Today
represented my first full day in Brazil where I was not hindered by jetlag. Lia
had offered that we spend the morning looking for Greater Thornbird, a bird I
had seen on my prior visit but only in sillouhet and not tickable views. We
headed to a small wetland site first where we had some amazing species.
Although not a bird, Neotropical Otter is already a highlight of this latest
Brazilian adventure, with two individuals showing incredibly well. And then at
the same site we managed to get my first new bird of the trip; Rufous-sided
Crake. Remarkably this is only my second species of Crake in South America but
it performed nicely giving excellent views.
-Neotropical River Otter
-Rufous-sided Crake
After an
hour at this site we moved on to the main site for the Thornbird. The visit was
brief and littered with incident, like getting the car stuck in mud and losing
my speaker, but in the end it was well worth it with excellent, no effort views
of the Greater Thornbird. We also had nice views of Horned Screamer and a
flyover Yellowish Pipit.
-Greater Thornbird
-Horned Screamer
In the afternoon
we headed to Altiplano Leste to yeartick Ocellated Crake at the stakeout there.
This time there were two individuals, and although we did not see it, a baby as
well. Both bird performed incredibly, being much more bold than when I had seen
the single bird a year previous. A superb backup cast included a flyby Horned
Sungem and nice views of Crested Black Tyrant.
-Ocellated Crake
-Crested Black Tyrant
Species
List:
Rodovia
DF 230: Brazilian
Teal, Scaled Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Rufous-sided
Crake, Wattled Jacana, Striated Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black Vulture,
Pearl Kite, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Yellow-chinned Spinetail,
Common Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Masked Water Tyrant, White-headed
Marsh Tyrant, Variegated Flycatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied
Thrush, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Grey-headed Tanager, Neotropical Otter,
Rodovia
DF 100: Horned
Screamer, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Black Vulture, Blue-winged Parrotlet,
Rufous Hornero, Greater Thornbird, Brown-chested Martin, Yellowish Pipit, Chestnut-capped
Blackbird, Blue-black Grassquit,
Altiplano
Leste: Picazuro
Pigeon, Eared Dove, Horned Sungem, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Ocellated Crake,
White-tailed Kite, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Rufous
Hornero, Crested Black Tyrant, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Black-faced Tanager, Saffron
Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater,
Brasil
Day 2 15.02.2020
After a
night of beverages, we somehow managed to head out early to the farm where we
had first worked a year ago, Fazenda Agua Limpa. Our main goal was to show a
visiting birder the farms Brasilia tapaculo, but unfortunately both locations
where we have seen the bird before we failed. There was a nice selection of
Cerrado birds however, including Grey-headed Kite and Rufous Casiornis, but the
undoubted highlight was an Undulated Tinamou crossing the road distantly ahead
of us. This was another lifer for me, and finally ending the demons after
hearing this species constantly during my two months stay. After a pleasant
morning, we spent the afternoon chilling and seeing friends, so not much scope
for birding.
-Undulated Tinamou
-Rufous Casiornis
Species
List:
Fazenda
Agua Limpa: Undulated
Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel
Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Neotropical Palm Swift, Southern Lapwing, Great Egret, Capped
Heron, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Grey-headed Kite, Ringed Kingfisher, Toco
Toucan, Red-legged Seriema, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Peach-fronted Parakeet, White-eyed
Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Plain-crested Elaenia, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Lesser
Elaenia, Long-tailed Tyrant, Rufous Casiornis, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed
Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Curl-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Chalk-browed
Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, Saffron-billed Sparrow, Tropical Parula, Burnished-buff
Tanager, Guira Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied
Seedeater,
Brazil
Day 3 16.02.2020
Today was
something of a none event, being spent travelling the 10 hour distance from Brasilia
to Campinhas, just north of Sao Paulo. Obviously on such a drive there were a
few birds along the way, but not so many due to large stretches of intensive agriculture.
The standout birds were my first Brazilian Barn Swallows and a few Yellow-rumped
Marshbirds by the side of the road. We arrived in Campinhas just before dark,
ready for a well earned rest.
Species
List:
Travelling: Barn Swallow, White-rumped Monjita,
Yellow-rumped Marshbird,
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