: THE PANTANAL & AMAZON 26 July – 7 August 2009

Tour leader: Nick Athanas Report by Nick Athanas Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated. Photo below: Scarlet-headed Blackbird.

It’s a hard combo to beat – the vast primeval Amazonian of Cristalino and the non-stop wildlife show of the Pantanal, where pretty much the only way to stop seeing stuff is to close your eyes. There’s also a bit of birding thrown in to add some spice and variety, where you can quickly see a bunch of neat not available elsewhere on the tour.

This year, despite a harpy and the mega-diveristy of Cristalino Lodge, it was Pousada Piuval that stole the show. It has always been good, which is why it features in the itinerary, but this year it was just jaw-dropping, mind-blowingly out-of-this world incredible. There were birds literally everywhere you looked. Vast numbers of birds, insane daily lists topping out at 174 seen on one day (maybe a TB record?), normally tough birds like Great Rufous pretty much on the doorstep, and quite simply a huge amount of fun. Mammals got better as we went deeper into the Pantanal, with the likes of Ocelot , Giant Otter , Giant Anteater , and Brazilian Tapir all featuring. I apologize now for the brevity of this report – I’ve had an insane guiding schedule over the last few months, and only a few days before my next one begins. But that’s the way I like it.

The Chapada dos Guimarães We spent a couple of days in and around this plateau just northeast of the city of Cuiabá. It’s a picturesque region with scenic views, waterfalls, great accommodation, and some birds that we can’t get anywhere else on the itinerary. Much of the habitat is cerrado , a of savanna characterized by dense bushes and short trees; it doesn’t look very impressive, but it has a lot of really cool birds in it. Birding here is easy due to the open nature of the habitat, but you have to do it early in the morning or late in the afternoon before it gets blazing hot. Some of the birds we saw in the cerrado include Horned Sungem , White-vented Violetear , Blue-tufted Starthroat (which amazingly we saw at Piuval as well), White-eared Puffbird , Checkered , Red-and-green and Blue-winged Macaws , Plain-crested Elaenia , Chapada

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 1 Flycatcher , Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant , Collared Crescentchest , Curl-crested Jay , White-rumped , White-banded , Black-faced , & Cinnamon , Black-throated Saltator , Plumbeous Seedeater , and a female Coal-crested Finch .

White-banded Blue-tufted Starthroat

Birding the gallery gets you out of the sun, and it’s a nice place to spend late morning or mid-afternoon. We had great luck with a Pavonine Cuckoo , having one come in close and sit in the open for prolonged scope views, while some of the other birds in here were Planalto Slaty-Antshrike , White-bellied Warbler , Sirystes , Saffron-billed Sparrow , and Rusty- fronted Tody-Flycatcher .

Our hotel, the luxurious Pousada Penhasco, is in a beautiful setting perched near the edge of the plateau, with a panoramic view hard to beat anywhere. It’s a great place for raptors, and we saw Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle , Bat Falcon , and King Vulture here. In late afternoon, when the forest has gotten dark and quiet, you can see a lot of birds just by walking around the grounds, like Burnished-buff Tanager , Thick-billed Euphonia , and Burrowing Owl .

Burrowing Owl Burnished-buff Tanager

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 2 The Amazon: Alta Floresta and Cristalino Jungle Lodge The southern Amazon is easy to access from Cuiabá via a two-hour flight up to Alta Floresta. This “frontier town” has become well known to birders in recent years due to a pair of Harpy Eagles that has regularly nested in a little forest fragment around the Floresta Amazonica Hotel. The hotel is owned by the same folks who own Cristalino, so they are well aware of the importance and value of these birds and are keen to protect them. Our flight landed a little bit late, and we were a bit stressed to find out that the young had fledged the previous week and was no longer being seen every day! Since we were already running late, we had to insist on racing out to the nest to have a first shot at this mega bird, and it’s a darn good thing we did – the young bird was sitting on the nest, eating something that we couldn’t possibly ID since there wasn’t much left of it; mom or dad had obviously come in that morning to feed it. My camera gear was still packed away from the flight, but Linton was ready and got a shot of it, which you can see here. To jump ahead in the story, when we checked the nest before flying back five days later, the bird was nowhere to be found! It’s always a thrill to see this bird, and this time also a huge relief. From there, we rode about two hours in 4WD vehicles to the edge of the Teles Pires river, and took a boat up the Cristalino river to Cristalino Jungle Lodge, our base for the next five nights, seeing our only Amazonian Umbrellabird along the way.

Cristalino Jungle Lodge makes the shortlist as one of the top jungle lodges in the world. It is wonderfully remote, adjacent to a huge state park that the lodge owner helped to establish, and the whole food chain is still intact here. However, the nature of the forest (20-30 m canopy with 40 m emergents) combined with the fact that a large number of the birds are shy and skulking makes birding here extremely challenging. While their bird list is nearing 600, you may only see a third of those on a five- night visit (and hear many that you never see). That was certainly our experience. While the canopy tower treated us well (it was fabulous on both our morning and afternoon visits), the forest interior required a huge amount of hard work and patience to call the birds in. Despite this, we still managed to see the vast majority of what I consider the specialties of Cristalino, birds that are easier to see here than in most other easily accessible sites, and I even managed to get a lifer, the Brown-banded Puffbird pictured above! I’ll mention a few of the key birds we saw during our wonderful stay here: Crimson-bellied and Santarem Parakeets , Kawall’s Parrot , Bronzy Jacamar , Black-girdled Barbet , Gould’s Toucanet , Para Foliage- gleaner , , Natterer’s Slaty-Antshrike , Spix’s Warbling- , Pompadour , Snow-capped and Flame-crowned , Tooth-billed Wren , and Red-billed Pied Tanager . Andrew and Dan even managed to find an active Undulated

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 3 Tinamou nest one evening while out looking for snakes, and they found a few of as well (see the list at the end). While they were some of the youngest TB tour participants we’ve had, their enthusiasm to see everything that flew, hopped, walked, crawled, swam, or slithered was addictive and refreshing. I wouldn’t be surprised if one or both of them end up volunteering at Cristalino one day.

The Pantanal Our flight from Alta Floresta landed pretty much on time, and we were shocked to discover that it was almost cold ! This is usually one of the hottest places on the continent, but a rare, powerful cold front, pushing up from Patagonia, had just passed through. The cool weather would only last for a couple of days, but it made our stay at Piuval just that much better. Our driver was there right on time to meet us, and he headed south for about 1h45m, getting us to Pousada Piuval just in time for dinner. We split our time in the Pantanal between three lodges: Pousada Piuval, Pantanal Wildlife Center, and Jaguar Ecolodge. The latter was a late addition since PWC was full for our last night, and while we didn’t see any huge kitties there, it was an interesting change of venue that got us a few extra birds. I’ve already raved a bit about Piuval; the main reason why it is such great birding is that you have a wide variety of habitats in easy reach, including marshes, ponds, rivers, pastures (dry & flooded), gallery forest, dry woodland, and scrubland. You can access all of this in just a few kilometers, so can see huge numbers in a day. We took a boat out onto a river so wide it seemed like a lake, and though we didn’t see much different from the boat itself, with it we could access an island with a wildlife observation tower. This tower offered a 360º view over the surrounding wetlands, where we witnessed an incredible concentration of birdlife of the sort that is very hard to find in the world today, making one realize just what we have lost in the rest of the world over the last few hundred years.

Hyacinth Macaws near Pousada Piuval – probably the most desired bird in the Pantanal.

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More birds from Piuval: Gray-crested Cacholote and Yellow-billed Cardinal, regulars near the lodge.

