Amazon Rainforest Food Web
The Sun- main producer (gives life to plants)
The Producers - the trees, shrubs, bromeliads and other plants. (feed primary consumers)
The Primary Consumers – the macaws, monkeys, agouti, tapir, butterflies, sloths, toucans. (herbivores, eat producers)
The Secondary Consumers – the jaguar and boa constrictor. (main predators, eat primary consumers)
The Scavengers – the butterflies and other insects. (eat fallen leaves and such, basically primary consumers, except they are not eaten by secondary consumers)
The Decomposers or Detrivores – mushrooms, insects and microorganisms. (break down fallen leaves)
The Sun- main producer (gives life to plants)
The Producers - the trees, shrubs, bromeliads and other plants. (feed primary consumers)
The Primary Consumers – the macaws, monkeys, agouti, tapir, butterflies, sloths, toucans. (herbivores, eat producers)
The Secondary Consumers – the jaguar and boa constrictor. (main predators, eat primary consumers)
The Scavengers – the butterflies and other insects. (eat fallen leaves and such, basically primary consumers, except they are not eaten by secondary consumers)
The Decomposers or Detrivores – mushrooms, insects and microorganisms. (break down fallen leaves)