
South America
152 ethnic groups
Browse the 152 ethnic groups native to South America. Each profile documents facial features, skin tone, hair texture and body type. Explore the people below — or read the full South America phenotype and anatomy reference further down.
Abipón
The Gran Chaco between the Bermejo and Paraná rivers, in present-day Santa Fe, Chaco and Santiago del Estero provinces, northern Argentina.
Achagua
River terraces and gallery forests of the Meta River basin, Meta and Casanare departments, Colombia; historically extending into western Venezuela
Aguaruna
Upper Marañón basin of northern Peru, across the Amazonas, Cajamarca, Loreto and San Martín regions, concentrated on the Cenepa, Nieva, Santiago and Chiriaco rivers.
Aikanã
Southern Rondônia, Brazil, mainly the Tubarão-Latundê Indigenous Territory in the upper Corumbiara headwaters near the Bolivian border region
Akawaio
Upper Mazaruni River basin, Cuyuni-Mazaruni region, western Guyana, with communities across the borders in eastern Venezuela and northern Brazil.
Andoque
The Aduche River and the middle Caquetá near Araracuara, on the Amazonas and Caquetá border, Colombia, with descendants in northeastern Peru
Apiacá
Headwaters of the Tapajós basin along the Arinos, Juruena and Teles Pires rivers, northern Mato Grosso and southern Pará, Brazil
Araona
Northern La Paz department, Bolivia, mainly the Manupare River in Iturralde Province, in lowland forest between the Madidi and Manuripi basins
Atacameños
Oases and altiplano of the Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, northern Chile; also the Puna of Salta and Jujuy, Argentina, and southwestern Bolivia
Awa-Kwaiker
The Pacific slope of the Andes in southern Colombia (Nariño and Putumayo) and the northern border provinces of Ecuador, principally Carchi
Bora
Northwest Amazon between the Putumayo and Caquetá rivers: the Ampiyacu and Yaguasyacu basins near Pebas in Loreto, Peru, with related Miraña communities in Amazonas, Colombia.
Bushinengue
Interior river basins of Suriname and French Guiana, especially the Maroni and Marowijne, Tapanahoni, Lawa, Suriname and Saramacca rivers, with large communities in Paramaribo, Saint Laurent du Maroni, Cayenne and the Netherlands.
Caboclos
Brazil, above all the Amazon basin states of Para, Amazonas, Acre and Rondonia, with the term also used across the rural interior and the Northeast.
Caipiras
The interior of São Paulo state and adjoining parts of southern Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and northern Paraná, in south-central Brazil.
Chachi
Lowland rainforest of Esmeraldas province, northwestern Ecuador, along the Cayapas, Santiago, Onzole and Cananade rivers
Chané
Northern Gran Chaco plains and Andean foothills of eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz), northern Argentina (Salta), Paraguay, and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil.
Chango
Pacific coast of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo regions), historically extending into southern Peru.
Chimila
Savanna and gallery forest between the Ariguaní and lower Magdalena rivers, Magdalena department, northern Colombia, south of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Chiripá
Eastern Paraguay, with communities in Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina in Brazil and in Misiones, Argentina.
Chono
Archipelagos of southern Chile between Chiloé and the Gulf of Penas: the Guaitecas and Chonos islands and the coast of the Taitao Peninsula (Chile)
Chorote
The middle Pilcomayo River, straddling Salta province in northern Argentina and the Boquerón department of western Paraguay, with a small presence in southeastern Bolivia.

Cofán (A'i)
Northeastern Ecuador (Sucumbios) and southern Colombia (Putumayo); Aguarico and San Miguel rivers
E'ñepa
The Cuchivero River basin and neighboring savanna and forest of west-central Bolivar State, Venezuela, south and east of Caicara del Orinoco.
Enxet
The Paraguayan Chaco, mainly Presidente Hayes and Boquerón departments in western Paraguay.
Ese Ejja
Lowland rainforest along the Beni, Orthon, Madre de Dios, Tambopata and Heath rivers, in the Beni and Pando departments of northern Bolivia and the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru.
Guahibo
The Llanos savanna of eastern Colombia (Meta, Vichada, Arauca, Guainía) and southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure), along the Orinoco, Meta and Vichada rivers.
Huni Kuin
Headwaters of the upper Juruá and Purus basins: the state of Acre in Brazil, and the Purus and Curanja rivers in the Ucayali region of Peru.
Kambeba
The Solimões and upper Amazon floodplain in Amazonas state, Brazil, with remnant communities near Iquitos in northeastern Peru
Kawésqar
Western Patagonian channels and fjords of Magallanes, southern Chile, from the Gulf of Penas to the Strait of Magellan; today mainly Puerto Edén, Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas.
Machiguenga
The montaña and Amazon headwaters of southeastern Peru, chiefly the Urubamba and Manu basins in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios.
Mawé
Lower Amazon basin along the Andirá and Marau rivers, on the Amazonas and Pará state border, Brazil.
