Pictures of central america

Images of central america taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar

Unknown forest anole

Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name: red tiger]

White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [local name: Venado]

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)

Clear creek pool

Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye

Spider monkey hanging in a tree

Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean / local name)

Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies

Light orange heliconia

Frog with a green patch under its eye

Sunrise seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8754]

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro]

Female Long-haired Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)

Red-footed Booby Sula sula

American crocodile

Flounder camouflaged in the sand

Jungle pool near ATM cave; habitat for cichlids

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark

Green iguana in the rainforest canopy

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7618]

Slash-and-burn agriculture

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)

Corn planted on former rainforest land

Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Male spider monkey standing

Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)

Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree

Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize: Gallin garza]

Pink fringed hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Gumbo limbo 'Tourist trees' used for treating rashes and sunburn

Entrance to St. Herman's Cave

Sunset on Blackbird Caye

Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) [local name in Belize: Pelicano]

Corn field converted from on rainforest land

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)

Inland Blue Hole

Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum)

Red-footed Boobies

Giant sea sponge

Elongated centipede

Red-footed Booby Sula sula [belize_0385]

Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye [belize_0428]

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6939]

Pink flowers [belize_8470]

Orange orchard planted on deforested land

Deforested plain

Roaring creek in Belize

Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) pair

Forest cleared for pasture

Sea grass mangroves and ocean of Turneffe Atoll

Gumbo limbo 'Tourist tree' (Bursera simaruba)

Sting ray buried in sand

Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0338]

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7278]

Heliconius butterly

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8741]

Blue fruit/berries

Rainforest leaves

Young Red-footed Booby

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7606]

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6635]

Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7156]

Stalactites in ATM cave

Brown pelican floating on a reef

Brown pelican taking flight near Half Moon Caye

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Harpy eagle [belize_7141]

Pink flower of a Tillandsia epiphyte

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi

Belizean slash-and-burn

Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7053]

American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) local name Guatusa

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)

Sea grass and mangroves

Entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave

Sleeping kinkajou (Potos flavus)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6935]

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)

Philodendron leaves

Flowers of a bromeliad

Brown Leaf-footed Bug (family Coreidae) with black and red antenna

Entrance to ATM cave

Great Blue Hole

Collared Peccaries

Great Blue Hole [belize_0330]

Mother agouti with babies

Dark green beetle with red spots

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark [belize_7186]

Smoldering trees in a deforested landscape

Pool on the Roaring River

Freshwater turtle

Purple sea anemones

Recent cut rainforest

Exit from St. Herman's Cave

Crystal clear jungle pool near ATM cave

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8539]

White flower buds

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [Local name = Aligata or Cocodrilo]

Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave

White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Margay sleeping atop a tree branch

Unknown forest anole [belize_8161]

Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi]

Half Moon Caye [belize_0370]

Nests of the Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) hanging in a tree

Mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7057]

Black Stilt-legged Fly (family Micropezidae) with an orange-red head

Green leaf katydid

Rainforest pool

Entrance to ATM cave [belize_8379]

Frog with a green patch under its eye [belize_8572]

A stack of burning trees in a deforested landscape

Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)

Cleared forest land in Belize

Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote]

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_7332a]

Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7272]

Spider monkey in a yoga pose

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7604]

Sting ray buried in sand [belize_uw0139]

Spider monkey hanging in a tree [belize_0026]

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) with a bird in its mouth

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7617]

Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree

Rain forest pool near ATM cave

Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7320]

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)

Half Moon Caye [belize_0369]

Purple soft coral

Butterfly [belize_8327]

Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef [belize_0365]

Ancient Mayan pot

Great Blue Hole [belize_0323]

Great Blue Hole [belize_0324]

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Belize

White butterfly feeding on tubular red flowers

Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote] in a tree

Green iguana in the forest canopy

Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth) [belize_8343]

Spider monkey hanging with its prehensile tail

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7305]

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)

Mother agouti nursing her young

Mangroves of Turneffe Atoll

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0092]

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0300]

Margay sleeping atop a tree branch [belize_7363]

Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0041]

Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) [belize_6944]

Half Moon Caye [belize_0352]

Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park

Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

Cashew nut still part of the fruit on the tree

Green moray eel

Yellow and red thorn spider

Clearwater creek just outside the entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave

American crocodile [belize_7380]

Deforestation in Belize

Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) in flight

Rainforest creek

Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0087]

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8522]

Acacia trees share a symbiotic relationship with ants

Mayan pottery fragments in ATM cave

Pool on the Roaring River [belize_8321]

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8764]

Sunrise over the Caribbean seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6934]

Lizard [belize_8149]

Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7482]

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8273a]

Brown Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) with green spots

Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize

Yellow sea sponge [belize_uw0090]

Transparent cleaner shrimp with blue and white markings

Orange and rust-colored centipede

Magnificent Frigatebird inflating his red gula pouch to attract female boobies

Juvenile Red-footed Booby

Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0087]

Molting katydid

Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7631]

Forest land cleared for an orange orchard

Unknown centipede

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize: Yellow-jaw tommygoff]

American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

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