Amazonian umbrellabird, Mocoa, Colombia
Opening a new day in our trip. The set is tiny for this day as it largely was a transfer day. A pretty spectacular one where we would transfer from Mocoa to La Cocha in a single day, an altitude change from 800m to over 3,000m. With such a change in altitude, there's the risk of mountain sickness. Our guide gave us pills for it and we didn't suffer from any such effects, luckily. We learned from him that you can't train yourself against mountain sickness or grow tolerance for it. You get it or you don't get it, regardless of your experience.
The Amazonian umbrellabird is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae native to the Amazon basin with a separate population on the eastern slopes of the Andes. The male bird is entirely black, with a black crest and inflatable wattle on the throat, and at 48 to 55 cm, may be the largest passerine bird in South America.