A Plumbeous Ibis in a flooded field in front of the lodge, and a White-naped Xenopsaris along the entrance track.

One of the pair of Great Rufous Woodcreepers that was just meters from the lodge.

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 5 While Piuval was untouchable for birds this year, there was no doubt that Pantanal Wildlie Center was better for mammals. We scored an Ocelot in the middle of the road before we even got there, and then had a Giant Anteater right next to the entrance track when we arrived! A night drive produced a Brazilian Tapir , and our afternoon boat trips on the Pixaim River finally got us a family of Giant Otters . That’s not to say the birding was bad – we still saw a huge number and had a few that we didn’t get anywhere else, like Agami and Boat- billed Herons , Spot-tailed Nightjar , Large Elaenia , Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant , and Green-backed .

Giant Anteater. OK, I admit this isn’t the one we saw, but we did see it almost this well (twice!).

The Agami Heron and one of the Giant Otters that we saw on our afternoon boat rides at PWC.

One of the huge number of caimans we saw in the Pantanal.

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 6 Our last stop on the tour was Jaguar Ecolodge. We just had an afternoon and a morning here, but it was enough time to find a few key birds we had missed up till then, such as Cinereous- breasted Spinetail , Dull-capped , and Fawn-breasted Wren . Black-backed Grosbeak was a surprise; I had never seen it in the Pantanal before, where it apparently is only a winter visitor. Before we knew it, it was time to head back north to Cuiabá, as this amazing trip had come to an end. Thanks again to all of you for coming – let’s do it again sometime!

Black-backed Grosbeak and Dull-capped Attila near Jaguar Ecolodge.

Our group photo at the end of the tour – thanks Linton! From left to right, Linda, Dan, Andrew, Garth, Nick, Juha, Len, and Linda.

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 7 BIRD LIST This list includes all the bird species that were recorded by at least one of the group. and nomenclature follow: Clements, James F. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Sixth Edition, 2007, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, including all updates through December 2008.

Totals: 456 bird species seen 50 heard only

Abbreviations: H=Heard only GO=Seen only by the guide. (I)=Introduced species (E)=Species endemic to Brazil (VU)=Considered vulnerable by BirdLife International (EN)=Considered endangered by BirdLife International

