Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
A Tropical Birding Set Departure BIRDING TOUR (www.shorturl.at/cpq89) Brazil: Atlantic Forest Highlights 13-20 July, 2019
Report and photos by ANDRES VASQUEZ N., the guide for this tour
One of the great things about this tour is the extremely pleasant combination of “good-old-fashion” forest birding with incredibly active and diverse feeders. This Festive Coquette (picture above) is one of the birds that we basically manage to enjoy only thanks to the feeders at Folhia Seca near Ubatuba; this incredibly ornate species is otherwise hard to pick up in the canopy of tall tropical forest due to its tiny size and fairly non-contrasting colors.
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INTRODUCTION: The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil is a very well-known Endemic Bird Area (EBA) of the World thanks not only to its richness, in terms of endemic species but also thanks to the fact that most of those endemic birds are absolutely spectacular. This makes that this region of the globe is in the bucket list of any birdwatcher that wants to fill his/her list with A TON of brightly colorful endemic birds. Now, this area is vast and in order to cover it all we have to drive considerably long distances in over three weeks of birding (which we do in our comprehensive SE Brazil tour, see here: www.shorturl.at/isuCN) BUT FORTUNATELY for the birders that do not have all this long time off we created this shorter trip, The Atlantic Forest Highlights tour, which very well represents “in a nutshell” the greatness of this region since it includes most of the very nicest-looking birds of the whole EBA.
The Brazilian endemic Golden-chevroned Tanager is a looker that visits feeders both in highlands and in lowlands.
We designed this tour to cover both highlands and lowlands of the Atlantic forest by spending 3 nights in each zone based out of two great hotels. With this we cover all the altitudinal gradation of bird species in the area and this means a great variety of potential birds. This also means the trip is logistically very comfortable without sacrificing great birding since the hotspots are either very close or they are right within.
Cutting to the chase, amongst the most memorable birds of the tour we had Black-billed Scythebill, Green-crowned Plovercrest, Red-necked, Green-headed, Gilt-edged, Brassy-breasted, Brazilian, Black-goggled, and Golden-chevroned Tanagers, Mantled and White-necked Hawk (both perched closely), Half-collared Sparrow, Araucaria Tit-Spinetail, www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.2 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
Itatiaia Spinetail, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Curl-crested Jay, Robust, Blond-crested, and White Woodpeckers, Saw-billed Hermit (among the 4 species of hermits we saw), Shear-tailed Gray-Tyrant, Frilled and Festive Coquettes, White-eared Puffbird, Tawny-browed Owl, 19 species of antbirds out of which Scaled Antbird and Black-hooded Antwren were the favorites of the group.
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NARRATIVE: This tour starts and ends in the huge metropolis of Sao Paulo with a night in the outskirts of this monster city on arrival day and directly at the airport on the last day of the tour since most international flights leave late in the evening so it is the best expenditure of time you can have. As mentioned above, the tour can be divided in two main parts, highlands and lowlands plus the travel time in between which does not produce a lot of birds but for sure a few interesting ones.
THE LOWLANDS: We start the tour with a longish drive between Sao Paulo and the coastal town of Ubatuba. There were a couple planned stops on the way though that produced some great birds. Leaving the hotel just before dawn we arrived in perfect time to an area that holds very nice wetlands located right next to the smaller city of Mogi das Cruzes. Here we found as highlights White-faced Whistling-Duck, Silver Teal, Blackish Rail, Gray-cowled Wood-Rail, Brazilian Teal and a few passerines and other smaller birds White-eyed and Plain Parakeets (photo below) on the border of the wetlands like Wing-banded Hornero, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Crested Black-Tyrant, Masked Yellowthroat, Masked Water-Tyrant, and Unicolored Blackbirds to name a few.
