Birding Factoids

1,715 species
in 72 families

182 endemics
30 speciality species
103 endangered species
including 49 endemics
3 week trip expectation -
500 species

    Brazil
    Hotspots
Checklist of Brazil BirdsConservation, Biodiversity and the EnvironmentTours and GuidesEco-LodgesSpeciality BirdsPrint ResourcesMap and General Country Information
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Check out Arthur Grossets' Brazillian Bird Gallery.
and Teus Luijendijk's Brazillian Birds.
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Brazil Specialities
Gilt-edged Tanager - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck - Photo copyright Erigen Birding Pages
Photo copyright Erigen Birding Pages
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Crowned Eagle - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Robert Goedegebuur
Photo copyright Robert Goedegebuur
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Frilled Coquette - endemic to SE Brazil - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid
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Checkered Woodpecker - Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
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Red-headed Manakin - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid
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Sayaca Tanager - Photo copyright Anke Poggel
Photo copyright Anke Poggel

Uniform Finch - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin  Reid

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Comb Duck - Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos
Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos
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Barred Antshrike - Photo copyright Jean Coronel
Photo copyright Jean Coronel

Bearded Bellbird - Photo copyright Russ Jones

Photo copyright Russ Jones
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Diademed Tanager - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid
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Swallow-tailed Cotinga - THREATENED - Photo copyright James Ownby
Photo copyright James Ownby

Rosy-billed Pochard - Photo copyright Eric Toorman

Photo copyright Eric Toorman
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Green-barred Woodpecker - Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
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Masked Water-Tyrant - Photo copyright Peter Nilsson
Photo copyright Peter Nilsson

 

