Once again we decided to try for the Frilled Coquet, bringing our total number of attempts up to four.
This time we arrived much earlier on site, and as a result had to walk to the
gardens where we look for the bird. Upon our arrival, not much after 09.00 we
found no sign of the bird, and once again I consigned myself to defeat.
However, after some twenty minutes the bird finally FINALLY appeared in all its
glory. It was perched out in the open gloriously, showing off what an absolute
beauty it is. It was well worth the wait, although I would have preferred it to
have appeared on my first visit.
-Frilled Coquet
Afterwards, by mid-morning, we headed to the Brasilia
National Park for some birding. It was already hot and the park was busy so the
number of birds was limited but it was nice to see White-striped Warbler, a species I only saw a handful of on my last
visit. Our main target was bare-faced curassow, but the number of people
presumable sent these birds into the forest.
Species List:
Botanical Gardens: Squirrel
Cuckoo, Frilled Coquet, Southern Lapwing, American Black Vulture, Black-capped
Antwren, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird,
Helmeted Manakin, House Wren, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush,
Purple-throated Euphonia, Violaceous Euphonia, Rufous-collared Sparrow,
Burnished-buff Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Guira Tanager,
Brasilia National
Park: Fork-tailed Woodnymph, American Black Vulture, Black-capped Antwren,
Euler’s Flycatcher, Greenish Schiffornis, Masked Gnatcatcher, Pale-breasted Thrush,
White-bellied Warbler, White-striped Warbler, Flavescent Warbler, Black-goggled
Tanager, Black-tufted Marmoset, Black-striped
Capuchin,
Brazil Day 5
08.06.2019
We spent the day hungover and organising the final pieces
for our upcoming trip through eastern Brazil. As a result we did no birding
today, although we did watch the new X-men film.
Brazil Day 6
09.06.2019
During the afternoon we had more social commitments and then
our flight to Fortaleza where we would begin a trip round eastern Brazil.
However, in the morning we found two hours to try once more for the Bare-faced Curassow in the National
Park. We spent an hour and a half in the area where Lia had seen it two times
previous but with no luck. We had excellent views of White-striped Warbler and of
Black-fronted Nunbird, but the highlight was brilliant views of Azara’s Agouti moving through the
leaflitter.
-Black-fronted Nunbird
-White-striped Warbler
We decided to call it a day after that, and headed back to
the car. On the way, next to the car park we encountered a large mob of Ring-tailed Coati which were a new
mammal species for me. And it was when we had stopped for these that we finally
spotted the pair of Curassow feeding in the shade. They were not shy and we
were able to get fantastic views, well worth coming back for.
-Bare-faced Curassow
-Ring-tailed Coati
Brasilia National
Park: Bare-faced Curassow, Picazuro Pigeon, Squirrel Cuckoo, Swallow-tailed
Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph,
Southern Lapwing, American Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Black-fronted Nunbird,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, Yellow-chevroned Parakeet, Turquoise-fronted
Amazon Parrot, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Southern Antpipit, Yellow-olive
Flycatcher, Helmeted Manakin, Buff-breasted Wren, Masked Gnatcatcher,
Pale-breasted Thrush, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Variable Oriole, Tropical Parula,
White-bellied Warbler, White-striped Warbler, Burnished-buff Tanager, Blue
Dacnis, Bananaquit, Buff-throated Saltator, Azara’s
Agouti, Ring-tailed Coati,
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