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We then moved to another spot looking for a very localized species only found in a few reed beds on this region called Parana Antwren (aka Sao Paulo Marsh-Antwren). We gave it a good try but for most of the participants this bird remained hidden, only a couple managed quick views. This spot however produced a fair number of cool birds like Rufous-capped and Spix’s Spinetails, Orange-eyed Thornbird, White-spotted Woodpecker, White-barred Piculet, Chestnut-vented Conebill, the first of many Sayaca and Brazilian Tanagers, as well as a pair of Orange-headed Tanagers and a few other more common birds.
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We had lunch in a local restaurant and continued our drive that still had a few hours to go. The traffic was quite bad when we approached the coast since a lot of locals were going to the beach for what was going to be the last of the warm days of the season. This delayed us a bit but we did manage to squeeze in about 45mins of nice birding before reaching our hotel. During this very rewarding time we soon got a couple of the most wanted birds for some participants in the shape of Red-necked and Green-headed Tanagers which came in flocks to feed right in front of our eyes at eye-level in a fruiting tree. We also got Scaled and Ferruginous Antbirds, Sombre Hummingbird, Gray-hooded Attila, Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher and Saw-billed Hermit. It was a great end to our first day.
The next day we went back to the area we had just birded last on the previous day but of course now we did have time to go much deeper on this beautifully forested road called Estrada da Folhia Seca. We in fact visited this spot three times during our stay in the area of Ubatuba. One of the first birds that we found here was in fact the most wanted target for one of the participants that was chasing bird families (he needed a Tapaculo) and it came in the shape of this Slaty Bristlefront (photo above). Some of the birds that we saw on our repeated visits to the area included Blond-crested Woodpecker, a female Bare-throated Bellbird, White- necked Hawk, Green-backed Trogon, Rufous-capped Motmot, Black-cheeked Gnateater, White-throated Spadebill, Long-tailed Tyrant, Rufous-capped Antthrush, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Spot-breasted and Plain Antvireos, Unicolored, Streak-capped and Rufous-winged Antwrens, to name a few. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.6 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
The distinctive subspecies of White-throated Spadebill (above) and the regional specialty Spot-breasted Antvireo (below).
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A big target for every first-time visitor to SE Brazil is this Red-necked Tanager (above)
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A very special spot within this area of Folha Seca is the gardens of Jonas’s house. Jonas is a local Brazilian that out of pure love for birds maintains a large set of fruit and hummingbird feeders in his patio. He welcomes people asking for no contribution of any kind, just good behavior and respect towards nature. It is a very good deal of course for us given the rich diversity of birds in his feeders. I always, however, buy at the market several pounds of sugar and a good amount of bananas to bring along as donation.
In terms of hummingbirds his feeders are the very best spot to find Festive Coquette (photo below), Saw- billed Hermit, and White-chinned Sapphire. Apart from those, there were many Violet-capped Woodnymphs and Brazilian Rubies; we also saw Glittering-throated and Versicolored Emeralds but those were not as common. Other species of hummingbirds that we saw in lowlands but away from Jonas’s feeders were the tiny Reddish Hermit, the spectacular Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, and the dullest of the Brazilian endemics, Sombre Hummingbird. These last two we had at a local restaurant in front of the beach located just west of Ubatuba.
This gorgeous Festive Coquette (above) is likely to be split; it is isolated from the other subspecies in northern South America.
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Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (above) photographed at the feeders of Restaurante Tropical near Ubatuba
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A male White-chinned Sapphire (above) and the superb Green-headed Tanagers (below) from Jonas’s feeders
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In terms of passerines, the fruit feeders attracted a great deal of birds, of which the favorite for many was Red-necked Tanager, but not too far behind in rank were the Green-headed and Brazilian Tanagers. Other birds that come in to feast are Ruby-crowned Tanager and Chestnut-bellied and Violaceous Euphonias. At times, when Jonas brings a new set of fruit, the tanagers go nuts and at certain point probably 70 individuals of these six species swarm like bees around the feeders; it is spectacular!
