BRAZIL November 2008 |
We spent four nights (November 14 - 17, 2008) at the absolutely delightful Pousada Rio Azul in southernmost Para state with Bradley Davis as our guide; Brad has been to this new and exciting location more than any other birder, and his experience there combined with his all-round skills really helped us track down many specialties:
Red-winged Tinamou .
Muscovy Duck .
Red-throated Piping-Guan .
White Hawk .
Pearl Kite .
Ash-throated Crake .
Hoatzin .
Hyacinth Macaw .
White-bellied Parrot .
Red-fan Parrot .
Blackish Nightjar .
Crimson Topaz .
Green-tailed Goldenthroat .
Chestnut-eared Aracari .
Black-girdled Barbet .
Amazon Kingfisher .
Blue-cheeked Jacamar .
Paradise Jacamar .
Brown-banded Puffbird .
Spotted Puffbird .
Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike .
Pygmy Antwren .
Amazonian Antwren .
Scale-backed Antbird (of form nigrigula) .
White-fringed Antwren .
Snethlage's Chestnut-belted Gnateater .
White-crested Spadebill .
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher - these look quite different from all illustrated forms that I can find...
Dusky-tailed Flatbill .
Lesser Kiskadee .
White-banded and White-winged Swallows .
Short-billed Honeycreeper .
Black-faced Tanager .
Rufous-bellied Euphonia .
White-lored Euphonia .
Red-breasted Blackbird .