Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Pantanal

A neotropical stick grasshopper aka horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia sp.) in the tall grass of the Rio Negro Fazenda Ranch. There are few cattle on this ranch, so the grass remains high and the grass-related insects are abundant. Pantanal, Brazil.

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A neotropical stick grasshopper aka horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia sp.) in the tall grass of the Rio Negro Fazenda Ranch. There are few cattle on this ranch, so the grass remains high and the grass-related insects are abundant. Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A praying mantis in the tall grass of the Rio Negro Fazenda Ranch.

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A praying mantis in the tall grass of the Rio Negro Fazenda Ranch. There are few cattle on this ranch, so the grass remains high and the grass-related insects are abundant. Pantanal, Brazil.

A black-hooded parakeet (Aratinga nenday) in Brazil's Pantanal.

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A black-hooded parakeet (Aratinga nenday) in Brazil’s Pantanal.

A black-hooded parakeet (Aratinga nenday) in Brazil's Pantanal.

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A black-hooded parakeet (Aratinga nenday) in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: Peach-fronted parakeets in flight in Brazil's Pantanal.?

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Peach-fronted parakeets in flight in Brazil’s Pantanal.?

Photo: A blue-fronted (a.k.a. turquoise-fronted) parrot (Amazona aestiva) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A blue-fronted (a.k.a. turquoise-fronted) parrot (Amazona aestiva) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: An orange-winged parrot in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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An orange-winged parrot in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A snail kite (Rosthramus sociabilis) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A snail kite (Rosthramus sociabilis) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: White woodpeckers (Melanerpes candidus) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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White woodpeckers (Melanerpes candidus) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A green-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)in Brazil's Pantanal.

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A green-barred woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Picture of a chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) in Pantanal, Brazil.

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A chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) in Pantanal, Brazil.

Picture of a chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) in Pantanal, Brazil.

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A chestnut-eared aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) in Pantanal, Brazil.

A southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) stands on one foot in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) stands on one foot in the Pantanal, Brazil.

A southern screamer (Chauna torquata) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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A southern screamer (Chauna torquata) in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A female bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

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A female bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A female bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

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A female bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A male bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

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A male bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata fasciolata) in Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: Sleeping through the day, a great potoo bird blends perfectly with the tree it's resting on. Potoos are one of the most well camouflaged birds in South America.

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Sleeping through the day, a great potoo bird blends perfectly with the tree it’s resting on. Potoos are one of the most well camouflaged birds in South America.

Picture of a red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Endangered wood storks in a tree in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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Endangered wood storks in a tree in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork and its nest in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork and its nest in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: Jabiru storks and their nest in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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Jabiru storks and their nest in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork eats a piranha in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork eats a piranha in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork cleans its feathers in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork cleans its feathers in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork in flight in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork in flight in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: A jabiru stork devours a piranha on the Pixaim River in theBrazilian Pantanal.

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A jabiru stork devours a piranha on the Pixaim River in theBrazilian Pantanal.

Photo: A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: In the Pantanal, an adult jabiru stork tends to it's chick in a nest that was ravaged by bulldozers a week earlier.

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In the Pantanal, an adult jabiru stork tends to it’s chick in a nest that was ravaged by bulldozers a week earlier. Conversion of wetlands and forests to farmland is now a major threat to the world’s largest freshwater marsh.

Photo: A jabiru stork brings soft grasses to line its nest, oblivious to the destruction brought to the rest of the forest by bulldozers.

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A jabiru stork brings soft grasses to line its nest, oblivious to the destruction brought to the rest of the forest by bulldozers. Land is being cleared in the Brazilian Pantanal for development and agriculture at an alarming rate, threatening this wetland ecosystem.

Photo: A jabiru stork brings soft grasses to line its nest, oblivious to the destruction brought to the rest of the forest by bulldozers.

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A jabiru stork brings soft grasses to line its nest, oblivious to the destruction brought to the rest of the forest by bulldozers. Land is being cleared in the Brazilian Pantanal for development and agriculture at an alarming rate, threatening this wetland ecosystem.

Photo: A jabiru stork eats a piranha in the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands, in Brazil.

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A jabiru stork eats a piranha in the Pantanal, one of the world’s largest wetlands, in Brazil.

Photo: Yellow-billed cardinals at dawn in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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Yellow-billed cardinals at dawn in the Pantanal, Brazil.

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