NEOTROPICAL
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest

This is the technical term for the tropical rainforest or 'jungle'. The rainforests of tropical South and Central America are the most species diverse ecosystems in the world.

A view from the cloud forest looking down into the rainforest of the mountains and valleys, on the Manu road from the top of the Andes down to the Amazon river.

The higher altitude rainforest has a lot of lichens and moss covering the trees.

For the page on the plants of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the invertebrates of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the insects of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the moths of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the butterflies of the tropical American rainforest

Diaethria, 'Eighty-eight Butterfly’ (Manu road, Peru).

For the page on the ants, wasps & bees of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the amphibians of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the reptiles of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the birds (ducks, guans, pigeons) of the tropical American rainforest
For the page on the non-passerine birds (trogons, toucans, parrots) of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the passerine songbirds of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the hummingbirds of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the tanagers of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the mammals of the tropical American rainforest

For the page on the places to experience the tropical American rainforest

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Thinking of travelling again after everything settles down? The first expedition I am booked to work on after the virus is New Guinea & Indonesia in 2021 with Silversea.