Atlantic Rainforest birding at its best!
BIRDING BRAZIL’S ATLANTIC RAINFOREST AT ECO LODGE ITORORÓ AND REGUA, 16th – 27th Sept 2024
Andy Foster’s Serra dos Tucanos Birding Tours latest birding tour at Eco Lodge Itororó and Regua Reserve. Check out the numbers: Totals for the week were as follows:
Total number of seen species: 314
Total number of heard only species: 15
Total number of Atlantic Rainforest endemics: 104
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DAILY ACCOUNT
MONDAY 16TH
Serra dos Tucanos Birding Tours had been asked to put together a private tour for 2 clients. The arrival day was a free day to acclimatise to their new surroundings. Arrival into Rio was at 06.00 and by 09.30 they had arrived well at Itororo lodge, their base for the next 7 nights.
The feeders were very busy with regular visits from Brassy-breasted Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Plain Parakeet, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Golden-chevroned Tanager, Pale-breasted Thrush, Azure-shouldered Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Crested Oropendola and hummingbirds including White-throated Hummingbird, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Brazilian Ruby and Black Jacobin. One of the main highlights was watching the Long-trained Nightjar prior to dinner.
TUESDAY 17TH
The first full day excursion of the tour was underway as we departed from the lodge at 06.30 and headed towards Duas Barras for a day of open country birding with our main target being the range restricted and endemic Three-toed Jacamar amongst many other great birds.
Our first stop didn’t disappoint as we picked up our first new bird, a male Ultramarine Grosbeak, this was followed by Chestnut-vented Conebill, Chopi Blackbird, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Burnished-buff Tanager, Pale-vented Pigeon, Blue-winged Macaw, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Black-capped Donacobius, Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Bran-coloured Flycatcher, great views of a Blackish Rail, Wing-banded Hornero, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Red-rumped Cacique and Toco Toucan. We drove on a little further to our next stop where we picked up White-tailed Hawk, Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail, Creamy-bellied Thrush, good scope views of Scaly-headed Parrot, White-eyed Parakeet, Cliff Flycatcher, Surucua Trogon, Streaked Xenops, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Scaled Woodcreeper, Golden-crowned Warbler, Curl-crested Jay and surprisingly a female Uniform Finch…
Below are some photos from the tour!
Photo Credits: Andy Foster