Misak
Highland Cauca in southwestern Colombia, centered on the resguardo of Guambía near Silvia, with smaller settlements elsewhere in Cauca and in Huila.
Mocoví
Southern Gran Chaco, in the Argentine provinces of Chaco and Santa Fe, with urban communities in Rosario, Santa Fe city and Resistencia.
Mokaná
Atlántico Department on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia, chiefly around Tubará, Galapa, Baranoa, Malambo, Usiacurí, Piojó and Puerto Colombia
Moxo
The Llanos de Moxos in the Beni department of lowland Bolivia, centered on Trinidad and San Ignacio de Moxos.
Muisca
Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the high plateau of Cundinamarca and Boyacá departments in central Colombia, centered on Bogotá and Tunja
Otavalo
Imbabura province in the northern highlands of Ecuador, centered on the town of Otavalo and Lake San Pablo
Panche
The middle Magdalena valley and the western slopes of the Eastern Cordillera, in what is now Cundinamarca and northern Tolima, Colombia
Piaroa
Middle Orinoco basin and its tributaries in Amazonas state, Venezuela, with a smaller population in Vichada, Colombia.
Pilagá
Central and eastern Formosa Province, Argentina, in the Gran Chaco between the Pilcomayo and Bermejo rivers.
Puruhá
The central Ecuadorian Andes, chiefly Chimborazo province around Riobamba, with communities in neighboring Tungurahua and Bolívar.
Sanapaná
The Paraguayan Chaco, mainly Presidente Hayes department and adjacent Alto Paraguay, west of the Paraguay River
Sápara
Lowland Amazon rainforest of Pastaza province, eastern Ecuador, along the Conambo, Pindoyacu and Curaray rivers, with related families across the border in Loreto, Peru.
Sirionó
Beni department in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia, chiefly around Ibiato north of Trinidad, with communities extending toward Santa Cruz
Tacana
Andean piedmont and adjacent Amazon lowlands of northern La Paz Department, Bolivia, around Tumupasa, Ixiamas and San Buenaventura, with families in Beni and Pando
Tehuelche
Eastern Patagonia from the Río Negro to the Strait of Magellan, in Argentina (Chubut, Santa Cruz, Río Negro) and southern Chile (Magallanes)

Ticuna
Upper Amazon tri-border of Brazil (Amazonas), Colombia (Amazonas), and Peru (Loreto), along the Solimoes / Amazon river
Tsimané
Lowland Beni Department in northern Bolivia, along the Maniqui, Apere and Quiquibey rivers around the town of San Borja.
Tucano
The Vaupés river basin on the Colombia and Brazil border: Vaupés department in Colombia and the upper Rio Negro of Amazonas state in Brazil.
Tupinambá
The Atlantic coast of Brazil, historically from Rio de Janeiro north through Bahia to Maranhão and the lower Amazon; today concentrated around Olivença and Ilhéus in southern Bahia.
Urarina
The Chambira, Urituyacu, Corrientes and Patayacu river basins of Loreto region, northeastern Peru

Wari' (Pakaa Nova)
Rondonia, southwestern Brazilian Amazon, near the Pacaas Novos river and the Bolivian border
Wayana
Upper Maroni, Lawa, Litani and Tapanahony rivers in Suriname and French Guiana, and the Paru de Leste river in Pará, Brazil
Wiwa
Southern and eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in the departments of Cesar, La Guajira and Magdalena, Colombia
Xerente
Cerrado on the right bank of the Tocantins River, around Tocantínia in the state of Tocantins, Brazil.
Yaghan
Islands south of the Beagle Channel to Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego, Chile and Argentina; today centered on Villa Ukika near Puerto Williams, Navarino Island, Chile
Yanesha
Cloud forest and river valleys of the central Peruvian Amazon, in the Pasco, Junín and Huánuco regions of Peru
Yaruro
The seasonally flooded llanos of southern Apure state, southwestern Venezuela, along the Capanaparo, Riecito and Cinaruco rivers in the Orinoco basin.

Ye'kuana
Upper Orinoco headwaters, southern Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar) and northern Brazil (Roraima); Caura and Ventuari rivers
Yukpa
The Serranía del Perijá on the Colombia and Venezuela border: Cesar and Norte de Santander departments in Colombia, Zulia state in Venezuela.
Yuracaré
The Chapare and the Isiboro, Sécure and Ichilo river country of the Bolivian departments of Cochabamba and Beni, in the foothills between the Andes and the Amazon basin.
