Pedro´s Big New Year

[michael-ibk]

You saw more raptors than I did, cool sightings. 

[TonyQ]

Well done @pedro maiaa very productive trip with some great birds. It sounds like a nice place.

Congratulations to your daughter for the sloth photos- lovely, and ver cute.

[PeterHG]

A good number of raptors there and a truly wonderful EBC !

[pedro maia]

#16, Southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)

 

Only seen in Mague Seco, not a new species for me.

[pedro maia]

#17, Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

 

Seen in the Imbassaí beach, a new species for me.  I saw only a couple of waders, Coe suggested to go to a good spot for waders but it was 2 hours north of Praia do Forte and I preferred not to go. 

[pedro maia]

#18, Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)

 

Seen in the Klaus Peters park and previously in the Pantanal.

[pedro maia]

Doves aren´t my favourite birds and I didn´t see any new species during this trip but a tick is a tick, even if it isn´t a new one...

 

#19, Scaled dove (Columbina squammata)

[pedro maia]

#20, Ruddy ground dove (Columbina talpacoti)

[pedro maia]

#21, White-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

[shazdwn]

Oh that sloth 😍. The witch is awesome too. 

[pedro maia]

It’ s been 2 years since I last saw this guys, yesterdays there were a few of them in the Lezíria.

[pedro maia]

#22, Peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)

 

[pedro maia]

#23, Orange-winged amazon (Amazona amazonica)

 

Only sighting and with very poor light.

[pedro maia]

#24, Golden-tailed parrotlet (Touit surdus)

 

 

Coe was very excited to spot this species in the Aruá forest, a group feeding high in the canopy (not easy to photograph), an endangered species endemic to Brazil that occurs only in the eastern portion of the Atlantic Forest, a new species for me of course.

[michael-ibk]

That Peach-Fronted is a really good-looking one. Isn't it around in the Pantanal as well? 

[pedro maia]

3 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

That Peach-Fronted is a really good-looking one. Isn't it around in the Pantanal as well? 

It is, I saw it there.

[pedro maia]

#25, Squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

 

Imposible to get a clear shot, single sighting from this trip, I had a much better one in the Pantanal.

Edited September 20, 2022 by pedro maia

[pedro maia]

#26, Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)

 

A single distant sighting, much more common in the Pantanal.

[pedro maia]

#27, Lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

 

Sleeping at the entrance of Klaus Peters park, Coe told me it´s a regular there, a new species for me.

Edited September 20, 2022 by pedro maia

[pedro maia]

#28, Common pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

 

I went for a night outing with Coe in the Aruá Forest, the goal was to see owls, 2 species answer the call but dind´t show up, the same happened with the Common potoo, which I would have loved to see, and we had to settle for the paurauque, previously seen in the Pantanal.

[pedro maia]

All humminbirds seen (not so many) were new to me, whcich is natural since I had seen only one species before this trip.

 

#29, Swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)

 

In a back street in Praia do Forte but stayed in the shade with back light, I didn´t get to see nor photograpgh it´s colours.

[pedro maia]

#30, Gllittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)

 

A couple of sightings at Klaus Peters park.

[pedro maia]

#31, Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata)

Male

Female

 

None of the humminbirds pictures were take in feeders, maybe that´s why I found it quite challenging.

[pedro maia]

Trogons were quite high on my wish list, so I was quite happy when I saw this one at Klaus Peters park:

 

#32, Blue-crowned trogon (Trogon curucui)

 

It was a bit far from the trail and when I tried to get a clear view it just flew away, I was a bit desapointed with that.

[pedro maia]

This one at the Aruá Forest was much more confiding and allowed plenty of time to take pictures from a close range.

 

#33, Green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis)