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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Puna Teal - this specie has a black cap which extends to below the eyes, creamy-white lower face and neck, dark-brown eyes, pale blue beak with black line running down middle, the breast, back, and flanks are grey-brown with dark brown spots, rear flanks are grey-brown with thin stripes, wings are brown with green speculum, and legs and feet are dark grey - this specimen upon the Chucuito Peninsula - Lake Titicaca - Puno department.
