Flora & Fauna Field Tour
Brazil
Tour Itinerary
Aug.
03 - 16, 2009
TOUR # 1
Atlantic Coast Forest Tour Aug. 3 - 9 from Sao Paolo |
BOUTE
EXPEDITIONS TOURS BRAZILIAN
SOUTHEAST RAINFOREST & HIGHLANDS – ITATIAIA
NATIONAL PARK & UBATUBA RESERVE 1st. Day: Arrival from home at the International Airport of São Paulo. Transfer to the Itatiaia National Park. Check in. Lunch. Optional Siesta. PM: Dedicated to watch fantastic bird at the gardens of the Hotel & its feeders - Possible Birds: Brazilian Ruby, Dusky-legged Guan, Saffron Toucanet, Green-headed Tanager...just to mention a few...We shall stay long enough to watch the Sunset & try some owling, which would include chances of seeing the Semi-collared Nighthawk and the Tawny-browed Owl. Dinner. FCT( Field Checklist Track). Overnight at Hotel Conora. 2nd. Day: On this day, we will bird on the upper part of the Park, where we shall be almost the entire day. Box lunch. And our gain shall be superb: The very endemic Golden-winged Cotinga, Itatiaia Spinetail, Blue Manakin, Brassy-breasted Tanager and Gilt-edged Tanager among many more! Return at the end of the day, with chances for Tawny-browed Owl on the way back to the hotel. Dinner. FCT. Overnight : Hotel Conora. 3rd Day:
On this day we will be exploring trails - Both AM & PM, but returning
to our lodge for a nice meal & some rest. We will search carefully for
the Antwrens: such the Star-throated and Ferruginous and Antbirds such
the: White-bibbed Antbird - Both endemic to Brazil!!! 4th. Day: Breakfast. Check out, with birding in route: Streamer-tailed Tyrant and Firewood Gatherer. Once we arrive in Ubatuba, we shall make a stop on a wonderful property where we may see the Red-necked Tanager, this place also has very productive feeders : Saw-billed Hermit, Sombre Hummingbird and Festive Coquette! Arrival at the Lodge. Check in. Free time to walk and birding on the beach (Kelp Gull, Brown Bobby). Dinner. FCT. Overnight at Ubatuba Palace Hotel or Estalagem Casa Grande. |
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Frilled
Coquette |
5th. & 6th. Day: We will be exploring this superb area with chances for the following
birds: Brazilian Ruby, Bare-throated Bellbird, white-shouldered Fire-eye,
Streak-capped Antwren, Slaty Bristelfront, Buff-throated Purpletuft,
White-bearded Manakin, Sharpbill, Mantle Hawk, Gray-hooded Flycatcher,
Long-billed Wren, Making a total (about) for both portions of the trip of
600 species of Birds!!! 7th. Day:
Breakfast. AM: Birding for possible missing species. Lunch. Return to the
lodge. Check out. Transfer to the Sao Paulo International Airport, with
birding on route. Arrival and check in at the airport. |
TOUR #
2 Pantanal Aug. 10 - 16 from Cuiaba |
BOUTE EXPEDITIONS
TOURS PANTANAL,
SERRA DAS ARARAS AND CHAPADA DO GUIMARÃES 1st. Day: Arrival at the International Airport in Cuiaba and immediate transfer to the Pantanal. Field observation and birdwatching on route. While crossing the area down the Transpantaneira dirt road, spectacular chances to spot many birdlife such a Jabiru, Wood Stork, Roseate Spoonbill, Southern Screamer, Plumbeous, Buff-necked, Bare-faced & Green Ibises, Sunbittern, Long-tailed Ground-Dove, Black-collared, Great Black & Savanna Hawks, Snail Kite, Chaco Chachalaca and many others. Arrival at the hotel at the end of the day. Check in. Sunset and Nighthawks watch, followed by some Owling. Dinner. Field Check List Track (FCT). Overnight : Piuval Lodge. 2nd. Day: Early morning breakfast and birding on the gallery
