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....exploring the planet's ecosystems
NEOTROPICAL (Caribbean)
Mangroves
The mangroves of the western tropical Atlantic include the Central American coast and the Caribbean islands...
American Flamingos!
(Trinidad)The striking White-crowned Pigeon is usually a bird of the Caribbean mangroves (although you might get better views when it comes out into the surrounding scrub or even edge of urban areas to feed, as in image below).
(Antigua)Lurking in amongst the mangrove roots are various herons, stalking fish and other estuarine prey. The image below is of a 'Little Blue Heron' Egretta curelea: in the right light and at the right phase of its life the neck is maroon and the rest of the body is a grey-blue.
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Images and information are added to this website continuously. All photographs and text are by Damon Ramsey (unless credited otherwise). Feel free to copy photographs for educational purposes, but please acknowledge with: www.ecosystem-guides.com. Ecosystem Guides posts pretty shots on Instagram and some funnier photos on Facebook. Watch videos, including slideshows, lectures & guided walks on the Ecosystem Guides Youtube channel. Contact Email: damon@ecosystem-guides.com