RHEAS RHEIDAE Greater Rhea Rhea americana TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE H Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus H Brazilian Tinamou Crypturellus strigulosus H Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens SCREAMERS ANHIMIDAE Southern Screamer Chauna torquata DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL ANATIDAE White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS CRACIDAE Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu Chestnut-bellied Guan (VU) Penelope ochrogaster Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis Red-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cujubi Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata QUAIL ODONTOPHORIDAE H Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus ANHINGAS ANHINGIDAE Anhinga Anhinga anhinga HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS ARDEIDAE Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 8 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron Butorides striata Agami Heron Agamia agami Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja STORKS CICONIIDAE Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari Jabiru Jabiru mycteria Wood Stork Mycteria americana NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES ACCIPITRIDAE Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis GO Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE H Cryptic Forest-Falcon Micrastur mintoni Black Caracara Daptrius ater Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 9 Southern Caracara Caracara plancus Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel Falco sparverius Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS RALLIDAE Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica FINFOOTS HELIORNITHIDAE Sungrebe Heliornis fulica SUNBITTERN EURYPYGIDAE Sunbittern Eurypyga helias LIMPKIN ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna SERIEMAS CARIAMIDAE Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS CHARADRIIDAE Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus JACANAS JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES SCOLOPACIDAE South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS LARIDAE Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Black Skimmer Rynchops niger PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon livia Pale-vented Pigeon cayennensis Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro GO Patagioenas plumbea Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Scaled Dove Columbina squammata Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa Long-tailed Ground-Dove Uropelia campestris White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla PARROTS PSITTACIDAE H Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday Crimson-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura perlata Santarem (Madeira) Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum snethlage Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 10 White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalma Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea Hyacinth Macaw (EN) Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana Golden-collared (Yellow-collared) Macaw Primolius auricollis Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster Orange-cheeked Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani Blue-fronted Parrot Amazona aestiva Kawall's Parrot Amazona kawalli Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica H Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster Guira Cuckoo Guira guira H Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus Greater Ani Crotophaga major Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani BARN-OWLS TYTONIDAE Barn Owl Tyto alba OWLS STRIGIDAE H Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES CAPRIMULGIDAE Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis H Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata POTOOS NYCTIBIIDAE Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 11 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus SWIFTS APODIDAE Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Amazonian (Chapman's) Swift Chaetura (chapmani) viridipennis Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus Little (Tapajos) Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus aethopyga Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata H White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata Horned Sungem Heliactin bilophus Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer TROGONS TROGONIDAE H White-tailed (Green-backed) Trogon Trogon viridis viridis Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus ramonianus Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus GO Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus eumorphus MOTMOTS MOMOTIDAE Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea PUFFBIRDS BUCCONIDAE White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus H Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 12 White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus Swallow-wing (Swallow-winged Puffbird) Chelidoptera tenebrosa JACAMARS GALBULIDAE Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris Blue-cheeked Jacamar Galbula cyanicollis Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea NEW WORLD BARBETS CAPITONIDAE Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus Red-necked Aracari Pteroglossus bitorquatus Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Gould's Toucanet Selenidera gouldii Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco White-throated (Cuvier's) Toucan Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus PICIDAE Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Checkered Woodpecker mixtus Little Woodpecker passerinus Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris H Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos OVENBIRDS FURNARIIDAE Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens Cinereous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis hypospodia H Chestnut-throated Spinetail Synallaxis cherriei White-lored Spinetail Synallaxis albilora Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus Rufous-fronted (Common) Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 13 Gray-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa H Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri H Chestnut-winged Hookbill Ancistrops strigilatus Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercum Dusky-cheeked (Crested) Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis Para Foliage-gleaner Automolus paraensis H Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans WOODCREEPERS FURNARIIDAE:DENDROCOLAPTINAE Olivaceous Sittasomus griseicapillus transitivus H Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris H Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula Strong-billed Woodcreeper promeropirhynchus Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus H Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii Buff-throated (Lafresnaye's) Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus dorbignyanus Buff-throated (Dusky-billed) Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus eytoni Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris TYPICAL THAMNOPHILIDAE Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Great Antshrike Taraba major Glossy Antshrike (E) luctuosus Barred Antshrike doliatus Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus stictocephalus Planalto Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus pelzelni Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Saturnine Antshrike saturninus Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris GO White-eyed Antwren Epinecrophylla leucophthalma H Ornate Antwren Epinecrophylla ornata H Pygmy Antwren brachyura H Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri Amazonian Streaked-Antwren (Amazonian Antwren) Myrmotherula multostriata Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris axillaris Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 14 Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus H Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis emiliae White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei subochracea Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria H White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus Spix's Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis striata Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda Spot-winged Antbird Schistocichla leucostigma Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulatus H Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus H Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata GRALLARIIDAE H Spotted macularius H Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi H Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona CRESCENTCHESTS MELANOPAREIDAE Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri suiriri Suiriri islerorum H Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris Plain-crested Elaenia Elaenia cristata Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus Plain Tyrannulet Inezia inornata Amazonian Tyrannulet Inezia subflava Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquatus Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer H Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minimus Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens pallescens

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 15 Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis assimilis H Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus Yellow-breasted (Ochre-lored) Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris subsimilis H Cinnamon-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus saturatus H White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus H White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos (Amazonian) Onychorhynchus coronatus coronatus Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa H Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Gray Monjita Xolmis cinereus White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus Black-backed Water-Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa H Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalum Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus Dull-capped (White-eyed) Attila Attila bolivianus H Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Sirystes Sirystes sibilator albocinereus Rufous Casiornis rufus H Grayish Mourner simplex Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus H Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea Tyrannus melancholicus Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana COTINGIDAE Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus MANAKINS PIPRIDAE Dwarf Tyrant- Tyranneutes stolzmanni Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri Helmeted Manakin Antilophia galeata

