Lia arranged for us to have a morning out birding further north in the deciduous woodland valleys above Brasilia. It did mean an absurdly early start, not helped by students playing music til 1.00 in the morning. Still we emerged from our beds at 5.00 and set off into the darkness.
We arrived on site not long after first light. It was an awesome mornings birding, with no less than 14 new species for me; including the extremely range restricted species Caatinga Black-Tyrant, which was our primary target for the morning. Other crazy lifers included Black-tailed Tityra, Crested Oropendula and Amazonian Motmot. To complete the list of new species; Plumbeous Pigeon, Sombre Hummingbird, Black-fronted Nunbird, Green-barred Woodpecker, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Planalto Slaty Antshrike, Crested Becard, Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Grey Pileated Finch. It really was an awesome morning, complete with a Black Vulture colony and crazy views of Blue-and-yellow Macaw. The habitat was completely different to anything we had birded so far, more like the English countryside with fields, livestock and strips of forest.
-Yellow-headed Caracara
-Sombre Hummingbird
-Grey Pileated Finch
-Black-fronted Nunbird
-Caatinga Black-Tyrant
-American Black Vulture
-Blue-and-yellow Macaw
In the afternoon we headed out to the field and managed to catch a new Helmeted Manakin and a Black-goggled Tanager, the latter of which I was able to ring. On our way out the cerrado we also saw a Blue Ground Dove and a pair of Blue-winged Parrotlets, rounding off an excellent days birding.Species List:
MONA do Morro da Pedreira: Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Plumbeous Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Sombre Hummingbird, Southern Lapwing, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Collared Forest Falcon, Southern Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Amazonian Motmot, Black-fronted Nunbird, Chestnut-eared Acari, Toco Toucan, Green-barred Woodpecker, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, White-eyed Parakeet, Planalto Slaty Antshrike, Planalto Woodcreeper, Rufous Hornero, Pearl-vented Tody-Tyrant, Caatinga Black-Tyrant, Long-tailed Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Black-tailed Tityra, Crested Becard, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, House Wren, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Crested Oropendula, Variable Oriole, Chopi Blackbird, Palm Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Grey Pileated Finch, Black-throated Saltator,
Brasilia: Green Ibis, Guira Cuckoo, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Toco Toucan, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Variable Antshrike, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Helmeted Manakin, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Bananaquit, Black-goggled Tanager, White-bellied Warbler, House Sparrow,
Brazil Day 32 11.02.2019
For the first time in what seems like ages we spent almost the whole day in the field. We set up nets at a new location in the morning, before opening them and ringing until midday. We then reopened them in the evening from about 17.00 until it started to pour with rain at around 19.00
We caught a few nice bits, the highlight being a Gray-fronted Dove, which Lia ringed, then Eulers Flycatcher and Green-winged Saltator both of which I ringed. In the evening we also caught a new Helmeted Manakin. A much slower day overall, the late nights and early starts of the weekend really taking their toll. I spent much of the afternoon napping.
-Gray-fronted Dove
-Eulers Flycatcher
Species List:
Brasilia: Whistling Heron, Southern Caracara, Picazuro Pigeon, Gray-fronted Dove, Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, Smooth-billed Ani, Sick's Swift, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Toco Toucan, Euler's Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Helmeted Manakin, Buff-breasted Wren, Pale-bellied Thrush, Grassland Yellowfinch, White-bellied Seedeater, Green-winged Saltator, House Sparrow,
Brazil Day 33 12.02.2019
We opened the nets early morning in the hope of catching some more cool birds. In the end we only caught two birds in the morning; a recaptured Pale-breasted Thrush and a very young Masked Yellowthroat, a species that Lia had never caught before. In the evening we only caught one bird, but it was a dazzling male Helmeted Manakin! In the afternoon break we also tried to catch the brasilia tapaculo, but we had no luck.
-Pale-breasted Thrush
-Southern Yellowthroat
-Helmeted Manakin
There were a few other birds around. We started our day with two Channel-billed Toucans in the tree outside the digs. On our drive over to the ringing site we had great views of a Gray-headed Kite perched up next to the road, a new species for me, and we also found two Tropical Peewees between net rounds, which were also a new species for me.Species List:
Brasilia: Black Vulture, Gray-headed Kite, Short-tailed Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Red-legged Seriema, Ruddy Ground Dove, Blue Ground Dove, Picazuro Pigeon, Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Ringed Kingfisher, Channel-billed Toucan, Speckled Piculette, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Variable Antshrike, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Gray-hooded Flycatcher, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Euler's Flycatcher, Tropical Peewee, Pale-bellied Tyrant Manakin, Helmeted Manakin, Buff-brested Wren, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush, Bananaquit, Orange-headed Tanager, White-lined Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Tropical Parula, Southern Yellowthroat, White-bellied Warbler, House Sparrow,
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