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Vultures on the edge of a floodplain lake at low water attracted by dead fish washed up after a fish kill
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Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
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Anhinga drying its wings
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Aquatic birds aggregate at the entrance of Lago Mamiraua during the low water season to feed on fish. In the picture there are Neotropic Cormorants and Great Egrets
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Yellow headed caracara - this species is a common scavenger around floodplain lakes
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Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
standing in bushes at a edge of a lake
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A Neotropic Cormorant dries its feathers after diving
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During the low water season Neotropic Cormorant gather into huge groups to collectively hunt for fish. This picture shows part of a 25,000 to 30,000 strong colony moving down a lake in the morning at the start of the days fishing
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Neotropic Cormorant
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Neotropic Cormorant
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Ducks such as this White-throated Tinamou (Tinamus guttatus)
are surprisingly uncommon in Amazonian lakes
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Snowy Egret standing at the edge of a lake
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Great Egrets feeding as a group on a floodplain lake during the low water season. Close to the edge of the floating meadows there are a number of Neotropic Cormorants
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Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)
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Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) wading in a floodplain lake.
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Great Egrets in flight
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Juvenile White
Ibis (Eudocimus albus). This species is uncommon in the Amazon and the photograph was taken in Florida. The commoner species is the green ibis
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Ringed Kinqfisher sitting on a perch overhanging water. This species is largest of the kingfisher species found in the Amazon and is common in floodplain lakes and channels
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Amazon Kingfisher sitting on a perch overhanging water. This species is common in floodplain lakes and channels
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Limpkin. A shy water bird found throughout the Amazon
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Black-crowned Night Heron resting by water
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Snowy Egret standing at the edge of a lake
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Wood Stork fishing at the edge of a lake
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Sunbittern walking along the edge of a floodplain lake
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Yellow-billed Tern resting on a dead tree in an Amazonian floodplain lake. These terns are common throughout Amazonia and give the rivers a sea-like atmosphere
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Pigmy kingfisher perched on a branch overhanging a small Amazonian stream
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Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia) perched in whitewater flooded forest. This kingfisher-like bird is frequently observed near water
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