We had a few sites that we wanted to visit during Lias work in Sao Paulo and this was another. Although situated in central Sao Paulo, the small park bordering a large reservoir provides one of the best places in Brazil to get to grips with Great Grebe, a species more commonly found in the southern cone of South America. Despite the level of urbanization around the lake, and insane volumes of litter, the population here is thriving and expanding. We saw 21 Grebes just in the small section of the lake that we visited, including a female on a nest.
In addition to the Grebe, there was also a Red-fronted Coot seen in the park during December. This is a rare vagrant to Sao Paulo from southern Brazil and Argentina so we were pretty thrilled when we were able to find the bird showing very nicely. Both the Grebe and the Coot were lifers for Lia and myself.
There were a few other interesting birds on offer here, including a nice assortment of ducks; Silver Teal, White-cheeked Pintail and all three Whistling-Duck species. Another Brazil tick for me was a Peregrine that came bombing through hunting for Wildfowl. It certainly gave the teals and lapwings a fright before it moved off. A pleasant mornings birding, despite the huge amount of garbage and dull conditions.
In addition to the Grebe, there was also a Red-fronted Coot seen in the park during December. This is a rare vagrant to Sao Paulo from southern Brazil and Argentina so we were pretty thrilled when we were able to find the bird showing very nicely. Both the Grebe and the Coot were lifers for Lia and myself.
There were a few other interesting birds on offer here, including a nice assortment of ducks; Silver Teal, White-cheeked Pintail and all three Whistling-Duck species. Another Brazil tick for me was a Peregrine that came bombing through hunting for Wildfowl. It certainly gave the teals and lapwings a fright before it moved off. A pleasant mornings birding, despite the huge amount of garbage and dull conditions.
-Silver Teal
-Peregrine Falcon
-White-backed Stilt
-Red-fronted Coot
-Great Grebe
Species
List:
Parque Linear Nove de Julho: White-faced Whistling Duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Brazilian Teal, Silver Teal, White-cheeked Pintail, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Grebe, Feral Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Eared Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Sick's Swift, Ash-throated Crake, Common Gallinule, Red-fronted Coot, Purple Gallinule, White-backed Stilt, Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, Neotropic Cormorant, Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black Vulture, Southern Crested Caracara, Peregrine Falcon, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-winged Parrotlet, White-eyed Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Spix's Spinetail, Masked Water Tyrant, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Swallow, House Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, House Sparrow, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Sayaca Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit,
Parque Linear Nove de Julho: White-faced Whistling Duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Brazilian Teal, Silver Teal, White-cheeked Pintail, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Grebe, Feral Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Eared Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Sick's Swift, Ash-throated Crake, Common Gallinule, Red-fronted Coot, Purple Gallinule, White-backed Stilt, Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, Neotropic Cormorant, Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black Vulture, Southern Crested Caracara, Peregrine Falcon, Turquoise-fronted Amazon, Blue-winged Parrotlet, White-eyed Parakeet, Rufous Hornero, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Spix's Spinetail, Masked Water Tyrant, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Swallow, House Wren, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Pale-breasted Thrush, House Sparrow, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Sayaca Tanager, Saffron Finch, Blue-black Grassquit,
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