Realms of the Amazon - Part 1 - The Realm of the Harpy eagle and the Jaguar

Realms of the Amazon

Part 1 - The Realm of the Harpy eagle and the Jaguar

The first part of my submission on the Amazon for the thread "Make an Exhibit with that theme". This part will feature medium and large mammalian and avian predators and scavengers of Amazonia. Species list below, extended description in the thread.

Species list

Striped list represent different species kept within the same exhibit complex, dotted list represent different species kept in a mixed exhibit.

Male and female Jaguar (Panthera onca) exhibits

Small cat exhibits and small cat greenhouse

- Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
- Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
- Oncilla or Northern tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus)

Large eagle aviaries and large eagle greenhouse

- Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
- Black hawk-eagle or Tyrant hawk-eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus)
- Ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus)

Owl aviaries with wooden barn

- Amazonian pygmy owl (Glaucidium hardyi)
- Tawny-bellied screech owl (Megascops watsonii)
- Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Smaller raptor aviaries with wooden barn

- Pearl kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii)
- Crane hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)

New World vulture aviary

• Greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
• American black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
• King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) and Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) aviaries

Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) house and exhibit

Exhibits around medium carnivore barn

- Tayra (Eira barbara)
- Crab-eating raccoon or South American raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
- South American coati or Ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
- Short-eared dog or Small-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis)
- Greater grison (Galictis vittata)
- Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)

Falcon aviaries

- Cryptic forest falcon (Micrastur mintoni)
- Red-throated caracara (Ibycter americanus)
- Black caracara (Daptrius ater)

Cave with bats and yapok

- Yapok or Water opossum (Chironectes minimus)
- Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
- Spectral bat, Great false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat (Vampyrum spectrum)