South America
From Amazon rivers and cloud forest to the Pantanal, Patagonia, Pacific coast, and Galapagos, South America is shaped by water, altitude, isolation, and seasonal change.
From Amazon rivers and cloud forest to the Pantanal, Patagonia, Pacific coast, and Galapagos, South America is shaped by water, altitude, isolation, and seasonal change.
Regions
Amazon Basin
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana
Rainforest canopy, floodplain forest, blackwater rivers, oxbow lakes, clay licks, and palm swamps
Andes and Cloud Forests
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
Cloud forest, paramo, puna grassland, high desert, salt lakes, canyons, and glacier-edge slopes
Pantanal, Cerrado, and Chaco
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
Seasonal wetlands, gallery forest, flooded grassland, savanna, dry woodland, and termite plains
Patagonia and Southern Ocean
Argentina, Chile, South Georgia, Falkland Islands
Wind-scoured steppe, southern Andes, Atlantic cliffs, kelp coast, cold gulfs, and breeding beaches
Pacific Coast and Galapagos
Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Colombia
Humboldt Current coast, rocky islands, Galapagos lava fields, mangroves, seabird cliffs, and arid coastal wetlands
Selected Wildlife
Harpy Eagle
Vulnerable
Amazon River Dolphin
Endangered
Andean Condor
Vulnerable
Spectacled Bear
Vulnerable
Jaguar
Near Threatened
Hyacinth Macaw
Vulnerable
Puma
Least Concern
Guanaco
Least Concern
Galapagos Giant Tortoise
Vulnerable