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Colonial style courtyard in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.

Small planes are required to travel across large areas without paved roads.

Ox cart typical of those used in rural areas of Paraguay.

Poor inhabitants along Asunción bay keep horses to pull their trash recycling carts. Near 25°15’49’’S, 57°37’47’’W.

Bird watchers on Asunción Bay.

Two Southern Crested Caracaras flying away from photographer. Cattle ranches in Paraguay are rich in viewable birds.

Adult white-lipped peccary skull. The foreman is wearing the local version of a fanny-pack around his neck. Seasonally flooded palm savannah and cleared landing strip near the Rio Negro river. Located near RAMSAR site and Rio Negro National Park in the Pantanal ecoregion, near the border between Paraguay and Bolivia.

Seasonally flooded palm savannah near the Rio Negro river at the end of the wet season. Located near RAMSAR site and Rio Negro National Park in the Pantanal ecoregion, near the border between Paraguay and Bolivia.

Adult white-lipped peccary skull. The foreman is wearing the local version of a fanny-pack around his neck. Seasonally flooded palm savannah and cleared landing strip near the Rio Negro river. Located near RAMSAR site and Rio Negro National Park in the Pantanal ecoregion, near the border between Paraguay and Bolivia.

Paraguay is located at the confluence of a number of globally important ecoregions, namely the upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, the Cerrado, the Argentine Mesopotamian Grasslands, the Chaco (Humid and Dry) and the Pantanal.

Floating mat of water hyacynth. Near 25°15’49’’S, 57°37’47’’W. Pied-billed grebe in foreground.

Paraguay is located at the confluence of a number of globally important ecoregions, namely the upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, the Cerrado, the Argentine Mesopotamian Grasslands, the Chaco (Humid and Dry) and the Pantanal.

Paraguay is located at the confluence of a number of globally important ecoregions, namely the upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, the Cerrado, the Argentine Mesopotamian Grasslands, the Chaco (Humid and Dry) and the Pantanal.

Paraguay is located at the confluence of a number of globally important ecoregions, namely the upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, the Cerrado, the Argentine Mesopotamian Grasslands, the Chaco (Humid and Dry) and the Pantanal.

Paraguay is located at the confluence of a number of globally important ecoregions, namely the upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, the Cerrado, the Argentine Mesopotamian Grasslands, the Chaco (Humid and Dry) and the Pantanal.

Wetland in Asuncion Bay. Near 25°15’49’’S, 57°37’47’’W.

Three cormorants and one caracara in palm along Rio Negro River in Pantanal (Caracara is bird on left, in shadows). End of wet season. Paraguay is home to at least 589 breeding bird species and 120 migratory bird species.

Small planes are required to travel across large areas without paved roads.

Mule grazing. Asunción skyline in background. The bay's wetlands are grazed by animals, which are used to pull the carts of the city's trash recyclers. Near 25°15’49’’S, 57°37’47’’W.

Mule watching a birdwatcher. Asunción skyline in the background. The bay's wetlands are grazed by animals, which are used to pull the carts of the city's trash recyclers. Near 25°15’49’’S, 57°37’47’’W.

Mass of floating vegetation (embalsado)on Rio Negro river on the border between Paraguay and Bolivia. Located near RAMSAR site and Rio Negro National Park in the Pantanal ecoregion. This region, situated in the extreme northeastern corner of western Paraguay and extending south along the Paraguay river forms a southern extension to the primarily Brazilian Pantanal.