David Pattyn / Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) camouflaged on tree with a young juvenile opposite it, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

Melvin Grey / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male, Mindo, Ecuador. Controlled conditions.

Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

MYN / Gil Wizen / Huge terrestrial flatworm (Bipalium kewense), Mindo, Ecuador, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Tui De Roy / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) at nest cavity, Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Tandayapa Valley, Andes, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) at nest cavity, Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Tandayapa Valley, Andes, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus), Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Tandayapa Valley, Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Fairy Duster (Calliandra sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Mike Read / Andean cock of the rock female sitting on nest {Rupicola peruvianus} Tandayapa, Ecuador, South America

David Pattyn / Rainforest, cloudforest landscape, Bellavista private reserve, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador , July

David Pattyn / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador , July

David Pattyn / Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens), Bellavista private reserve, Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador , July