Rolf Nussbaumer / Brown Inca hummingbird (Coeligena wilsoni) adult feeding from Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Brown Inca hummingbird (Coeligena wilsoni) adult flying, feeding from Bromeliad flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) adult perched on fern covered in rain drops, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Brown Inca hummingbird (Coeligena wilsoni) adult flying, feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) flying / feeding and Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Buff-Winged Starfrontlet hummingbird (Coeligena lutetiae), young male feeding from Sage flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) male perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii), Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) and Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) adults feeding on Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, Februar...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Buff-tailed Coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua flavescens) adult clings to flower while feeding in the rain, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) two females feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) female flying, feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii), male flying / feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Buff-Winged Starfrontlet hummingbird (Coeligena lutetiae) young female feeding from Datura flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) male perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) and Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) adults feeding on flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus) adult, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) young male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) male feeding on flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) adult feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) male feeding on flower in rain, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl), adult feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) male feeding on flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Empress Brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa imperatrix), male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

MORLEY READ / Mass of Sawfly larvae on Cecropia tree trunk in cloudforest, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Mass of Sawfly larvae on Cecropia tree trunk in cloudforest, Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Assassin bug {Reduviidae} feeding on fly, cloudforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Clear-winged Butterfly (Hyalurga sp ?) Mindo Cloud forest, Andes, Ecuador

PREMAPHOTOS / Fleischmann's glass frog (Centrolenella / Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni) in daytime resting pose in cloud forest, Panama

Rolf Nussbaumer / Mountainstream in Cloudforest, La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Central Valley, Costa Rica, Central America, December 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Bananaquit {Coereba flaveola} two adults on Heliconia plant, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Santa Elena Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Rainforest, tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Monteverde Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Santa Elena Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Santa Elena Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Santa Elena Reserve, Costa Rica

David Noton / Tropical cloudforest, Santa Elena Reserve, Costa Rica

MORLEY READ / Bromelaids in the cloud forest at 1,500m, Western Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Bromelaids in the cloud forest at 1,500m, Western Ecuador

MORLEY READ / Mouth of limestone cave, Napo-Galeras NP, cloudforest, Amazonia, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tropical short horned grasshopper (Acrididae) Cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Click beetle (Elateridae) on flower, tropical cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Tropical short horned grasshopper (Acrididae) Cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Thorn mimic treehopper (Membracidae) Cloud forest, Ecuador

Nick Garbutt / Cloud forest interior with Elephant ear plants, Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Amazonian cloud forest habitat, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, South America

Doug Wechsler / Cloud forest with {Melastomataceae} flowers, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

Fabio Liverani / Looking into rainforest canopy from skywalk, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Rainforest canopy skywalk, Monteverde NR, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Tourist on path to Cuesta del Agua, Chirripo National Park, Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Chirripo National Park, Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Tourist on path to Llano Bonito, Chirripo NP. Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Tourist on path to Cuesta del Agua, Chirripo National Park, Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Tourist on path to Cuesta del Agua, Chirripo National Park, Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Fabio Liverani / Tourist on path to Cuesta del Agua, Chirripo National Park, Talamanca Mt range, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Plate-billed mountain toucan {Andigena laminirostris} Ecuador, Mindo Cloud forest

Pete Oxford / Cloud Forest, Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Andes

Pete Oxford / Leaf of Poor man's umbrella {Gunnera sp} Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Fawn-breasted brilliant {Heliodoxa rubinoides} Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Tayra {Eira barbara} Manu Cloud Forest, Peru

Pete Oxford / Praying mantis {Mantodea} Manu cloud forest, Peru

Pete Oxford / Marsupial frog {Gastrotheca orophylax} Cloudforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Amaryllis lily {Eucrosia dodsonii} Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Fawn-breasted brilliant {Heliodoxa rubinoides} Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Booted racket tail {Ocreatus underwoodii} Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Seeds of Bomarea plant, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Plate-billed mountain toucan {Andigena laminirostris} Ecuador, Mindo Cloud forest

Pete Oxford / Researcher mist netting bats in Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed whitetip {Urosticte benjamini} Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Male Strawberry tree frog in bromeliad {Hyla pantosticta} Cloudforest, Eucador

Pete Oxford / Thorn mimic treehoppers {Membracidae} Manu Cloud Forest, Peru

Nick Garbutt / Wing detail of Owl butterfly {Caligo eurilochus} Mindo Cloudforest, Ecuador

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Clouds over Atlantic rainforest at 1800m. Caparao NP, Brazil

Michael Hutchinson / Cloud forest, Tenerife, Canary Is

DAVID TIPLING / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) Manu NP, Peru, South America

Pete Oxford / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) monkey calling aggressively with baby on back, in tree Manu cloudforest, Peru

Pete Oxford / White whiskered hermit hummingbird {Phaethornis yaruqui} at Strelizia flower. Macipucuna cloudforest, Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) Manu cloudforest, Peru

DAVID TIPLING / Large headed capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus) in cloudforest, Manu, Peru, South-America.

Pete Oxford / Southern coati {Nasua nasua} Manu cloudforest, Peru

Pete Oxford / Cock of the Rock male at lek. Manu cloudforest, Peru, South America

MORLEY READ / Cock of the rock (Andean) (Rupicola peruvianus) NW Ecuador Cloudforest

Pete Oxford / Sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) perched amongst berries in cloudforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ecuadorian thrush (Turdus maculirostris) feeding on berries in cloudforest, Ecuador