Lia could not enter her
lab today due to other students using the facilities. As a result, we had the day
to head out birding. Our original plans quickly fell apart and as a result we
made a last-minute decision to bird an area of public road that ran adjacent to
two areas of protected Atlantic Forest. There were no eBird hotspots in the
area, so we were going in blind as to what we might find.
As it happened, we had an excellent morning birding, with some nice species among the commoner Atlantic Forest birds. Perhaps the standout was a pair of Black-backed Tanager which were high up in the canopy, forming a mixed flock with Brassy-breasted Tanager. This species is rare, and normally restricted to the coastal plain. I personally have only seen it once previously, when I saw a female/immature male in Vilha Velha in 2019, which is the very northern limit of its wintering range.
There were other nice species on offer too. This was only the second time I have seen Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant, and the first time I have photographed it. The bird showed exceptionally well, perching still for a few minutes at a time, rather than the usual erratic movements of Hemitriccus. There were also a few Eared Pygmy-Tyrant as well. This tiny bird is another that I have seen only a few times before, so it was a pleasure to catch up with them again here.
In total we wrapped up with just short of 50 species, which is an excellent total for an area that we visited based purely on chance.
As it happened, we had an excellent morning birding, with some nice species among the commoner Atlantic Forest birds. Perhaps the standout was a pair of Black-backed Tanager which were high up in the canopy, forming a mixed flock with Brassy-breasted Tanager. This species is rare, and normally restricted to the coastal plain. I personally have only seen it once previously, when I saw a female/immature male in Vilha Velha in 2019, which is the very northern limit of its wintering range.
There were other nice species on offer too. This was only the second time I have seen Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant, and the first time I have photographed it. The bird showed exceptionally well, perching still for a few minutes at a time, rather than the usual erratic movements of Hemitriccus. There were also a few Eared Pygmy-Tyrant as well. This tiny bird is another that I have seen only a few times before, so it was a pleasure to catch up with them again here.
In total we wrapped up with just short of 50 species, which is an excellent total for an area that we visited based purely on chance.
-Eared Pygmy Tyrant
-Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant
-Red-bellied Surucua Trogon
-Black-backed Tanager
-Doxocopa laurentia
-Doxocopa agathina
Species List:
Avenida Silvestre Pires de Freitas: Sick's Swift, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Surucua Trogon, Green-billed Toucan, White-barred Piculet, White-spotted Woodpecker, Scaly-headed Parrot, Spot-backed Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Rufous-winged Antwren, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Lesser Woodcreeper, Streaked Xenops, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, Rufous-capped Spinetail, Blue Manakin, Pin-tailed Manakin, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Greenish Schiffornis, Grey-hooded Flycatcher, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Eared Pygmy Tyrant, Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Olivaceous Elaenia, Euler's Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Chivi Vireo, Blue-and-white Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Trilling Gnatwren, Violaceous Euphonia, Golden-crowned Warbler, White-rimmed Warbler, Black-goggled Tanager, Ruby-crowned Tanager, Black-backed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Bananaquit,
Avenida Silvestre Pires de Freitas: Sick's Swift, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Black Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Surucua Trogon, Green-billed Toucan, White-barred Piculet, White-spotted Woodpecker, Scaly-headed Parrot, Spot-backed Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Rufous-winged Antwren, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Lesser Woodcreeper, Streaked Xenops, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, Rufous-capped Spinetail, Blue Manakin, Pin-tailed Manakin, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Greenish Schiffornis, Grey-hooded Flycatcher, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Eared Pygmy Tyrant, Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant, Yellow-olive Flatbill, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Olivaceous Elaenia, Euler's Flycatcher, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Chivi Vireo, Blue-and-white Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Trilling Gnatwren, Violaceous Euphonia, Golden-crowned Warbler, White-rimmed Warbler, Black-goggled Tanager, Ruby-crowned Tanager, Black-backed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Blue Dacnis, Bananaquit,
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