     
    Explanation of icons....Itatiaia National Park - a website on the Itatiaia National Park, the first
      National Park created in Brazil. Over 350 species of birds have been found in the park. See also this website by Luciano Moreira Lima on the Birds of Itatiaia, currently only in Portugese, but an English version is on the way.
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    Explanation of icons....Alta Floresta, Brazil - this commercial website provides a bird list 
      for the Alta Floresta area, as well as information on the Cristalino Ecological Foundation which promotes the conservation and  sustainable use of the natural resources of the Amazon environment.
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    Explanation of icons....Emas National Park -
      no useful information available on the WWW
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    ....Exploring Brazil - This site addresses the major locations for 
      adventure vacations in Brazil. Since most major cities are on the coast, the country's best beaches are within easy reach. Visitors who want to experience unspoiled wildlife can find it in remote areas of the Amazon and the interior. Brief descriptions are provided for the major adventure destinations, including:
      • Ilha Grande
      ....Explanation of icons  Itatiaia National Park
      • The Amazon:
      • The Pantanal
      ....Explanation of icons   Iguacu Falls:
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    ....Birding in Brazil - from the A Última Arca de Noé (The Last Noah's Ark).
      There are a lot of places where in Brazil where birding is possible. Parks and gardens don't lack in the majority of the cities, but in natural areas that we can see more species and in bigger quantity. Usually each birder has his favorite places, but some places are highly propitious and special for seeing the avifauna, in a way that we have indicated some places that we have been visiting and that are really interesting. This site includes checklists for key birding locations.
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    ....Brazil Site Notes - by Jeremy Binns. These notes complement 
      Bruce Forrester’s Birding Brazil, which is the best source of birding information for the country. The notes should be read in conjunction with Birding Brazil and a road map. This site does not work for Netscape Communicator.
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    ....The Pantanal, Sanctuary of Nature - The Pantanal
      is located in eastern central Brazil and is one of the planet's most important ecosystems. It lies on an enormous plain cut across by the Paraguay river and its tributaries. Thousands of animal and plant species have made in their home, among them the tremendously varied birdlife which include many visitors from others parts of the Americas as well as as the native species. This site has links to two pages specifically on the birdlife of the Pantanal. Another site on the Pantanal.
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    ....The Flooded Forest - Amazonian Brazil boasts one of the most
      extraordinary and pristine ecosystems int he world - the seasonally flooded forest known as the varzea, home to hundredsz of species of birds and mammals. For nearly six months of the year, waters from the mighty Amazon River and other tributaries rise as much as 40 feet to inundate an area greater than the state of Florida. 
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    ....Top Birding Spots around Cuiabá - this clickable map from the 
      Pantanal Bird Club provides information on:
      • A Harpy Eagle Nest in the Matto Grosso
      • The Pixaim river and surrounding area
      • The central Pantanal and Porto Jofre
      • The Brazilian Cerrado
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    ....Hyacinth cliffs. Journey to Brazil to see those beautiful blue macaws.
      By Angela Davids, editor of Bird Talk. Published in the October 1999 issue of Bird Talk Magazine. It felt like waking up on Christmas morning, yelling "Surprise!" at a birthday party, earning an "A" on a tough exam and coming in first in the 100-yard dash. How I managed to keep my mouth shut as a flock of 40 hyacinth macaws landed just 50 feet in front of me is a mystery.
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    ....Birding Trip to Sao Paulo State - Brazil -
      5-16 December 1993. Report by Dalcio Dacol.
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    ....Bird Watch Places (Locais Observacaos de Aves) -
      This site is in Portugese, but with a little perseverance (and/or a Portugese speaking friend) there are a large number of site references and links.
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    ....A Wilderness of Water - The Pantanal. By Christine K.Eckstrom.
      Published in Audubon, March/April 1996. South America's Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world, is an oasis of water and wildlife. As development threatens to destroy it, conservationists are fighting to preserve it.
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    ....Brazil's National Parks
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    ....Birding the Alta Floresta region, northern Mato
      Grosso, Brazil: by Bret M. Whitney, from Cotinga 7, April 1997
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    ....Serra dos Divisor National Park and Pico da ....
    ....Grande Serto Veredas National Park
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    ....Cuiaba River Basin and Pantanal National Park
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    ....Protecting the Guaraquecaba Region of Brazil's
      Atlantic Forest - Located on Paraná's northeast coast, Guaraquecaba is a 775,000-acre tract of territory consisting of estuaries, bays, islands, coastal lowlands, mangroves, and a coastal mountain range and plateau.
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    ....Trip Report: Trip to northeast Brazil - by Rick Shearer. As an ex 
      Peace Corps volunteer who spent 3+ years in Brazil and who is   married to a Brazilian I have lots of opportunities to travel there, but   have not done so as a bird watcher until this trip. 
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    ....Trip Report:Fazenda Angelim, Sao Paulo, Brazil 15 February 2005,  ....
    ....Trip Report: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and Alta Floresta, Brazil
      April-June 2003 - by Alex Lees. I spent the period 3rd April 2003 - 19th June 2003 as a volunteer guide at Cristalino Jungle Lodge (CJL) as a precursor to embarking on a PhD investigating avian community structure within forest fragments around Alta Floresta. For a review of the site infrastructure and trails systems at CJL. This was my first visit to the Neotropics and the systematic list is biased through a  considerable learning curve over that  period. As would be expected my lack of prior knowledge of vocalisations led to my missing several species that are not  particularly uncommon at CJL.