We visited a couple other great locations in the lowlands near Ubatuba. One of those is the famous Fazenda Angelim located just east of the main city. This area is the best spot around for the skulking Spotted Bamboowren, a type of tapaculo that is subtly beautiful and quite different looking from the typical member of that family. We had good views but not all managed to get the whole bird in their bins. This spot is also well known for another specialty, the tiny Buff-throated Purpletuft which played hard to find but we did managed scope views of a distant individual.
A couple other specialties found here were Black-cheeked Gnateater (photo above), Ochre-rumped Antbird, Rough-legged Tyrannulet, Tufted Antshrike, Yellow Tyrannulet, White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, and a White- necked Hawk that was perched on a log on the ground eating a snake; this was the favorite sighting of the day. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.12 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
The last of the lowland birding hotspots that we visited on this tour is the famed Sertão de Mambucaba (AKA Perequê) just north of Paraty. This is the only spot for an ultra-localized species of antbird called Black-hooded Antwren (photo below) which was our main target on that visit. In fact it was basically the first bird that we heard and saw upon arrival to this location. I have to mention that it was not easy to see this bird initially but later in the morning a gorgeous male gave us great views.
The first couple hours of birding in Perequê were simply superb. We had several great looking birds that showed up one after the other. It started with a family of Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers and at the same time the colorful Channel-billed Toucan, then a stubborn Spot-billed Toucanet that finally came close, afterwards a pair of Robust Woodpeckers gave us a show and finally a very short view of a male Frilled Coquette that came to feed on some flowers at eye level but a badly-timed and annoying motorbike scared it off almost as soon as we located the bird.
Other birds that we found during that morning included the normally difficult to see Lemon-chested Greenlet, Squamate Antbird, White-bearded Manakin, Whiskered and Sepia-capped Flycatchers, Sao Paulo and Bay- ringed Tyrannulets, Riverbank Warbler, and the great Rufous-headed Tanager among the 7 species of tanagers we found that morning. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.13 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
The hulking Robust Woodpecker (above) and the modest Lemon-chested Greenlet (below)
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THE HIGHLANDS: The other half of the tour was spent at high elevations in the mountains of Itatiaia National Park in the state of Rio de Janeiro. For this we used the beautiful Hotel do Ypê as our base for three nights. With this we managed to explore the lower parts of the park as well as the middle areas near the hotel, namely the trail called Trilha Dos 3 Picos, and finally we visited the upper areas of the park along the Algulhas Negras road. The hotel itself is a world class birding hotspot thanks in part to the busy feeders placed just outside the restaurant. In the fruit feeder we found birds like Black-goggled, Olive-green, Golden-chevroned, Ruby-crowned, Brazilian, and Green-headed Tanagers, Red-rumped Caciques, Blue Dacnis, Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (photo below), Dusky-legged Guan, and Maroon-bellied Parakeets. Sometimes these feeders attract one of the great birds of the area, the unique Saffron Toucanet, but we were very unlucky with this one during our visit and despite our effort we failed to get one.
In terms of the hummingbird feeders that the hotel also places outside the restaurant, the main species that we found here were Black Jacobin, Brazilian Ruby, White-throated Hummingbird, and Violet-capped Woodnymph. Also we saw a Black-eared Fairy, rare for this location, which visited the feeders very briefly, but then a couple of us found a spot where it was hanging out behind one of the lower cabins.
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A rare sighting is seeing the usually concealed crown of Ruby-crowned Tanager (above); the bright Brazilian Tanager (below)
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Red-rumped Caciques (above) were bullies at feeders
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Black Jacobin (above) and White-throated Hummingbird (below) are common at feeders
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The forest that surrounds the hotel is pristine and very rich given that the hotel is located inside the park. The bamboo dominated forest holds a lot of species and can be accessed along the trails and roads of the park. This way we found a large amount skulking species like Star-throated Antwren, Variable Antshrike, Ochre- faced Tody-Flycatcher, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant, the neat Black-billed Scythebill, Sharp-billed Treehunter, and White-collared Foliage-gleaner among the shy birds that we managed to call out. Apart from those we also found a good bunch that are in different strata of the forest like Rufous-capped Motmot, Surucua Trogon, Dusky-throated and Scale-throated Hermits, Red-breasted Toucan, White-necked and Yellow-legged Thrushes, Pin-tailed Manakin, Magpie Tanager, and a very cooperative Gray-hooded Flycatcher.
One of the various tanagers visiting the feeders was this Black-goggled Tanger (above)
The grounds of the hotel are also home to a ton of other birds that do not come to feeders. This was the case for several Blue-winged Macaws that flew over the hotel various times and Slaty-breasted Wood-Rails that came into the open near the parking lot. Also three species of tyrant flycatchers hung around the hotel grounds catching insects: Blue-billed and Velvety Black-Tyrants in the gardens and Masked Water Tyrant near the swimming pool. By night the impressive Tawny-browed Owl hooted and flew around near the cabins and on two nights we saw this great species.
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Black-billed Scythebill (above) was for sure one of the top birds of the tour
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The Brazilian Endemic Star-throated Antwren (above) and a friendly Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (below)
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The lower portions of the park brought a few different species that we would not see elsewhere. Probably the one that the participants enjoyed the most was the Brazilian endemic Half-collared Sparrow that we found one afternoon quite close to dusk. This says a lot about what a beautiful sparrow it is, when other birds in the area were Brassy-breasted and Gilt-edged Tanagers. These two species of tanagers were very common down the hill and various times we encountered flocks with over 10 individuals of each.
Red-breasted Toucans (above) were seen in the middle and lower elevations of the park
On one of the two full days that we had in Itatiaia we departed very early from the hotel to visit the upper portions of the park in an area called Algulhas Negras; in order to get there we must exit the park though the lower entrance gate, then take the expressway for one exit, then head back up along another road that skirts the state of Minas Gerais. Right at the border of the state there is a road that enters the park again but in a higher area where the avifauna is different. The many “specials” present here are very nice, so despite the chilly weather we enjoyed that morning a lot. Among the cool birds we found here I can mention the highly desired Green-crowned Plovercrest, Rufous-backed Antvireo, Mouse-colored Tapaculo, Araucaria Tit- Spinetail (which was a trip favorite for some), Itatiaia Spinetail, Serra do Mar Tyrannulet, Greenish Tyrannulet, Buff-throated and Bay-chested Warbling-Finches, Thick-billed Saltator, Rufous-tailed Antbird, and Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant.
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Buff-throated Warbling-Finch (above) is a highland specialty
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A female Velvety Black-Tyrant (above) photographed in Algulhas Negras road and a male (below) in Hotel do Ype
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On the way back from the Algulhas Negras road to Hotel do Ype, we stopped to bird a well know area called the Snipe Valley which is a deforested valley at the base of the Itatiaia Mountains which through the years has become home to species more typical of the savanna habitats of the interior of Brazil. Since these species are adapted to open habitats they thrive in agricultural areas like this.
Curl-crested Jays (above) were seen along the disturbed habitat at the base of the mountains together with a family of White Woodpeckers that flew nearby
Here we boosted the list significantly in a matter of just half an hour of birding. First we found White-vented Violetear, followed by Tawny-headed Swallow, White-eared Puffbird, Yellow-rumped Marshbird, Streamer- tailed Tyrant, Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Whistling Heron, Campo Flicker, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Chopi Blackbird, and Savanna Hawk; the latter we had seen distantly before (together with White-rumped Monjita in similar habitats) but this time we had better views.
We moved to the end of the road to turn the car around and when we were about to head out back to the hotel we found the last of the lifers for the day in the shape of Burnished-buff and Hooded Tanagers, Sapphire-spangled Emerald and the large Planalto Hermit.
