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Incas archeological site. Probably the purpose of the terraces was to experiment different crops for different climate using different fertilizers. Their design and orientation allow to have a difference of up to 15 °C between the top and the bottom.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.
Cyanocorax yncas galeatus (Inca Jay / CarriquÃ)
The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is endemic to the Andes of South America.
Their basic diet consists of arthropods, vertebrates, seeds, and fruit.
The range extends southwards in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Wikipedia
Or Green Jay - Stunning and unmistakable: green and yellow plumage with bold black-and-blue head pattern. Birds from Texas to Honduras have a blue crown, dark eye, and relatively uniform lime-green body, and occur in small flocks in woodland with brushy understory. Birds in South America, sometimes called Inca Jays, occur in Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Bolivia. They show a white crown, pale eye, blue forehead tuft, and rich sulphur-yellow belly contrasting with darker green upperparts. Both populations give a variety of strange mechanical calls. This one was photographed in Ecuador.
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The Inca is the most aberrant member of its family and is placed in its own monotypic genus. Its body is charcoal grey, with dark black primaries and black cap, and bright red bill and legs. The most distinctive feature of this species are its prominent white moustaches which, starting at the base of the bill, are quite long and curl down around the cheek. The Inca Tern is primarily coastal occurring from north central Chile to Ecuador. It is quite common along near shore waters where it forages for anchovetta but are most easily found along rocky coasts where they breed on sea cliffs and guano islands. Though highly distinctive at close range, from a distance, this species can easily be confused with the Grey Gull, especially juveniles, but note structure and especially on the adult, the bright red bill. For me the most beautiful tern I've ever seen. Sadly neat threatened.
doi.org/10.2173/bow.incter1.01 Picture taken at Paracas - Peru.
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On this section is observed the modelled representation of a human face on the part corresponding to the container of sacred liquids. It clearly shows the representation of a person of high status and probably, by virtue of his earrings, of an ancestor.
Hiking Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Birthplace of the sun and the Incan dynasty, Bolivia’s Isla del Sol is the embodiment of peace and serenity. Best explored at an ambling pace, the sacred island reveals itself to be an energetic blend of mysticism and spirituality.
One hour boat trip from the lakeside town of Copacabana, Isla del Sol is a beautiful place teeming with archaeological marvels. Over 80 ruins can be found sprawled across the rugged 70 sq km island – remnants of the Inca civilization that lived there in the 15th century AD – as well as approximately 800 indigenous families who live in small villages dispersed throughout the island.
According to Incan lore, Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) is both the birthplace of their revered Sun God and the world’s first two Incas.
We arrived at Isla del Sol at Cha’llapampa in the north, and started hiking to the top and came down to Yumani in the south. The Isla del Sol is some 3500 meters above sea level with 4000 meters at its peak.
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The Inca is the most aberrant member of its family and is placed in its own monotypic genus. Its body is charcoal grey, with dark black primaries and black cap, and bright red bill and legs. The most distinctive feature of this species are its prominent white moustaches which, starting at the base of the bill, are quite long and curl down around the cheek. The Inca Tern is primarily coastal occurring from north central Chile to Ecuador. It is quite common along near shore waters where it forages for anchovetta but are most easily found along rocky coasts where they breed on sea cliffs and guano islands. Though highly distinctive at close range, from a distance, this species can easily be confused with the Grey Gull, especially juveniles, but note structure and especially on the adult, the bright red bill. For me the most beautiful tern I've ever seen. Sadly neat threatened.
doi.org/10.2173/bow.incter1.01 Picture taken at Paracas - Peru.
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Inca céleste (Coeligena coeligena) est un oiseau de la famille des Trochilidés. On trouve ce colibri dans les pays du nord-ouest de l'Amérique du sud.
Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family. This hummingbird is found in the northwestern countries of South America.
La Ceja, Colombia; 2300 meters above sea level.
Cyanocorax yncas galeatus (Inca Jay / CarriquÃ)
The Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas) is a bird species of the New World jays, which is endemic to the Andes of South America.
Their basic diet consists of arthropods, vertebrates, seeds, and fruit.
The range extends southwards in the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
Wikipedia
Just a nice display of flowers bought from the local supermarket , but had no odea of the name or that they go by the name " Lily of the Incas " or " The Peruvian Lily " .
Alstroemeria (/ˌælstrɪˈmɪəriə/), commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America, although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity; one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil. Species of Alstroemeria from Chile are winter-growing plants, while those of Brazil are summer growing. All are long-lived perennials except A. graminea, a diminutive annual from the Atacama Desert of Chile.
Inca Tern
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An Inca Dove (Columbia inca) feeeding on the grounds of the Gilbert Wildlife Reserve near Gilbert, Arizona, USA.
13 March, 2012.
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