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  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3328_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3191_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3345_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3339_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3058 Yellow Shouldered Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3039 Yellow Shouldered Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3210_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3342_Yellow_Shouldered_Parrot.jpg
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3019 Yellow Shouldered Parrot.jpg
  • Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephala) CAPTIVE pet belong to the Huaorani Indians. It lives in the house and travels with them when they visit other communities.<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
These parrots are usually found in groups of 3 - 8 birds just move in and above the canopy. They often perch on protruding limbs. Rarely associate with other parrot species. They feed on small fruits of various palms.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Common & conspicuous in canopy and borders of humid forest in lowlands of the east below 400 meters.
    GA41 Black-headed Parrot.jpg
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.tif
  • Yellow Shouldered Parrot (Amazona barbadensis) on Cactus.<br />
BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean<br />
HABITAT & DISTRIBUTION: Only Amazon Parrot found in dry forests of Venezuela & Bonaire.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Vulnerable.  Endangered on Bonaire.
    BN3030 Yellow Shouldered Parrot.jpg
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus) CAPTIVE<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forest and nearby wooded habitats in the Amazon north of the Amazon River and west of the Ucayali River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
    TIP198 Black-headed Parrot.jpg
  • Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus) CAPTIVE<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forest and nearby wooded habitats in the Amazon north of the Amazon River and west of the Ucayali River in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
    TIP167 Black-headed Parrot.jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_1...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_1...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • Lesser vasa parrot or black parrot (Coracopsis nigra)<br />
Berenty<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC
    20181103_Lesser_vasa_parrot_326.tif
  • Lesser vasa parrot or black parrot (Coracopsis nigra)<br />
Berenty<br />
South Madagascar<br />
MADAGASCAR<br />
ENDEMIC
    20181103_Lesser_vasa_parrot_332.tif
  • Orange-winged parrot (Amazona amazonica)<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
RANGE: e Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, n Bolivia and e Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago.
    22599_Orange-winged_parrot.jpg
  • Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Tropical and subtropical Central and South America.
    COC77 Blue-headed Parrot.jpg
  • Parrot seller<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
31 years selling coconuts
    20151214_Parrot_seller_8.jpg
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala)<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Yellow-crowned_Amazon_Parro...jpg
  • Yellow-crowned Amazon Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala)<br />
Savanna <br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151208_Yellow-crowned_Amazon_Parro...jpg
  • Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) CAPTIVE. Wild caught and Part of LEGAL pet trade<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY5718 Red-fan Parrot.jpg
  • Parrot seller<br />
Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
31 years selling coconuts
    20151214_Parrot_seller_6.jpg
  • Parrot Snake (Liophis ahaetulla) Non-venemous<br />
Orinoco River, north of Puerto Ayacucho. Apure Province, VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA border. South America.<br />
The Orinoco is the 3rd longest river in S. America 2,200Km and the third largest in Volume in the world after the Amazon and the Congo Rivers. 1 200 000 cubic meters of water into the Atlantic Ocean through its huge deltas per year.
    OR938_Parrot_Snake.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian woman - Ware Baiwa plucking a Mealy parrot (Amazona farinosa) that was hunted for meat. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA1915 Huaorani plucking parrot.jpg
  • Blue-fronted Parrot<br />
Amazona aestiva<br />
Piaui State, NE BRAZIL.  South America<br />
Range: e. Brazil
    108373 Blue-fronted Parrot.tif
  • Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica)<br />
Rain Forest<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname & Venezuela
    2GY876 Orange-winged Parrot.jpg
  • Mealy or Amazon parrot (Amazona farinosa) & Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ocrocephala)<br />
Salt or mineral lick<br />
Napo River<br />
Yasuni National Park<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
RANGE: e Panama south to Colombia, the Guianas, ne Bolivia and e Brazil
    20150308_Mealy_&_Yellow-crowned_parr...tif
  • Blue-headed Parrots on Lick<br />
Pionus menstruus<br />
Madre de Dios Clay Lick, PERU.  South America<br />
RANGE; Costa Rica to Brazil
    1084927 Blue-headed parrots.tif
  • Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick<br />
Serjali Lick. Mishagua River. Amazon,  PERU.  South America
    109030 Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick.tif
  • Orange-winged Parrots (Amazona amazonica) CAPTIVE PETS<br />
Lethem<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4553 Orange-winged Parrots.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga making feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The crowns are made from a split vine and feathers from various birds such as toucans, parrots and macaws are glued on with heated bees wax.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA16046 Huaorani making crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga making feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The crowns are made from a split vine and feathers from various birds such as toucans, parrots and macaws are glued on with heated bees wax.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA16036 Huaorani making crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga making feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The crowns are made from a split vine and feathers from various birds such as toucans, parrots and macaws are glued on with heated bees wax.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA16062 Huaorani making crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga making feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The crowns are made from a split vine and feathers from various birds such as toucans, parrots and macaws are glued on with heated bees wax.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA16020 Huaorani making crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian - Tage Kaiga making feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park.<br />
Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The crowns are made from a split vine and feathers from various birds such as toucans, parrots and macaws are glued on with heated bees wax.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri & Taromanani. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA15099 Huaorani making crown.jpg
  • Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica) CAPTIVE<br />
Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forest and semi-open country from Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago south to Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
    TIP123 Orange-winged Amazon.jpg
  • Machiguenga Indians<br />
Timpia Community, Lower Urubamba River<br />
Amazon Rain Forest, PERU.  South America<br />
Wearing traditional Dress
    112590 Machiguenga Indians.tif
  • Wapishana headdress<br />
Wai Wai territory, region 9<br />
Parabara<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Macaw feathers<br />
Deborah Charlie
    20151207_Wapishana_headdress_130.jpg
  • Wapishana headdress<br />
Wai Wai territory, region 9<br />
Parabara<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Macaw feathers<br />
Deborah Charlie
    20151207_Wapishana_headdress_132.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_50.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_55.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_56.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_69.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_70.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_77.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_80.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_336.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_71.jpg
  • Maroon-Tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura pacifica)<br />
Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve<br />
Pichincha<br />
Ecuador<br />
South America
    20160802_Maroon-Tailed_Parakeet_74.jpg
  • Wapishana headdress<br />
Wai Wai territory, region 9<br />
Parabara<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
Macaw feathers<br />
Deborah Charlie
    20151207_Wapishana_headdress_131.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_57.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_58.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_61.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_60.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_64.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_66.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_65.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_72.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_73.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_63.jpg
  • Collared Lory (Kula, Fiji Lory)(Phigys solitarius)<br />
Fiji. South Pacific<br />
Endemic to Fiji,<br />
captive
    20140420_Collared_Lory__2_©Pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_52.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_62.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_67.jpg
  • Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    20151206_Scarlet_Macaw_73.jpg
  • Yellow-crowned Parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) for PET TRADE<br />
on Trans Guyana Flight from Lethem into Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4880 Yellow-crowned Parrots.jpg
  • Red-lored Amazon parrots (Amazona autumnalis) CAPTIVE Lowlands of western Ecuador - Cloud forest around Mindo. ECUADOR<br />
These parrots are usually seen in pairs or small groups usually as they fly to and from roosting sites in the early mornings and late evenings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in canopy and bordes of deciduous and humid forests and mangroves of lowland forests.
    1466_Red-lored_Amazon_parrots.jpg
  • Yellow-crowned Parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) for PET TRADE<br />
on Trans Guyana Flight from Lethem into Georgetown<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY4880 Yellow-crowned Parrots.jpg
  • 1494_Red-lored_Amazon_parrots.TIF
  • Cofan Indians from Dureno Community wearing traditional dress<br />
Atanacio Criollo & Alejandro Criollo<br />
Agua Rico River near Dureno Amazon Rain Forest ECUADOR South America<br />
Crown made from Mealy (Amazon) Parrot feathers - (Amazona farinosa) Necklace of beads & peccary teeth, arm bands of palm leaves and snake skin.<br />
This is the tribe who are fighting TEXACO oil company about damage done to their land from drilling and bad waste disposal
    15864_Cofan_Indians.jpg
  • Blue-headed Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick<br />
Propyrrhura couloni<br />
Serjali Clay Lick, Bocamishagua River<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. PERU.  South America<br />
Range: e Peru, n Bolivia to w Brazil<br />
RARE MACAWS
    108818 Blue-headed Macaws.tif
  • Feathers for Huaorani Indian crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA15 Feathers for Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Feathers for Huaorani Indian crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA14 Feathers for Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Feathers for Huaorani Indian crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA12 Feathers for Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA06 Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian feather crown being made. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA08 Making Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian feather crown being made. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA19 Making Huaorani crown.jpg
  • Huaorani Indian feather crown being made. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, ECUADOR.  South America<br />
First a basket-like weave fibre ring is made. Then feathers collected from hunted toucans, parrots, macaws and other colourful birds are stuck on with heated beeswax. Macaw tail feathers - standing up are sometimes added later.<br />
This Indian tribe were basically uncontacted until 1956 when missionaries from the Summer Institute of Linguistics made contact with them. However there are still some groups from the tribe that remain uncontacted.  They are known as the Tagaeri. Traditionally these Indians were very hostile and killed many people who tried to enter into their territory. Their territory is in the Yasuni National Park which is now also being exploited for oil.
    GA17 Making Huaorani crown.jpg
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