south american animals

The largest flying stork in the Americas, especially found in Brazil’s Pantanal, these birds build large nests from large branches, and their name means “swollen neck” in the Tupi-Guarani language. (Art made back in mid October)

A medium-sized motmot bird found in the humid rainforests of the Amazon and the forest edges of the Andes, best known for their blue crown colors, green with orange underparts, and black mask. (Art made back in mid October)

I need some help figuring out which species would be feasible to Peruvian themed area. The area would be split into two sections (Cloud forest and Andean mountains) At the top of my head I was thinking - Spectacled Bear Andean Condor Guanaco Mountain Lion Giant Anteater Baird's Tapir Capybara...

Currently: * Western pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) - Batu Secret Zoo * Silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus) - Faunaland * Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) - Siantar Zoo, Cikao Park Purwakarta, and Batu Secret Zoo * Black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) - Batu Secret Zoo *...

This is the cerrado biome exhibit at Belo Horizonte zoo. It houses a couple of gray brocket deers, a couple of greater rheas, two giant anteaters, and a few tapirs. The place is a little larger than an acre (near 5.000 m2/53.819ft2), has five pools (two big ones and three smaller ones).

Baby caiman rescued from the traffic. He's living in the old caiman pond with amazon turtles (Podocnemis expansa) and some Geoffroy's side-necked turtles (Phrynops geoffroanus). Hope he will be soon joining the zoo's caiman group in the main exhibit.

This is the male individual of marsh deer at BH zoo. A female arrived a few weeks ago, but I couldn't spot her on the exhibit.

This is the marsh deer exhibit at BH zoo. A male has been living there for a few years, and a female arrived a few weeks ago, but I couldn't spot her on the exhibit.

This is the cerrado biome exhibit at Belo Horizonte zoo. It houses a couple of gray brocket deers, a couple of greater rheas, two giant anteaters, and a few tapirs. The place is a little larger than an acre (near 5.000 m2/53.819ft2), has five pools (two big ones and three smaller ones).

1300m2 (0,3 acre/13400ft2) dry moat style exhibit for gray woolly monkeys (lagothrix cana).

Capuchin monkey looking down in his large aviary exhibit. The zoo houses a considerably big number of these animals, but only two individuals are for display

Caiman floating in his new exhibit. This species has good reproductive results at the zoo

I will soon be departing on a two-year mission trip for my church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) to Santiago, Chile. My purpose in moving there is not to visit zoos or view wildlife, but I will have a day each week that I will be able to do things such as that. The purpose...