Forests have layers, called the undergrowth, middle layer and canopy. Even with the semi-arid environment of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao the mondi also has layers, only not as impressive and pronounced.
Most visitors to the island of Curaçao will not expect to see large free roaming parrots in the wild, but the lucky observer will see just that now in many urban locations on the island.
Anyone who walks in the mondi of Jan Thiel on Curaçao during the dry season, and other locations as well, can regularly come across a strange phenomenon; trees, grasses and shrubs that are completely covered with the white Kokolishi di kalakuna (Cerion uva).
There is no tropical rainforest in the world as famous as the Amazon rainforest, an area of approximately 7 million square kilometres where more than half of all the rainforest in the world is located. This tropical jungle is spread over nine different countries.
Join us in the first weeks of July 2025 for the new Bird ID & Monitoring workshop (Klein) Curaçao. Want to get started on identifying the bird species that live…