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    ....Trip Report: Cristalino Jungle Lodge & Alta Floresta, Brazil, with 
      notes from Chapada dos Guimarães and the Pantanal. 25 July - 29 September 2001 - by Samuel Hansson. This trip report primarily features a stay at the Cristalino Jungle Lodge, near Alta Floresta (MT), but also contains notes from visits to Chapada dos Guimarães and the Transpantaneira, Pantanal. Early in 2001 I found an ad in the ABA publication “Volunteer opportunities” in which Cristalino Lodge asked for volunteer guides. That sounded very tempting. It was my last semester at university before graduating as a high school teacher, and I thought that a half year break before starting my teaching career wouldn’t hurt.
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    ....Trip Report: Mata Atlântica Travel Diary - August 24 - September 15,
      2001. By James Ownby.  A half moon lights the western sky as the plane lifts away from Houston Intercontinental Airport.  For over a decade I have dreamed of this moment - the beginning of an odyssey to faraway places to see and photograph birds.  This, the first leg of the journey, is to southern South America:  to Mata Atlântica, the coastal rainforest of Brazil, one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet. 
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    ....Trip Report: Southeast Brazil, August 22 - September 13, 2001. 
      By Garry George. Brazil is a large, biologically rich country with 1,685 species of birds (7.6% of the world's currently known species), 191 of them endemic. South-east Brazil's Atlantic Forest covers approximately 1.306 million square kilometers, about 15 per cent of Brazilian territory. 
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    ....Trip Report: Southeast Brazil, October, 2001. By Larry Gardella. 
      Ever since we began going abroad to bird almost 20 years ago, Andrea and I had spoken of going one day to Itatiaia.  This fall, we decided to put together a trip to southeast Brazil with a three-day extension to Iguacu Falls.  Work schedules and the fall meeting of the Alabama Ornithological Society ( my last meeting as president ) limited when we could go, so we didn't have the option of going on a big-company bird tour. Optimistically, I hoped to get close to 180 lifers in eleven days. I came amazingly close to that goal with 175 lifers seen (plus 3 heard well) out of 335 species seen.  More than 40 of the species were Brazilian endemics. 
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    ....Trip Report: South-East Brazil January 2002, by Teus Luijendijk 
      (& Adriana Contin). From the 3rd till the 29th of January, 2002, I visited South-East Brazil. This trip had a dual purpose: since my girlfriend is Brazilian, we went to look up her parents, who live in the town of Curitiba. The other main reason to travel around and see a bit of the country, was to do some serious Brazilian birding. For this purpose, we listed some areas we wanted to visit, but we refrained from making a tight schedule in advance. Instead, we even went to visit some areas that I have never seen mentioned in any birding report dealing with this part of the country. This made the trip rather relaxed, but it was also exciting, as new localities mean new possibilities to find something special.
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    ....Trip Report: Brazil - October 1999. By Patty O'Neill. The trip 
      covered the northern Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, and Alta Floresta, Brazil.This is my first attempt at a full-fledged trip report.  I tried to keep it short, but did not quite succeed. 
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    ....Birding East Brazil: October, 1998 - by Ray Ziarno. Brazil has
      approximately 1,660 species and 177 endemics....a virtual paradise for the serious birder. So...why do comparatively few foreign birders come to the country?...... 
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    ....Birdwatching in Brazil October 1996, by Erik Mølgaard and Ulrik 
      Andersen. (NOTE: this is a downloadable report from the Danish Ornithological Society´s website). In October 1996, the excursion committee of the Copenhagen department of the Danish Ornithological Society (DOF) carried out its first trip to Brazil. The purpose of the journey was to visit a representative selection of the main habitats in the coastal mountains around Rio de Janeiro.
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    ....Birdwatching in Brazil November 1996, by Erik Mølgaard. 
      (NOTE: this is a downloadable report from the Danish Ornithological Society´s website). In November 1996, the excursion committee of the Copenhagen chapter of the Danish Ornithological Society (DOF) carried out its second trip to Brazil in 1996. The purpose of the journey was to birdwatch in the famous Pantanal and a representative selection of rainforest habitats in the Amazonian basin. The trip was arranged by Andrew Whittaker's company, "Birding Brazil". The company had made a perfect arrangement and Andrew himself was our local guide. His detailed knowledge about the areas and his outstanding expertise in bird vocalisations were the main reasons why our birdlist reached 661 species, an incredibly high number for a trip exclusively in lowland areas.
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    ....Zona Arara Azul - the Blue Parrot Zone (South) - By Harold Armitage.
      Bent on seeing the hyacinth macaw in the wild we set off for the pantanal in the depths of Brazil. 
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    ....The Amazon Cruise: Birding the Amazon - April 9-18, 1999: Reports
      from the Field. Day-by-day reports on the cruise up the Amazon on the MS Explorer. See also field reports on the 1998 cruise.
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    ....Southern Brazil Trip Report: April 26 - May 13, 1995 - by Rob
      Goldbach. Bird observations made in connection to a visit to the University of Brasilia. See also Rob's 1996 report.
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    ....Brazil Trip Reports - a number of Brazil trip reports are available
      from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas: Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository". 
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    ....Brazil Trip Reports - you can also find Brazil trip reports on John
      Girdley's BirdTours website by following the South America/Brazil link from the main page. 

