Having
spent the last few days relaxing in Sao Paulo and then travelling south to
Curitiba, today was our first day birding in Parana state. We started heading
to a small wetland site to the east of the city where we were hopeful of
finding Marsh Tapaculo. We arrived on site mid-morning and immediately started
walking along the road listening for the bird. We had a number of nice species
during our visit, including Olive Spinetail and Uniform Finch. After our walk,
on the way back to the car we heard no less than three Tapaculos singing in the
vegetation adjacent to the road. Sadly the grass was thick and despite the
birds being close, only I managed to get the most fleeting of views. Still, it
was nice to hear the birds so well, despite being unable, for the most part, to
see them.
-Olive Spinetail
-Pampa Finch
Species List:
Várzea na Estrada do Curralinho: Ruddy
Ground Dove, Eared Dove, Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, Black Vulture, Marsh
Tapaculo, Olive Spinetail, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Blue-and-white
Swallow, Hooded Siskin, Diademed Tanager, Uniform Finch, Pampa Finch, Double-collared
Seedeater, Bananaquit, Green-winged Saltator,
Brazil
Day 26 10.03.2020
We headed
out for a mornings birding around Curitiba again, starting with another visit
to the Marsh Tapaculo site. The same bird responded strongly to the playback
but was once again extremely frustrating given how close it was. Both Lia and I
managed to obtain some views through the vegetation, but mine were limited to
seeing its stomach bounce with each note of the monotonous song. Other birds
were of a much similar makeup to the previous day, although a stunning male Glaucous-Blue Grosbeak was a massive surprise.
-Glaucous-Blue Grosbeak
-Pampa Finch
For the
rest of the morning we visited Parque Tangua on the north side of Curitiba
city. Despite being an urban park, it was an excellent place to find Canebreak
Groundcreeper, a stunning furnariid that I really wanted to see. The bird was
an absolute nightmare however, always being extremely close in the vegetation
but views being extremely limit to fleeting glimpses or clear views for little
more than a second. The park had a number of other good birds as well and I got
my 600 Brazilian species in a stunning male Blue-and-yellow Tanager. In the
evening we headed out to try and find ourselves some owls in the park. We managed
to find a brilliant Long-tufted Screech-Owl, the regions local Megascops
species and a nice owl lifer for me. There was also a few Capybaras wandering
around the lawns of the park as we wandered around.
-Canebreak Groundcreeper
-Blue-and-yellow Tanager
-Long-tufted Screech-Owl
Species
List:
Várzea
na Estrada do Curralinho: Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Southern Lapwing, Marsh Tapaculo, Rufous
Hornero, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Chivi
Vireo, House Wren, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Southern
Yellowthroat, Glaucous-Blue Grosbeak, Pampa Finch, Double-collared Seedeater
Parque
Tangua: Brazilian
Teal, Feral Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Black-throated Mango, Slaty-breasted
Wood Rail, Common Gallinule, Southern Lapwing, Neotropic Cormorant, Black-crowned
Night Heron, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Burrowing Owl, Long-tufted
Screech-Owl, Southern Crested Caracara, Plain Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Canebrake
Groundcreeper, Olive Spinetail, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Blue-and-white
Swallow, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Shiny Cowbird, Blue-and-yellow
Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Saffron Finch, Green-winged Saltator, Capybara,
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