Having completed most of our targets the previous day, we had little left on the agenda before departing from Urupema. We decided to return to the Atlantic Forest but early morning before breakfast. In the two hours that we were there we failed to get a sniff of the Antpitta but did manage to see the Rufous-tailed Antthrush, well but through the vegetation. The highlight was a very showy female Large-tailed Antshrike that put on a nice display inside the forest, bounding between the bamboo stems.
We returned to breakfast and to have one last look at the
feeders there. The Thick-billed Saltator, Chestnut-backed Tanager and
Blue-and-yellow Tanagers were all there, as was our first Red Tanager of the
trip. A very enjoyable final act in what had been a brilliant first few days on
this trip.
Next stop was further south, about four and a half hours, to
Sao Francisco de Paula on the Rio Grande do Sul/Santa Catarina border. At the
end of the afternoon we found a place to stop at Parque Estadual de Tahina
where there was some grassland habitat. The grassland did not yield much,
presumably due to the afternoon heat, but in the early evening the marshes were
fantastic.
Within ten minutes we found both of our key targets for the
next few days; Straight-billed Reedhaunter and Saffron-cowled Blackbird.
Although neither came particularly close for photos both looked brilliant in
the early evening light. There was also a very dapper male Black-bellied
Seedeater to enjoy, and a distant pair of parrots that flew over turned out to
be Red-spectacled Amazon when we checked the photos, which we did not know if we would find on
our trip due to the time of year, and is a very localised in this area of Brazil. A real bonus species for our trip.
Urupema: Brown Tinamou, Red-winged Tinamou, Dusky-legged Guan, Picazuro Pigeon, Sick's Swift, Glittering-bellied Emerald, White-throated Hummingbird, Southern Lapwing, Buff-necked Ibis, Black Vulture, Swallow-tailed Kite, White-spotted Woodpecker, Red-legged Seriema, Yellow-headed Caracara, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Large-tailed Antshrike, Variable Antshrike, Mouse-colored Tapaculo, Rufous-tailed Antthrush, Scalloped Woodcreeper, Striolated Tit-Spinetail, Olive Spinetail, White-winged Becard, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Small-billed Elaenia, Greenish Tyrannulet, Swainson's Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Chivi Vireo, Azure Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, House Wren, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Blacksmith Thrush, Hooded Siskin, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Golden-winged Cacique, Tropical Parula, White-rimmed Warbler, Red Tanager, Grey-throated Warbling Finch, Diademed Tanager, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Chestnut-backed Tanager, Green-winged Saltator, Thick-billed Saltator,
Parque Estadual do Tainhas: Red-winged Tinamou, Picazuro Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, Eared Dove, Great Dusky Swift, White-collared Swift, Sick's Swift, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Southern Lapwing, Great Egret, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Savanna Hawk, Campo Flicker, Red-legged Seriema, Crested Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Chimango Caracara, American Kestrel, Red-spectacled Amazon, Rufous Hornero, Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Firewood-gatherer, Straight-billed Reedhaunter, Spix's Spinetail, Sooty Tyrannulet, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Grey Monjita, Black-and-white Monjita, Great Kiskadee, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Azure Jay, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Brown-chested Martin, White-rumped Swallow, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Hooded Siskin, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Chopi Blackbird, Saffron-cowled Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Marshbird, Diademed Tanager, Saffron Finch, Lesser Grass Finch, Pampa Finch, Black-bellied Seedeater, Double-collared Seedeater,
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