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Conservation, Biodiversity

and Environment

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Spix's Macaw - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Loro Parque Fundación
Visit the Parrot conservation activities of the Loro Parque Fundación
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Red-tailed Amazon - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Loro Parque Fundación
Visit the Parrot conservation activities of the Loro Parque Fundación
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Hyacinth Macaw - ENDANGERED - Photo coyright Tony Tilford
Photo coyright Tony Tilford
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Spectacled Peterl - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Birdlife International
Photo copyright Birdlife International
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GoldenParakeet - Photo copyright Peter Post
Photo copyright Peter Post
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Giant Wood-Rail - Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
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Saw-billed Hermit - THREATENED - Photo copyright Arthur Grosset
Photo copyright Arthur Grosset

Glittering-bellied Emerald - Photo copyright Alec Earshaw

Photo copyright Alec Earshaw

Red-gartered Coot - Photo copyright Cliff Buckton

Photo copyright Cliff Buckton
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Vinaceous Parrot - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
Photo copyright Alec Earnshaw
    ....Attend the Birding Festival of Migratory Birds, October  20 - 22,
      2000. Celebrating the bird's world month and the arriving of migratory birds, the  Prefeitura Municipal de Mostardas, Secretaria Estadual de Turismo and Proaves de Brazil, invites you to the I Birding Festival of Migratory Birds at the National Park  "da Lagoa do Peixe". More than 180 species may be seen during one year period. From this, 22 come from the north and 16 winter in the area (sept-april). The laguna do Peixe also gives shelter to many endangered species. 
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    ....The Spix’s Macaw Recovery Project, Brazil - The Loro Parque
      Fundación has for many years been the principal financial supporter of the recovery effort for the critically endangered Spix’s Macaw Cyanopsitta spixii, endemic to the dry north-east region of Brazil. It has over the time become one of the best-known bird conservation projects world-wide, due to the particularly appealing species, its degree of threat and the immense effort to save it from extinction. The species, of which only one male remains in the wild, declined due to habitat destruction and the removal of birds from the wild for trade. More information on Spix's Macaw
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    ....Red-tailed Amazon Conservation Project, Brazil - The environmental
      education program for the conservation of the Red-tailed Amazon aims to raise conservation awareness among people inhabiting the Island of Superagüi, which is part of the Superagüi National Park, one of the last significant remnants of Atlantic Forest in the State of Paraná, Brazil. Today, many rare and endangered species depend on the Park's protection for survival, including the Red-tailed Amazon, which is endemic to this region. The objectives of the environmental education program are to give individuals opportunities to gain knowledge and shift values so that they can feel empowered and encouraged to become involved in species and habitat protection. Because local people are poor, with a low literacy level, the program also deals with giving different groups new skills to implement sustainable development alternatives, which range from artifacts for women, to ecotourism innovations for fishermen. Students are to learn through a variety of means, such as lectures, games and field trips. The project is implemented by Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPE), a partner of Wildlife Preservation Trust Internationalin partnership with the Loro Parque Fundación.  For more information, visit the Loro Parqaue website, or contact Yves de Soye/Loro Parque Fundación
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    ....Murici Conservation Project, Brazil - The Murici reserve is a 3,000 
      hectare patch of remnant Atlantic Forest in the north-east Brazil state of Alagoas. Brazil's Atlantic Forests have been reduced to less than 5% of their former extent, and nowhere is the damage more severe than in the area surrounding Murici. Although called a reserve, the area is privately owned and is still being cleared at an accelerated rate for sugar cane and pastureland. Despite only having 3,000 hectares of forest, Murici is home to two bird species that occur nowhere else on earth, the Alagoas Foliage-Gleaner and the Alagoas Ant-Wren. Twelve other globally threatened species occur in this forest including the Golden-tailed Parrotlet and the Plain Spinetail - the latter species may also already be extinct throughout the rest of its former range. The area also has a population of the spectacular Seven-colored Tanager - a major draw for birders. Acre for acre, the Murici forest may be the most important on earth for endangered birds, and an international project to save the forest is underway. For more information on how to help this project contact: Mike Parr mparr@abcbirds.org.
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    ....Swallow-tailed Kite Conservation Program, Brazil - A project of the
      Avian Research and Conservation Institute which aims to identify key habitat and roosting sites for Swallow-tailed Kites in northern Brazil using radio telemetry. The project will work with local organizations on conservation projects for the sites identified, and will encourage tax and land management incentives for landowners. A public information campaign will also be developed in support of local site conservation activities. Management plans for each site and long-term monitoring programs will be set up to maintain local involvement in the future. The project is also supported by the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation which will provide matching funds. For more information on how to help this project contact: Ken Meyer - ken_meyer@nps.gov
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    ....Golden Conure Fund - World Parrot Trust USA - Make a donation 
      and help save this critically endangered bird.
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    ....Projeto Arara Azul/UNIDERP in the Pantanal, Brazil - Neiva Guedes
      has been working on the conservation of the Hyacinthine Macaw in the Pantanal for more than ten years. Born 1962 in Campo Grande, the capital city of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, she first encountered Hyacinthine Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)in the wild in 1989 and decided there and then she would involve herself actively in their conservation. 
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    ....Atlantic Forest Ecotourism Project, Brazil - Reserva Ecologica de Guapi
      Acu protects 7,385 hectares of critically important Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The reserve lies just 60 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro, and supports a rich diversity of threatened species. The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Trust is developing a sustainable ecotourism project to help protect the area, and has established a visitor's lodge which can house up to eight guests. Among the 396 bird species recorded from the area are the critically endangered Rio de Janeiro Antwren and the Swallow-tailed Cotinga. Two species that birders are unlikely to find elsewhere. The project aims to manage the existing forest and to expand the reserve to include nearby patches and buffer zones through a series of management agreements with adjacent landowners. Check the website to find out more and see some stunning pictures of endemic birds. 
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    ....Saving Lear's Macaw, Brazil - Until 1978 the breeding range of
      Lear's Macaw was unknown. Only then was the species finally located in the northeast of the state of Bahia, Brazil, to the south of the Raso da Catarina in an area of 15,000 km2, to which it is endemic. The species occurs in the "caatinga", which comprises short bushes and thorny vegetation, located in a semi-arid region characterized by the shortage and irregularity of rain, high temperatures, and strong evaporation. In this area there are also some scattered sandstone cliffs formed by seasonal water erosion and Lear's Macaw uses these for nesting and roosting. The goal of this project is to promote and ensure long-term protection for Lear's Macaw at the Canudos Biological Station, a reserve owned by Fundação Biodiversitas, where a large portion of the remaining population nests. The project will develop environmental public awareness activities in the region of Canudos, Bahia, Brazil, provide wardens for the Macaws during nesting, and continue to maintain a site presence to deter poachers. For more information on how to help this project contact: Mike Parr mparr@abcbirds.org. More information on Lear's Macaw.

