This is when wading birds - ten species of heron and egret ... What distinguishes the Pantanal ecologically is that it combines elements of central Brazil's cerrado savannahs and Paraguay's ...

The Pantanal is a place for strong biters ... one you begin to learn the moment you arrive almost deafened by the sound of birds: the Chaco chachalaca and the great kiskadee.

The exact size of the Pantanal varies throughout the year, swelling to roughly 75,000 square miles during the rainy season.