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 16 Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola Flame-crowned (Flame-crested) Manakin Heterocercus linteatus H Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Red-headed Manakin Pipra rubrocapilla H Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris AND ALLIES TITYRIDAE Black-tailed Tityra cayana Tityra semifasciata Thrush-like Schiffornis turdina amazona hypopyrra White-browed Iodopleura isabellae White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis viridis H Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus VIREOS VIREONIDAE Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Gray-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps H Slaty-capped -Vireo Vireolanius leucotis Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Tooth-billed Wren Odontorchilus cinereus Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis Fawn-breasted Wren Thryothorus guarayanus House Wren Troglodytes aedon H Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus DONACOBIUS DONACOBIIDAE Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla GNATCATCHERS POLIOPTILIDAE Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas H Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 17 Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS MIMIDAE Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus WAGTAILS AND PIPITS MOTACILLIDAE Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata H Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus White-bellied Warbler Basileuterus hypoleucus Flavescent Warbler Basileuterus flaveolus Rose-breasted Chat Granatellus pelzelni Riverbank Warbler Phaeothlypis rivularis BANANAQUIT COEREBIDAE Bananaquit Coereba flaveola TANAGERS AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE Black-faced Tanager melanopis Schistochlamys ruficapillus White-banded Tanager Neothraupis fasciata Red-billed Pied Tanager Lamprospiza melanoleuca Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Blue-gray Tanager episcopus Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana boliviana Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata GO Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis BUNTINGS,SPARROWS,SEEDEATERS,ALLIES EMBERIZIDAE Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Plumbeous Seedeater plumbea

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 18 Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata Coal-crested Finch Charitospiza eucosma Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus H Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis SALTATORS, CARDINALS, AND ALLIES CARDINALIDAE Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak Parkerthraustes humeralis Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris TROUPIALS AND ALLIES ICTERIDAE Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus Bay-winged Cowbird Agelaioides badius Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Olive (Amazonian) Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES FRINGILLIDAE Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris White-lored (Golden-bellied) Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE House Sparrow Passer domesticus

MAMMAL LIST Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla Southern Tamandua Tamandua tetradactyla Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio leporinus Proboscis Bat (Long-nosed Bat) Rhynchonycteris naso Black-tailed Marmoset (Silvery Marmoset) Mico melanurus

Tropical Birding www.tropicalbirding.com 19 Tufted Capuchin (Brown Capuchin) Cebus apella Black-striped Capuchin Cebus libidinosus White-nosed Saki Chiropotes albinasus H Red-handed Howler Alouatta belzebul H Black Howler Alouatta caraya White-cheeked (White-whiskered) Spider Monkey Ateles marginatus Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous Jaguarundi Herpailurus yaguarondi Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Neotropical River Otter (Southern River Otter) Lontra longicaudis Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis Crab-eating Raccoon Procyon cancrivorus Brazilian Tapir Tapirus terrestris Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus Red Brocket Mazama americana Gray Brocket Mazama gouazoubira Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris Azara's Agouti Dasyprocta azarae

Some other critters identified on the trip (thanks to the Dan & Andrew Riley for finding and ID’ing most of these):

Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake - Apostolepis assimilis Ornate Snail-eating Snake - Dipsas catesbyi Flat-headed snake - Xenopholis scalaris Snake sp. - Thamnodynastes chaquensis Black Caiman - Melanosuchus niger Yacare Caiman - Caiman yacare Green Iguana - Iguana iguana Common Ameiva - Ameiva ameiva (?) Yellow-spotted Turtle - Podocnemis unifilis Geoffroy's Side-necked Turtle - Phrynops geoffroanus Smooth-sided Toad - Bufo guttatus Calango - Tropidurus itambere Black-spotted Skink - Mabuya nigropunctata

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