Caterpillar
Jewel
Giant
Anteater
Jaguar
Collared
Peccary
Rhinoceros
Beetle
Bullet
Ant
Capybara
Spectacled
Bear
Armadillo
Tapir
Scorpion
Spider
Puma
Grasshopper
Bamboo
Rat
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Monkeys are seen quite frequently, but what kinds of monkeys are they?
From large to small you can encounter the Woolly monkey, the Howler monkey, the spider monkey, the capuchin, the squirrel monkey, the saddle-back tamarin and eventually the emperor tamarin.
If you are lucky you can also stumble upon some brown-throated sloth or Hoffmann's two-toed sloth.
Emperor
Tamarin
Woolly
Monkey
Squirrel
Monkey
Capuchin
Hoffmann
Two-Toed
Sloth
Spider
Monkey
Howler
Monkey
Saddle Back
Monkey
Brown
Throated
Sloth
Counting more than 800 species of birds, the Manu National Park is paradise for birds' enthusiasts With 1,5 million acres of primary untouched forest, the park acquired the world record for the greatest diversity of bird species found in one day. It extends from the Andes Range at 4000 m. (13,123 ft.) to the rainforests of the broad Amazonian plain at 300 m. (990 ft.) allow a large diversity of ecosystems -14, to be precise- and thus, of birds.
The following list gives you a good overview of the birds you can spot in the park.
Want to know them all? Here is the complete list.
King Vulture
Horned
Screamer
Swallow
Tailed
Kite
Harpy
Eagle
Hoffmann
Two-Toed
Sloth
Bat
Falcon
Blackish
Rail
Sunbittern
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Military
Macaw
Orange
Checked
Parrot
Pavonine
Cuckoo
Black
Banded
Owl
White
Browed
Hermit
Buff and tailed
Sickebill
Rufous Crested
Coquette
Gould
Jewelfront
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Golden
Headed
Quetzal
Blue
Crowned
Trogon
Blueish
Fronted
Jacamar
Chestnut Capped Buffbird
Versicolored
Barbet
Emerald Toucanet
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Fine
Barred
Toucanet
Rufous
Headed
Woodpecker
Red
Billed
Scythebill
Ornate
Antwren
Manu
Antbird
Red and White Antpitta
Olive Stripped Flycatcher
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Ornate
Flycatcher
Plum
Throated
Cotinga
Cock-Of-The-Rock
Green and Gold Tanager
Long Tailed Tyrant
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Yellow
Backed
Tanager
The Manu National Park features two major rivers, Rio Manu and El Alto Rio Madre De Dios. They are he main watershed of the region and play a salient role maintaining the wildlife. The richness of these two rivers waters attracts a large variety of aquatic birds and animals
Caiman
Blanco
Stingray
Anguilas
Electricas
Piranha
Nutria
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Freshwater
Crabs
Caiman
Negro
Giant Otter
Catfish
Freshwater
Lobster
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