Pete Oxford / Red-footed booby (Sula sula) in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra) Halfmoon Caye Colony, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize.

Tui De Roy / Espanola /Hood mockingbird (Mimus macdonaldi) feeding on Cordia lutea berry, Espanola Island, Galapagos

Rolf Nussbaumer / Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda) adult on Mexican Olive tree (Cordia boissieri). Laredo, Webb County, Texas, USA, April.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus), male singing on Mexican Olive tree (Cordia boissieri). Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Tui De Roy / Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) feeding on nectar-rich base of Cordia (Cordia lutea) flowers, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cordia tree {Cordia glabrata} in flower, Tocantins, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Muyuyo / Yellow cordia flower {Cordia lutea} Santa Cruz Is, Galapagos.

Tom Vezo / Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) perching in flowering Geigertree (Cordia sebestena), Dry Tortugas, Florida

Mark Moffett / Ant (Azteca sp) queen with brood inside Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree with tem hairs protecting tree against large enemy ants, but permit passage of small (Azteca sp)

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) group dismember corpses of their enemies within the hollow branches of Cordia (Cordia nodosa) host tree, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) queen, in her host Cordia tree with workers and larvae, Manu, Peru

Mark Moffett / Ant (Allomerus sp) queen, starting her colony in Cordia tree, Manu, Peru