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The acrobatic Planalto Hermit (above) and the striking Burnished-buff Tanager (below)
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We had another morning around the middle elevations of the Itatiaia NP and we spent it walking again the main forested road. Right at the waterfalls above the hotel one of the participants that decided to explore the trails deeper than the rest of the group found a Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper. The rest of us picked up a few other birds, including the Black-billed Scythebill mentioned previously, and also Lesser and Scaled Woodcreepers, White-bearded Manakin, and one common and widely distributed bird that we had only heard repeatedly before, Rufous-breasted Peppershrike, among a bunch that we had seen already in the area.
The time had come to wrap the trip up; we had a long drive ahead of us towards the Guarulhos international airport where the tour finished. To break the long drive we took a short detour into some well-known rice fields to see if we could find some new birds but, on the one hand the area in general was dry and rice fields were not in good shape, and on the other hand we were quite short of time and sort of in a hurry to get to the airport. We picked up as new birds only Black-necked Stilt, Guira Cuckoos, and Amazon Kingfisher.
The group posing for a photo with the breathtaking coastline of Brazil in the background during an above average “pit stop”
The last stop at a gas station before reaching the airport gave us a last surprise: a Toco Toucan flew right above us letting us see well its majestic bright orange bill that was shining with the yellow afternoon sun. This was the last lifer we found and a perfect ending for a superb tour.
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FINAL CHECKLIST: A total of 280 species OF BIRDS were recorded on the tour; 44 of those are Endemics to Brazil. Out of the total, 258 were SEEN by at least one participant on the tour (almost every bird was seen by all), 21 were Heard Only (H) and only 1 species was seen only by the Tour Leader (L). In terms of MAMMALS, we found 6 species of mammals of which a Tayra was the highlight. See the detailed list for this trip below.
TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE 1 H Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus DUCKS, GEESE, & WATERFOWL ANATIDAE 2 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata 3 Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis GUANS, CURASSOWS, & ALLIES CRACIDAE 4 Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris NEW WORLD QUAIL ODONTOPHORIDAE 5 H Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira PIGEONS AND DOVES COLUMBIDAE 6 Rock Pigeon (I) Columba livia 7 Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro 8 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea 9 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 10 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi CUCKOOS CULIDAE 11 Guira Cuckoo Guira guira 12 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 13 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES CAPRIMULGIDAE 14 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis SWIFTS APODIDAE 15 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 16 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE 17 Black Jacobin Florisuga fusca 18 Saw-billed Hermit (E) Ramphodon naevius 19 Dusky-throated Hermit (E) Phaethornis squalidus 20 Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber 21 Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei 22 Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome 23 White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris 24 Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus 25 Frilled Coquette (E) Lophornis magnificus 26 Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus chalybeus 27 Brazilian Ruby (E) Clytolaema rubricauda 28 Green-crowned Plovercrest (E) Stephanoxis lalandi 29 Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura 30 Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis 31 Sombre Hummingbird (E) Aphantochroa cirrochloris 32 White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis 33 Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor versicolor 34 Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata 35 Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.28 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
36 White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS RALLIDAE 37 Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans 38 H Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor 39 Gray-cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus 40 Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura 41 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE 42 Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS CHARADRIIDAE 43 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis JACANAS JACANIDAE 44 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS LARIDAE 45 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 46 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE 47 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens BOOBIES AND GANNETS SULIDAE 48 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster CORMORANTS PHALACROCORACIDAE 49 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus HERONS, EGRETS, & BITTERNS ARDEIDAE 50 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 51 Great Egret Ardea alba 52 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 53 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 54 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 55 Striated Heron Butorides striata 56 Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix 57 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 58 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE 59 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE 60 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 61 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 62 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES ACCIPITRIDAE 63 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 64 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus 65 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis 66 White-necked Hawk (E) Buteogallus lacernulatus 67 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris 68 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus 69 Mantled Hawk Pseudastur polionotus OWLS STRIGIDAE 70 Black-capped Screech-Owl Megascops atricapilla 71 Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana 72 H Least Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium minutissimum 73 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.29 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