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Tours and Guides

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Horned Screamer - Photo copyright Devon Graham
Photo copyright Devon Graham

Sombre Humingbird - endemic - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid

Brazilian Teal - Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos

Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos

White Woodpecker - Photo copyright Jan Jeion Ribot

Photo copyright Jan Hein Ribot

Buff-throated Saltator - Photo copyright Jean Coronel

Photo copyright Jean Coronel

Toco Toucan - Photo copyright Anke Poggel

Photo copyright Anke Poggel

Black-headed Duck - Photo copyright Harald Kocksch

Photo copyright Harald Kocksch

White-bellied Parrot - Photo copyright Harry Sell

Photo copyright Harry Sell

Sparkling Violet-ear - Photo copyright Peter Jones

Photo copyright Peter Jones

Brassy-breasted Tanager - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid

    **..The Pantanal Bird Club sponsors regular trips to the Pantanal, Alta
      Floresta and in Search of the Harpy Eagle.
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    **..Brazil Birding with Neotropical Journeys - The tours and programs
      offered by Neotropical Journeys are designed to visit destinations with rich avifaunas, outstanding wildlife, wilderness and cultural significance at their seasonal best. Neotropical Journeys is actively involved in regional and local conservation projects and organizes tours aimed to raise funds for bird and nature conservation. 
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    **..Eco-tourism Packages with BR Online Travel - specializing in travel
      to Brazil, the knowledgeable and professional staff is trained to provide you with quality service you deserve. A number of packages are available:
      • In the Amazon, stay at the Ariau Jungle Tower, Acajatuba Jungle Lodge or take an Amazon River Cruise Aboard The Amazon Clipper or
      • In the Panatal, visit the Caiman "Ecologic Refuge"offering the adventure of face-to-face encounters with a magnificent array of fauna, including: Caiman (native alligator species), American Rhea (three-toed American Ostriches), Hyacinth Macaw, Capivara (Cabyvara - large river rodent), Deer, lbis, Ducks, Storks, Spoonbills, Egrets, Cormorants, Herons and many other species.
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    **..Customized Birding Tours in Brazil with Avesfoto - you can choose
      one of the recommended tours or simply tell us which birds are your priority in a particular region and we will customize a tour to suit your interests and show you the most beautiful birds in Brazil. Our tours are adaptable suggestions that aim at presenting diverse environments and consequently, a large number of bird species. The treks are considered of average difficulty or easy, throughout which birds and     occasionally mammals will be observed. And you will have breaks to rest and experience moments of sheer delight and contemplation. 
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    **..Northeastern Brazil: Caatinga & the Atlantic Rainforest with Victor
      Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT) - Northeastern Brazil is a land of stark contrasts. Its immense, arid interior is dominated by a unique habitat known as caatinga, an association of thorn-scrub, columnar cacti, and huge terrestrial bromeliads that will at once remind visitors of Baja, California or southeastern Arizona. Red rimrock formations and towering mesas bathed in the glow of blazing sunsets further the impressions of southwestern landscapes, but it is here that the similarities end. The caatinga teems with bird life in a manner reminiscent of the bush country of eastern Africa. Dawn choruses are spectacular - birds are everywhere, and just as importantly, they are easy to see! 
      • Northeastern Brazil - January 16 - February 03, 2002 (19.0 days - Limit 14) with leaders Andrew Whittaker & Kevin Zimmer
      VENT offers nearly 140 tours to over 100 land-based destinations each year and is the largest tour company in the world specializing in birding and natural history.
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    **..Amazonian Brazil with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT)
      For birders, naturalists, and adventurers of all ranks, few places can match the allure of the Amazon Basin. This tour is in three parts which may be taken together or separately. Part I: Caxiuana and Part III: Manaus will offer opportunities for birding from canopy towers, an adventure which participants consistently rate among the highlights of their birding experiences. Part I: Caxiuana and Part II: Sao Gabriel will include limited excursions by small boats along rivers. Part III: Manaus on the other hand, will feature both the Amazon and the Rio Negro and their associated islands. Working off a river boat gives us the ability to explore islands which in all likelihood have never been birded before. 
      • Amazonian Brazil - with leaders Andrew Whittaker & Kevin Zimmer. Caxiuana - July 30 - August 07, 2001 (9 days - limit 14). Sao Gabriel - August 06 - August 14, 2001 (9 days -Limit 14). Manaus - August 13 - August 21, 2001 (9 days - Limit 14).
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    **..Brazil: Pantenal and Chapada with Victor Emanuel Nature 
      Tours (VENT) - Even in a country renowned for its diversity of habitats and avifauna, the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso stands out as incredibly diverse. From the vast marshes of the Pantanal, to the scenic and spectacular cerrado country of the Chapada dos Guimaraes, to the amazingly rich Amazonian rainforest at Alta Floresta--Mato Grosso has something for everyone. 
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    **..Southeastern Brazil with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT)
      South America's largest country is also one of its richest for birds. Nowhere is this more apparent than in southeastern Brazil, where habitats range from coastal rainforest and wet pampas to montane cloud forest and plateau grassland. Long isolated from Amazonia by the dry bushlands of central Brazil, the avifauna of southeast Brazil has radiated in a myriad of directions, so that today it is home to more than 150 endemics found nowhere else in the world–this truly is a "must" destination for birders. A pre-trip to Ubatuba provides the opportunity to search in coastal forests for some of the most localized of Brazil's endemic birds. 
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    **..Northeastern Brazil: Caatinga and Atlantic Rainforest with Victor
      Emanuel Nature Tours. Northeastern Brazil's immense, arid interior is dominated by a unique habitat known as caatinga, an association of thorn-scrub, columnar cacti, and huge terrestrial bromeliads. The caatinga teems with bird life in a manner reminiscent of the bush country of eastern Africa. The caatinga is only half the attraction of birding Northeastern Brazil. In the mountains of southern Bahia and Ceará, and in the coastal foothills of Alagoas, there exist remnants of Brazilian Atlantic humid forest – one of the most biologically unique and, at the same time, one of the most severely threatened biomes in the world.
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    **..Brazil's Incredible Wildlife: Caratinga, Igaussu, The Pantanal, Amazon
      Basin and Itatiaia - with Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris, August 5 to 30, 2002. More than just a sampling of nature in Brazil, this tour plumbs Brazil’s stunning biodiversity with our trip species list including the world’s rarest and most endangered primates, many other  mammals, and more than 400 birds. Explore the Atlantic rainforest, Iguassu Falls, the Pantanal, the Amazon Basin rainforest, Chapada dos Guimaraes cerrado, and Itatiaia. Leaders: Doug &  Gail Cheeseman with Doug Trent. 12 participants.

