Reforestation helps endangered animals. Trees provide shelter from weather and predators. Tropical trees produce fruits that feed animals. The llanos or plains of Colombia are home to a large variety of endangered wildlife, including mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. The Amazonia Reforestation vision includes protecting the habitat of those species.

One interesting animal in the Rio el Bita is the giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), endangered due to the value of its fur. The males can be 6 feet in length. It is called the lobo del rio or river wolf, because it feeds on catfish, perch, piranha (piraña), crabs and small caimans and anacondas.

Vichada provides habitat for deer (venados), tapirs (dantas), the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca), sloths (perezosos), wild boars (cafuches), pecarries (zainos), jaguars, long tailed monkeys (micos), armadillos, foxes (zorros), the pink dolphin (delfines rosados), manatees, and capybaras (chigïiros).

Birds and Fish

Vichada is a paradise for bird watching. Species include toucans (tucánes), loros or parrots, guacamayas or macaws, humming birds (colibríes), curassows (paujiles), moor hens (gallinetas), and the vultures of the llanos of Colombia.

Among the many amazing and exotic creatures in the Orinoco basin is the fresh water pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). It eats small fish, crustaceans and zoo plankton.

For 4 months of the year the sports fishing is spectacular in the tributaries of the Orinoco. Fly in to visit your tropical trees and go sports fishing on the Orinoco and Rio el Bita in Vichada, Colombia.