America's animals

Alligators’ legs may be short but they can run at a gallop. Their forelegs have five toes while their hind legs have only four.

The exceptional abilities and beautiful colors of the blue and yellow macaw make them one of the finest in this extended family.

Golden-bellied capuchins live in groups of between 8 and 35 individuals based on a hierarchy, whereby the dominant male defends the group.

Capybaras have partially webbed feet and particularly like bodies of water and marshes.

The crested caracara is the largest and most widespread of the large group of land falcons known as caracaras. There are 8 different species.

Sun parakeets are of average build but highly robust. They have black eyes and a black beak, with lightly striped brown feet.

The Chilean flamingo is very easy to distinguish from other species of flamingo, due to its greyish legs, red joints and pale pink plumage.

Small in size, the guira cuckoo can be recognised by its long black tail with a white tip, and especially by the faintly orange crest on its head.

Although the distinction between the male and female specimens of most raptors is not obvious at first glance .

The cattle egret is a wader that has breeding plumage and winter plumage.

Reproduction takes place at the height of the rainy season, from March to July.

Maras usually live in mating pairs in small groups of 8 to 10 individuals, made up of adults and the offspring born during the year.