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Yellow-eared Woodpecker - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid

Scaled Pigeon - Photo copyright Richard Garrigues

Photo copyright Richard Garrigues
    **..Sítio Água Fresca - Just one and a half hours drive from the 
      beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro is Sítio Água Fresca, a small guest house surrounded by 10,000 acres of privately owned pristine Atlantic rainforest. Sítio Água Fresca offers the perfect base to explore the wealth of flora and fauna that this stunning rainforest supports. Not only does it provide naturalists and researchers with the opportunity of exploring one of the most endangered habitats left on Earth, but it also offers a relaxed atmosphere and a high standard of accommodation. Check the "developments" section of this website for information on the trails, and birds to be found on each trail.
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    np..Gil Serique - Birding Guide with the BioBrazil Foundation
      We have a conservation/ecoutourism project in southern Piaui state, in which we managed to stop the formerly rampant bird trade in that area. At the Hyacinth Cliff, we have a set of 9 cabins, with communal toilets and showers, built at 15 minutes from a hide from which one can see over 50 Hyacinth Macaws feeding at a distance of 15 metres. Certainly there are other attractions in the site like other large macaws and some endemics but nothing to rival such unique attraction. We have also recently located unknown populations of Lears Macaws and as we get to know more about it, we will hire the poachers and eventually turn them in guards and guides. For more information, contact Gil at gil@tap.com.br

