Birds & Butterflies - Perú
These winged images of Peru, entail 120 species throughout the ecoregions of the : 1. Central Andean Wet Puna - 2. Peruvian Yungas - 3. Central Andean Puna - 4. Southwest Amazon Moist Forest - 5. Sechura Desert - 6. Tumbes-Piura Dry Forest. Peru ranks 2nd in Aves eco-diversity on Planet Earth, with > 1,700 species (counting only breeding species, #1) - and ranks #1 in butterfly species totaling > 3,700.
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Peruvian Booby - adult plumage has a pure white head, neck and entire underparts, whereas wings, back and rump are brown mottled white. Wing-coverts are brown with pale tips, making scaled pattern. Its long, stout and pointed beak is blue-grey. The eyes are chestnut colored, surrounded by a bare grey eyering - legs and webbed feet are grey.