forest of the Pixaim river, good chances to spot the Helmeted Manakin,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, White-lored and Rusty-backed Spinetail, Mato Grosso
and Band-tailed Antbird, Red-billed Scythebill, Flavescent Warbler,
Moustached and Buff-bellied Wrens, Purplish Jay, Troupial, Crested
Oropendola, Solitary Black-Cacique, Blue-crowned Trogon, Black-fronted
Nunbird, Silver-beaked Tanager, Rusty-collared and White-bellied
Seedeaters, Lesser Seed-Finch and many others. Return for lunch. PM: Boat
ride, with chances to spot Anhinga, Rufescent-tiger, Striated and
Boat-billed Herons, Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Sungrebe, Southern Lapwing,
Lesser Kiskadee, Black-capped Donacobius. All the five South American
Kingfishers, Band-tailed Nighthawk and many others. After dinner night
tour to owling and spot nocturnal wildlife, including Ocelots! |
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Great
Potoo |
3rd. Day: After Breakfast, we check out and transfer to another lodge with birding along the route with chances for Maguari Stork, Laughing Falcon, Whistling Heron, White-faced, Black-bellied & Muscovy Ducks, Bare-faced Curassow, Blue-throated Piping-Guan, Bay-winged & Giant Cowbird. We will move to a lodge with nesting Hyacinth Macaws and daytime roost for Great Potoo. This area is also "literally" packed with a great number of other birds. Check in. Lunch. Siesta. PM: Bird walk with chances to spot Rufous Cacholote, Red-crested & Yellow-billed Cardinal, Grayish & Buff-throated Saltator, White-rumped Monjita, Nacunda Nighthawk, Greater & Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Masked Gnatcatcher. Capped Heron, Toco Toucan, Chesnut-eared Aracari, Peach-fronted, Monk & Golden-chevroned Parakeets, Golden-collared Macaw, Striped Cuckoo, Scarlet-headed, Unicolored & Chopi Blackbirds, followed by some owling. FCT. Dinner. Overnight : Piuval Lodge. 4th. Day: Breakfast. Farewell sights for the Hyacinth Macaws.
Check out. Transfer to Serra das Araras. Field observation and
birdwatching on route. Arrival at lodge, accommodation and afternoon Harpy
Eagle watch, also chances to spot Gray Hawk, Yellow-tufted Woodpecker,
Warbling Antbird, Magpie Tanager and many others. Night outing to look
for: Least Nighthawk, Scissor-tailed Nightjar and Pauraque. Dinner. FCT.
Overnight : Curupira Lodge. |
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Chapada
dos Guimarães-MT |
6th Day: Full day at Chapada. Our targets will be: Rufous-sided
Pygmy-Tyrant, and cerrado specialties such as: Red-legged Seriema,
Small-billed Tinamou, White-eared Puffbird, Collared Crescentchest, Horned
Sungem, Yellow-billed Blue Finch, Rufous-winged Antshrike, Black-faced
Tanager, Red-legged Seriema, White-eared Puffbird, White-rumped and
White-banded Tanagers, Coal-crested Finch, Plumbeous Seedeater,
Black-throated Saltator and many others.Lunch with some siesta break at
our hotel. PM: Birdwatching at semi-deciduous forest, cerrado, canyons
with chances to spot Yellow-ridged Toucan, Lettered Aracari,
White-collared and Biscutate Swift, Blue-crowned Motmot, White-lined and
Guira Tanager, Ochre-cheeked Spinetail, Plain Antvireo, Wedge-tailed
Grass-Finch, and many others. Return to the Hotel. Owling. Dinner. FCT. Overnight : Penhasco Lodge. |
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Collared
Crescent-chest |
7th. Day: Breakfast. AM: Full morning birding - Superb Special
Targets: Band-tailed and Fire-Crowned Manakins and Southern Antpipit.
Return to the Hotel. Check out. Transfer to Cuiaba. Check in at the
airport. Lunch. Flight to Sao Paulo. |