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Endemics and Specialities

in Brazil

White-winged Nightjar - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Arthur Grosset
Photo copyright Arthur Grosset
Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5, supplemented by material found in Where to Watch Birds in South America - by Nigel Wheatley. South American speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of South America. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher.  The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Brazil. 
Little Chacalaca - Photo copyright Arthur Grosset
Photo copyright Arthur Grosset
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Endemics in Brazil
___ Alagoas Antwren
___ Alagoas Curassow
___ Alagoas Foliage-gleaner
___ Alagoas Tyrannulet
___ Ash-throated Casiornis
___ Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
___ Azure-shouldered Tanager
___ Bahia Antwren
___ Bahia Spinetail
___ Bahia Tyrannulet
___ Bananal Antbird
___ Banded Cotinga
___ Band-tailed Antwren
___ Bay-chested Warbling-Finch
___ Black-and-gold Cotinga
___ Black-bellied Seedeater
___ Black-cheeked Gnateater
___ Black-headed Berryeater
___ Black-hooded Antwren
___ Black-legged Dacnis
___ Blue-bellied Parrot
___ Blue-eyed Ground-Dove
___ Blue-throated Parakeet
___ Brasilia Tapaculo
___ Brassy-breasted Tanager
___ Brazillian Ruby
___ Brigida's Woodcreeper
___ Broad-tipped Hermit
___ Brown-backed Parrotlet
___ Broad-breasted 
___ Bamboo-Tyrant
___ Brown Tanager
___ Brown-chested Barbet
___ Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant
___ Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher
___ Buff-browed Chacalaca
___ Caatinga Nighthawk
___ Caatinga Parakeet
___ Cherry-throated Tanager
___ Chestnut-headed Nunlet
___ Chestnut-sided Tapaculo
___ Cinereous Warbling-Finch
___ Cinnamon Tanager
___ Cinnamon-vented Piha
___ Cipo Canastero
___ Cone-billed Tanager
___ Crescent-chested Puff-bird
___ Crimson-fronted Cardinal
___ Dark-winged Trumpeter
___ Dusky-throated Hermit
___ Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant
___ Ferruginous Antbird
___ Flame-rumped Sapphire
___ Forbes's Blackbird
___ Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant
___ Frilled Coquette
___ Fringe-backed Fire-eye
___ Gilt-edged Tanager
___ Golden Parakeet
___ Golden-capped Parakeet
___ Golden-chevroned Tanager
___ Golden-crowned Manakin
___ Golden-tailed Parrotlet
___ Glossy Antshrike
___ Great Xenops
___ Grey Wren
___ Grey-backed Tachuri
___ Grey-capped Tyrannulet
___ Grey-eyed Greenlet
___ Grey-headed Spinetail
___ Grey-hooded Attila
___ Grey-winged Cotinga
___ Hangnest Tody-Tyrant
___ Harlequin Antbird
___ Hoary-throated Spinetail
___ Hoffman's Woodcreeper
___ Hooded Berryeater
___ Hooded Gnateater
___ Hooded Seedeater
___ Hooded Visorbearer
___ Hook-billed Hermit
___ Hyacinth Visorbearer
___ Indigo Macaw
___ Itatiaia Thistletail
___ Jandaya Parakeet
___ Kawall's Parrot
___ Kinglet Calyptura
___ Klages's Antwren
___ Lesser Nothura
___ Little Blue Macaw
___ Little Wood-Rail
___ Long-billed Antwren
___ Long-billed Wren
___ Long-tailed Cinclodes
___ Long-tailed Woodnymph
___ Minas Gerais Tyrannulet
___ Minute Hermit
___ Moustached Woodcreeper
___ Narrow-billed Antwren
___ Noronha Elaenia
___ Noronha Vireo
___ Ochraceous Piculet
___ Ochre-rumped Antbird
___ Olive-green Tanager
___ Opal-crowned Manakin
___ Orange-bellied Antwren
___ Oustalet's Tyrannulet
___ Pale-faced Bare-eye
___ Pale-browed Treehunter
___ Pale-throated Pampa-Finch
___ Pallid Spinetail
___ Pearly Parakeet
___ Pectoral Antwren
___ Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant
___ Pin-tailed Manakin
___ Pink-legged Graveteiro
___ Pinto's Spinetail
___ Plain Parakeet
___ Pygmy Nightjar
___ Red-billed Curassow
___ Red-browed Parrotlet
___ Red-cowled Cardinal
___ Red-eyed Thornbird
___ Red-shouldered Spinetail
___ Red-tailed Parrot
___ Restinga Antwren
___ Restinga Tyrannulet
___ Rio Branco Antbird
___ Rio de Janerio Antbird
___ Rio de Janeiro Antwren
___ Rondonia Bushbird
___ Rufous-backed Antvireo
___ Rufous-headed Tanager
___ Rufous-tailed Antbird
___ Santarem Antbird
___ Saw-billed Hermit
___ Scaled Antbird
___ Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
___ Scaled Spinetail
___ Scalloped Antbird
___ Scarlet-throated Tanager
___ Serra Antwren
___ Serra do Mar Tyrannulet
___ Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
___ Seven-colored Tanager
___ Silvery-cheeked Antshrike
___ Slaty Bristlefront
___ Slender Antbird
___ Sombre Hummingbird
___ Spotted Piculet
___ Squamate Antbird
___ Star-throated Antwren
___ Stresemann's Bristlefront
___ Striated Softtail
___ Striolated Tit-Spinetail
___ Stripe-breasted Starthroat
___ Such's Antthrush
___ Tawny Piculet
___ Three-toed Jacamar
___ Unicolored Antwren
___ Varzea Piculet
___ Velvety Black-Tyrant
___ Wied's Tyrant-Manakin
___ White-bellied Tanager
___ White-bibbed Antbird
___ White-breasted Antbird
___ White-breasted Tapaculo
___ White-browed Antpitta
___ White-browed Guan
___ White-collared Foliage-gleaner
___ White-collared Kite
___ White-crested Guan
___ White-naped Jay
___ White-necked Hawk
___ White-striped Warbler
___ White-tailed Cotinga
___ White-throated Seedeater
___ White-winged Cotinga
___ Wing-banded Hornero
___ Yellow-eared Woodpecker
___ Yellow-legged Tinamou
___ Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher
___ Zimmer's Woodcreeper
...
Endangered Birds in Brazil
(endemics are printed in bold italics)

