Brazil; Peruibe

  Although we were pretty thorough in our Atlantic Forest trip through Sao Paulo and Rio in the winter of 2020, there were a few birds that we could not fit into our itinerary, or had to miss out for other reasons. One of these was Red-tailed Amazon, a species of parrot restricted to coastal forests of Parana and south Sao Paulo. We had planned to visit this species but a prison break in the nearby town led us to decide against it. Now almost a year later we decided to try again, as well as some other bits of birding in the area.
  We started by birding the coastal plain forest hoping to see some parrots flying over. We arrived at around 06:00 in the morning having driven two hours from Sao Paulo city. Lia’s sister had also come with us since we planned to spend a healthy portion of the day on the beach. The forest was quite lively with some nice birding, but we failed to find any parrots. We also managed to only hear Uniform Crake, another species we hoped to see during the day, and a large flyover woodpecker could have been Robust Woodpecker, which would have been another lifer. But despite the frustrations we managed great views of Trilling Gnatwren, a species I have only seen once before and then very poorly, as well as Azure Jay. The weather was excellent and we enjoyed the birding a lot.
  By mid morning it was already very hot to headed to the beach to look for waders. Although most of the coastline is developed, there is an area adjacent to some indigenous lands where the forest still meets the beach, and this was the area we looked for birds. We failed to find anything rare, but there were good numbers of Semipalmated Plovers and Sanderlings, as well as three Collared Plovers. Kelp Gulls were in good numbers loafing on the sands with Royal Tern and Cayenne (Cabot’s) Tern as well. A Scarlet Flycatcher in the coastal scrub was also a nice find.
  By late afternoon the weather had changed from clear blue skies to thunderstorms but we decided to try again for the parrots at roost. We had bumped into a few locals who all knew about the parrots and told us where to look. Although we had been told we had missed them leaving in the morning, there were likely to be good numbers roosting. And so there were! We rounded a corner to find at least 80 Red-tailed Amazon parrots feeding on Guava and perching in all manner of trees. Despite the poor conditions it was still quite a spectacle. At one point a very close lightening strike sent all the birds into the air at the same time. But then the rain began to fall heavier and we were forced to retreat, rounding off a superb day. 

-Kelp Gull

-Cayenne Tern & Royal Tern

-Sanderling

-Semipalmated Plover

-Scarlet Flycatcher

-Trilling Gnatwren

-Azure Jay

-Red-tailed Amazon

Species List:

Peruibe; Coastal Forest: Pale-vented Pigeon, Picazuro Pigeon, Ruddy Ground Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel Cuckoo, Sick's Swift, Black Jacobin, Black-throated Mango, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail, Limpkin, Southern Lapwing, Magnificent Frigatebird, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Hook-billed Kite, Green-backed Trogon, Ochre-collared Piculet, Blond-crested Woodpecker, Southern Crested Caracara, Red-tailed Amazon, Rufous-winged Antwren, Plain Xenops, Rufous Hornero, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Blue Manakin, White-bearded Manakin, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Greenish Schiffornis, Crested Becard, Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Great Kiskadee, Social Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Chivi Vireo, Azure Jay, Blue-and-white Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Trilling Gnatwren, House Wren, Long-billed Wren, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Creamy-bellied Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Red-rumped Cacique, Tropical Parula, Golden-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned Tanager, Brazilian Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Palm Tanager, Saffron Finch, Bananaquit,

Peruibe; Beach: Feral Pigeon, Smooth-billed Ani, American Oystercatcher, Collared Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Sanderling, Kelp Gull, Royal Tern, Cabot's Tern, Magnificent Frigatebird, Snowy Egret, Scarlet Ibis, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, White Woodpecker, Yellow-headed Caracara, Scarlet Flycatcher, Masked Water Tyrant, Cattle Tyrant, Great Kiskadee, Grey-breasted Martin, House Wren, Long-billed Wren, House Sparrow,