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Kaieteur Falls
Kaieteur Falls
forests
Islas y playas
Animals
In forests and mountain areas are armadillos, capybaras, sloths, jaguars, tapirs and
ocelots, and various species of monkeys, deer and anteaters.
Guyana has a variety of colorful tropical birds among which are the tinamou, the cock
of the rock, the bell bird, grunt and several species of hummingbirds and macaws.
Across the country can find the kiskad or Guyana sparrow hawks and herons. In rivers
can be found piranhas and alligators become a pest in estuaries, and also has a great
diversity of tropical snakes like the boa and anaconda. Insects represent a rich set
being characteristic ants, locusts, termites, flies and mosquitoes.