TROGONS TROGONIDAE 74 Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis melanopterus 75 Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura 76 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus MOTMOTS MOMOTIDAE 77 Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE 78 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 79 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 80 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana PUFFBIRDS BUCCONIDAE 81 White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE 82 Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris 83 Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco 84 Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus ariel 85 Red-breasted (Green-billed) Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus WOODPECKERS PICIDAE 86 White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus 87 White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus 88 Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons 89 White-spotted Woodpecker Dryobates spilogaster 90 Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus 91 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 92 Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens 93 Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris campestris FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE 94 H Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 95 H Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 96 Southern Caracara Caracara plancus 97 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 98 American Kestrel Falco sparverius PARROTS PSITTACIDAE 99 Plain Parakeet (E) Brotogeris tirica 100 Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata 101 Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani 102 Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius 103 Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis 104 Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana 105 White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus TYPICAL ANTBIRDS THAMNOPHILIDAE 106 H Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus 107 Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa 108 H Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus vestitus 109 Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus c. caerulescens 110 Star-throated Antwren (E) Rhopias gularis 111 Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax 112 Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis mentalis 113 Rufous-backed Antvireo (E) Dysithamnus xanthopterus 114 Unicolored Antwren (E) Myrmotherula unicolor 115 Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus 116 Black-hooded Antwren (E) Formicivora erythronotos www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.30 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
117 Ferruginous Antbird (E) Drymophila ferruginea 118 Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis 119 H Rufous-tailed Antbird (E) Drymophila genei 120 Ochre-rumped Antbird (E) Drymophila ochropyga 121 Scaled Antbird (E) Drymophila squamata 122 Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata 123 White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera 124 Squamate Antbird (E) Myrmoderus squamosus GNATEATERS CONOPOPHAGIDAE 125 Black-cheeked Gnateater (E) Conopophaga melanops ANTPITTAS GRALLARIIDAE 126 H Variegated Antpitta Grallaria varia imperator ANTTHRUSHES FORMICARIIDAE 127 Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma 128 H Such's (Cryptic) Antthrush (E) Chamaeza meruloides TAPACULOS RHINOCRYPTIDAE 129 Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus 130 Slaty Bristlefront (E) Merulaxis ater 131 Mouse-colored Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae OVENBIRDS & WOODCREEPERS FURNARIIDAE 132 H Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor scansor 133 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus sylviellus 134 Plain-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina 135 White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis 136 Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus 137 Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius 138 Scaled Woodcreeper (E) Lepidocolaptes squamatus 139 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 140 Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans Wing-banded (Band-tailed) Hornero 141 (E) Furnarius figulus 142 Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus 143 Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura 144 White-collared Foliage-gleaner (E) Anabazenops fuscus 145 H Pale-browed Treehunter (E) Cichlocolaptes leucophrus 146 Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus 147 Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus 148 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum 149 H White-browed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia amaurotis 150 Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia lichtensteini 151 White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus l. leucophthalmus 152 Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons Phacellodomus 153 Orange-eyed Thornbird (E) erythrophthalmus 154 Orange-breasted Thornbird (E) Phacellodomus ferrugineigula 155 Itatiaia Spinetail (E) Asthenes moreirae 156 Pallid Spinetail (E) Cranioleuca pallida 157 Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus 158 Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla 159 Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE 160 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.31 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
161 Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola 162 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster 163 Gray-hooded Flycatcher (E) Mionectes rufiventris 164 Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus 165 Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis 166 Sao Paulo Tyrannulet Phylloscartes paulista 167 Serra do Mar Tyrannulet (E) Phylloscartes difficilis 168 Bay-ringed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes sylviolus 169 Rough-legged Tyrannulet Phyllomyias b. burmeisteri 170 Greenish Tyrannulet Phyllomyias virescens 171 Planalto Tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatus 172 Gray-capped Tyrannulet (E) Phyllomyias griseocapilla 173 H Southern Antpipit Corythopis delalandi 174 Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis 175 Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant Hemitriccus diops 176 Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (E) Hemitriccus orbitatus 177 H Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant (E) Hemitriccus furcatus 178 Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps 179 Gray-headed (Yellow-lored) Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum 180 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 181 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias s. sulphurescens 182 White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus 183 Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa 184 Whiskered (Yellow-rumped) Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus mastacalis 185 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus cinereus 186 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 187 Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes 188 Velvety Black-Tyrant (E) Knipolegus nigerrimus 189 Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris 190 White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus 191 Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa 192 Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant Muscipipra vetula 193 Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta nengeta 194 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 195 Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa 196 Gray-hooded Attila Attila rufus 197 H Sibilant Sirystes Sirystes sibilator 198 Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex 199 Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox 200 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 201 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 202 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 203 H Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 204 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus COTINGAS COTINGIDAE 205 L Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus 206 Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis MANAKINS PIPRIDAE 207 Swallow-tailed (Blue) Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata 208 Pin-tailed Manakin Ilicura militaris 209 White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus TITYRAS AND ALLIES TITYRIDAE www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.32 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
210 Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 211 Buff-throated Purpletuft (E) Iodopleura pipra 212 Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus VIREOS VIREONIDAE 213 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 214 Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis 215 Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus thoracicus CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE 216 Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE 217 Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca 218 Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata 219 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 220 Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 221 Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE 222 House Wren Troglodytes aedon GNATCATCHERS POLIOPTILIDAE 223 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus DONACOBIUS DONACOBIIDAE 224 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE 225 Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas 226 Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes 227 White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis 228 Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris MOCKINGBIRDS MIMIDAE 229 Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus PIPITS MOTACILLIDAE 230 H Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens lutescens FINCHES, EUPHONIAS, & ALLIES FRINGILLIDAE 231 Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea 232 Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis NEW WORLD SPARROWS PASSERELLIDAE 233 Half-collared Sparrow (E) Arremon semitorquatus 234 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis TROUPIALS AND ALLIES ICTERIDAE 235 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus 236 Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus 237 Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous 238 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis 239 Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi 240 Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus 241 Yellow-rumped Marshbird Pseudoleistes guirahuro NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE 242 Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata 243 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi 244 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus azarae 245 White-browed (White-rimmed) Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara 246 Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis MITROSPINGID TANAGERS MITROSPINGIDAE 247 Olive-green Tanager (E) Orthogonys chloricterus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.33 Tropical Birding - Trip Report BRAZIL: Atlantic Forest Highlights – July 2019
TANAGERS AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE 248 Brown Tanager (E) Orchesticus abeillei 249 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus 250 Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata 251 Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida 252 Buff-throated Warbling-Finch (E) Microspingus lateralis 253 Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops 254 Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus 255 Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus 256 Brazilian Tanager (E) Ramphocelus bresilius 257 Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus 258 Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota 259 Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca 260 Golden-chevroned Tanager (E) Thraupis ornata 261 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 262 Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana 263 Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon 264 Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala 265 Brassy-breasted Tanager (E) Tangara desmaresti 266 Gilt-edged Tanager (E) Tangara cyanoventris 267 Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis 268 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana 269 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza 270 Rufous-headed Tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla 271 Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum 272 Bay-chested Warbling-Finch (E) Castanozoster thoracicus 273 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola 274 Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Sporophila angolensis 275 Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens 276 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 277 Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis 278 Thick-billed Saltator Saltator maxillosus 279 H Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE 280 House Sparrow (I) Passer domesticus MAMMALS 1 L Brazilian Common Opossum Didelphis aurita 2 Black-horned Capuchin Cebus nigritus 3 Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris 4 Brazilian Squirrel Sciurus aestuans 5 Nutria (Coypu) Myocastor coypus 6 Tayra Eira barbara
This list follows Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018.
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