Its been less than a year since our first visit, but we found ourselves already returning to Alagoas and the ESEC Murici protected area that exists in the state. Our work involved monitoring the population of birds within the forest and documenting them so that the forest can be better understood.
We flew from Sao Paulo in the morning of the 13th
and then headed to the town of Murici where we would meet the government agency
working there and they would take us into the forest. The problem was however
that there had been heavy rain for multiple days prior, and the road was now
impassable, even with a 4x4. Consequently, we found ourselves spending our
first night in a nearby hotel, which is very popular with birders; the Quilombo
Hotel Fazenda.
Although we arrived quite late in the afternoon, we still
had a little bit of birding, and after dark, we had great views of a Pernambuco
Spiny Porcupine crossing the site. But the best of the birding was the
following morning when we had time to kill before the agency would collect us.
We enjoyed excellent views of the endemic subspecies of Rufous-winged
Thornbird, Green-backed Becard, only the second time I have seen this species, and
a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl showed nicely. Generally, most of the birds we saw were
common, but we still collected over 70 species!
As we were leaving we also found that the entrance lobby of
the hotel had a small colony of bats roosting in the rafters, which we enjoyed looking
at during checkout. One species especially was quite pretty with stripes down its
back.
Quilombo Hotel Fazenda: Ruddy Ground Dove, Scaled Dove, White-tipped Dove, Guira Cuckoo, Smooth-billed Ani, Striped Cuckoo, Squirrel Cuckoo, Rufous-breasted Hermit, Planalto Hermit, Black-throated Mango, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Glittering-throated Emerald, Limpkin, Southern Lapwing, Wattled Jacana, Great Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Black Vulture, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Roadside Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Burrowing Owl, Ringed Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Ochraceous Piculet, Little Woodpecker, Crested Caracara, Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet, Red-shouldered Macaw, Southern White-fringed Antwren, Ceara Woodcreeper, Streaked Xenops, Band-tailed Hornero, Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Green-backed Becard, Crested Becard, Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Yellow Tyrannulet, Planalto Tyrannulet, White-headed Marsh Tyrant, Masked Water Tyrant, Short-crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Streaked Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, Variegated Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Chivi Vireo, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, White-winged Swallow, Tropical Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Pale-breasted Thrush, House Sparrow, Purple-throated Euphonia, Violaceous Euphonia, Variable Oriole, Shiny Cowbird, Hooded Tanager, Orange-headed Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, Palm Tanager, Burnished-buff Tanager, Chestnut-vented Conebill, Blue-black Grassquit,
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