South America — Body & Anatomy Reference
South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype — adult AI generation reference across South America
South America Women — Boobs & Breasts
South America women's tits and boobs run medium-to-large cup, full, high projection — the classic South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix bust profile across South America. Nipples and areolas show medium-brown to dark-brown areolar pigmentation against the tan-to-deep-brown skin tone, with areolar diameter typically in the 32-46mm range and forward-set positioning rather than the the smaller bust profile of Andean Indigenous sub-populations. South America breasts trend the classic Brazilian / Latina curvy bust profile in lowland populations; smaller and shorter-set in Andean Indigenous populations, a function of the endomorph-to-mesomorph with high gluteal-femoral deposition body habitus and mean adult female BMI 25-28. For anatomically-accurate AI-generated South America nude women the render preserves: medium-to-large cup, full, high projection shape, 32-46mm areolas with regional pigmentation, and the torso proportions of the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype.
South America Women — Ass & Hips
South America women's ass and hip morphology presents as full, high projection, the famous Brazilian / Latina bunda profile — distinctly different from the slim narrow-hip East Asian profile. South America pelvic profile shows wide iliac crests, very full gluteal-femoral fat deposition (the hallmark Brazilian / Latina hip-to-waist ratio), anchored in the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix skeletal pattern. South America butt shots in adult AI imagery should render the full, high projection, the famous Brazilian / Latina bunda profile silhouette with the endomorph-to-mesomorph with high gluteal-femoral deposition build and the gluteal-femoral fat distribution typical of the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype rather than defaulting to a globally-averaged shape that generic AI generators produce.
South America Women — Vagina & Pussy
South America women's pussy and vulvar anatomy presents medium-brown to dark-brown labial pigmentation, fuller labia minora — consistent with the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype's pigmentation pattern. South America pubic hair is typically wavy-to-curly coarse dark texture, dense distribution, distributed in the inverted-triangle pattern with regional-typical density. AI-generated South America nude imagery should preserve the medium-brown to dark-brown labial pigmentation and the wavy-to-curly coarse dark texture hair texture rather than defaulting to a Western-European pink-and-sparse template. For anatomically-accurate South America pussy renders the labial pigmentation should match the surrounding tan to deep-brown skin tone of the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype.
South America Men — Dicks & Penis
South America men's dick and penile anatomy in adult AI generation should anchor on the regional reference data: regional mean ~13cm erect, moderate-to-above-average girth, and medium-brown shaft pigmentation. South America cock profile reflects the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix ancestral population's anthropometric measurements rather than a globally-averaged Western-pornography default. For anatomically-accurate South America nude male imagery the shaft pigmentation should track the surrounding tan to deep-brown skin tone, with continuous glans-to-shaft pigmentation transition and the wavy-to-curly coarse dark texture pubic-hair texture distributed in the typical inverted-V escutcheon.
South America — Body, Curves & Build
South America body type and overall build presents as endomorph-to-mesomorph with high gluteal-femoral deposition, with mean adult female BMI 25-28 — the characteristic South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix habitus. South America curves and proportions in adult AI imagery should preserve the regional skeletal frame (height, shoulder-to-hip ratio, limb proportions) rather than scaling to a Western-European mesomorph default. The South America nude female form, when rendered with anatomical fidelity, shows the height range, frame width, and adipose distribution pattern typical of the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype. Generic AI image generators tend to collapse regional body types into a few default shapes; the EthnicErotic phenotype-anchored approach preserves the South America build as its own reference category.
South America — Skin Tone & Hair Texture
South America skin tone falls in the tan to deep-brown (Fitzpatrick III-VI) band — the surface signal most often miscalibrated by generic AI nude generators trained on Western-photographic datasets. South America hair texture is typically straight-to-curly 1A-3C, varies widely by ancestral composition, characteristic of the South American Indigenous / European-Mestizo / Afro-Latino mix phenotype. For anatomically-accurate South America nude renders the skin should hold the Fitzpatrick band consistently across body surface rather than showing the lighter-than-face body shading that AI generators default to.
South America — The Historical Erotic Record
Named positions and museum-attested works from this region’s manuals, art & literature
Moche erotic ceramics
Moche (pre-Columbian Andes) · c. 100–800 CE
- The rear-entry vessels— known today as Doggy style
- The fellatio vessels— known today as Fellatio (kneeling)
- The lying-couple vessels— known today as Spooning
In the museum record
Moche Culture, Peru — Huaco Erótico Stirrup-Spout Ceramics
7 catalogued works
- Pre-Penetration Scene, ML004214 — Museo Larco, Lima; Virú Valley
- Fellatio Scene with Priest Figure, ML004282 — Museo Larco, Lima; Chicama Valley
- Fellatio Vessel with Disproportionate Female Figure, ML004284 — Museo Larco, Lima
- Masturbation of the Skeletal Ancestor, ML004341 — Museo Larco, Lima
- Mythological Union of Ai Apaec and the Earth, ML004359 — Museo Larco, Lima; Casma Valley
+ 2 more
Full entries with verification notes on the history timeline.





















































































