Photo Gallery
Rich Hoyer
Brassy-breasted Tanager is one of several gaudy endemic tanagers…
…as is the Diademed Tanager, that conspire to make Southeastern Brazil an attractive destination.
Not only birds are showy here – Tibouchina trees punctuate the wet forest slopes…
…while red Begonias brighten up the understory.
Some endemics may not sport bright colors; the Bay-chested Warbling-Finch is still attractive…
…and the very local Three-toed Jacamar is always a charmer despite the lack of glitz.
Brazil has a very good tourism infrastructure.
Photo: Stuart Elsom
One of our hotels is a birding lodge with busy feeders.
Photo: Stuart Elsom
Crested Black-Tyrant is a scarce near-endemic we might see from a roadside….
… while the Rufous-capped Spinetail’s squeaky calls are often heard from dense understory along our birding trails.
We cover a variety of habitats from short montane scrub…
…where the adorable Plovercrest is a target species…
…and groves of Araucaria trees which have their own specialties…
…to mid-elevation forests…
…where Pileated Parrot might be one of the many birds we’ll see.
Our pleasant hotels are located very close, if not right in the midst of the habitat…
…allowing us to look for night birds, such as this Rusty-barred Owl…
…and Long-trained Nightjar, if the stake-out cooperates.
…The rooms of most of our lodges are very comfortable and modern…
…with lovely grounds for our occasional afternoon siesta.
Breakfasts are usually diverse buffets throughout Brazil.
Lowland forests in the coastal plain have another suite of specialties…
…but even widespread birds such as this tiny White-throated Spadebill will delight.
Speaking of tiny, White-barred Piculet is one of the smallest woodpeckers of Brazil.
Some common, widespread birds are still spectacular, such as the Fork-tailed Flycatcher
…and one never tires of the duetting Golden-crowned Warblers from every type of forest…
…nor the haunting song of the Yellow-legged Thrush.
Hummingbirds play a prominent role in these Neotropical forests.
Sometimes it’s something other than a bird that makes an outing memorable, here a Boie’s Frog.