File:Distribution of Animals - Amazon.jpg

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A forest scene on the upper Amazon, with some characteristic birds.

  • Left: umbrella-bird, Cephalopterus ornatus
  • Flying towards us: pair of curl-crested toucans, as Pteroglossus beauharnaisii (spelling P. beauharnaesii

)

  • Right: frill-necked coquettes, as Lophornis gouldi (spelling L. gouldii)
  • Overhead: pair of curassows, Crax globulosa
  • Tall bird near water: trumpeter, Psophia leucoptera
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Source The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Vol. II: Project Gutenberg : Internet Archive
Author Alfred Russel Wallace. Illustration by Johann Baptist Zwecker (1814–1876).


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