Breeding Birds

Non-Breeding Birds

___ Alagoas Antwren
___ Alagoas Curassow
___ Alagoas Foliage-gleaner
___ Alagoas Tyrannulet
___ Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
___ Banded Cotinga
___ Band-tailed Antwren
___ Black-and-tawny Seedeater
___ Black-and-white Monjita
___ Black-backed Tanager
___ Black-capped Piprites
___ Black-fronted Piping-Guan
___ Black-headed Berryeater
___ Black-hooded Antwren
___ Black-legged Dacnis
___ Black-masked Finch
___ Blue-bellied Parrot
___ Blue-eyed Ground-Dove
___ Blue-throated Parakeet
___ Blue-winged Macaw
___ Brasilia Tapaculo
___ Brazillian Merganser
___ Brown-backed Parrotlet
___ Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant
___ Buff-throated Purpletuft
___ Buffy-fronted Seedeater
___ Cherry-throated Tanager
___ Chestnut-bellied Guan
___ Chestnut-sided Tapaculo
___ Cinnamon-vented Piha
___ Cipo Canastero
___ Cone-billed Tanager
___ Crowned Eagle
___ Dwarf Tinamou
___ Forbes's Blackbird
___ Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant
___ Fringe-backed Fire-eye
___ Grey-winged Cotinga
___ Golden Parakeet
___ Golden-capped Parakeet
___ Golden-crowned Manakin
___ Golden-tailed Parrotlet
___ Great Xenops
___ Helmeted Woodpecker
___ Hoary-throated Spinetail
___ Hooded Seedeater
___ Hook-billed Hermit
___ Hyacinth Macaw
___ Indigo Macaw
___ Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant
___ Kinglet Calyptura
___ Lesser Nothura
___ Little Blue (Spix's) Macaw
___ Marsh Seedeater
___ Minas Gerais Tyrannulet
___ Moustached Woodcreeper
___ Narrow-billed Antwren
___ Noronha Vireo
___ Ochraceous Piculet
___ Ochre-breasted Pipit
___ Orange-bellied Antwren
___ Pampas Meadowlark
___ Pectoral Antwren
___ Pinto's Spinetail
___ Plumbeous Antvireo
___ Purple-winged Ground-Dove
___ Red-billed Curassow
___ Red-browed Parrot
___ Red-shouldered Spinetail
___ Red-spectacled Parrot
___ Red-tailed Parrot
___ Restinga Antwren
___ Restinga Tyrannulet
___ Rio Branco Antbird
___ Rio de Janeiro Antwren
___ Rondonia Bushbird
___ Rufous-faced Crake
___ Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant
___ Russet-winged Spadebill
___ Saffron-cowled Blackbird
___ Salvadori's Antwren
___ Sao Paulo Tyrannulet
___ Scalloped Antbird
___ Seven-colored Tanager
___ Shrike-like Cotinga
___ Slender Antbird
___ Speckled Rail
___ Strange-tailed Tyrant
___ Stresemann's Bristlefront
___ Striated Softtail
___ Tawny Piculet
___ Temminck's Seedeater
___ Three-toed Jacamar
___ Unicolored Antwren
___ Vinaceous Parrot
___ Wattled Curassow
___ White-bearded Antshrike
___ White-necked Hawk
___ White-winged Cotinga
___ White-winged Nightjar
___ Yellow Cardinal
___ Yellow-faced Parrot
___ Yellow-faced Siskin
___ Olrog's Gull

Other Speciality Birds in Brazil
(from Where to Watch Birds in South America - by Nigel Wheatley.)

___ Bare-faced Curassow 
___ Bare-throated Bellbird 
___ Black-and-white Monjita 
___ Black-bellied Gnateater 
___ Black-fronted Tyrannulet
___ Black-necked Red-Cotinga 
___ Brazilian Merganser 
___ Collared Crescent-chest 
___ Cock-tailed Tyrant 
___ Crimson Fruitcrow
___ Crowned Eagle 
___ Fiery-tailed Awlbill 
___ Giant Antshrike
___ Guinean Cock-of-the-Rock 
___ Guinean Gnatcatcher
___ Guinean Red-Cotinga 
___ Helmeted Woodpecker 
___ Hyacinth Macaw 
___ Plovercrest
___ Pompador Cotinga 
___ Purple-breasted Cotinga 
___ Racket-tailed Coquette 
___ Roraiman Nightjar
___ Rufous Potoo 
___ Rufous-capped Motmot 
___ Spotted Bamboo-wren
___ Streak-backed Antshrike
___ Swallow-tailed Cotinga
___ Tepui Goldenthroat
___ Yellow-faced Siskin

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