Neblina Forest Brochure 2017

Pantanal
12 days - 11 nights
Departures
2016 - 2018
From: Sao Paolo
or Rio de Janeiro
Best months:
September to April
Itinerary Resume
• 5 Nights in Intervales.
• 3 Nights Ubatuba.
• 3 Nights Itatiaia.
Brasil Atlantic Forest
12 days / 11 nights
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Itatiaia Rio de Janeiro
Intervales Sao Paolo
Foz Iguazu
Paraty
Ubatuba
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Day 1: Sao Paulo / Intervales Park Arrival at
Sao Paulo International Airport and transfer to
Intervales State Park. We’ll check in at one of
the “pousadas” inside the park. This huge park
is part of a complex of reserves that protects
thousands of kilometers of Atlantic rainforests.
Here we will start enjoying some local birds like:
red –necked tanager, swallow –tailed cotinga.
Overnight in Pousada Paraiso.
Days 2, 3 & 4: Intervales. Full days of full on
birding! Our more difficult target species here
include the shy Helmeted Woodpecker, Bluebellied
Parrot and Black-fronted Piping-Guan,
also the rare Mantled Hawk and Rufous-thighed
Kite while the dense stands of bamboo should
produce White-bearded Antshrike, along with
Buff-fronted and Temminck’s Seedeaters and
possibly Blackish-blue Seedeater and Sooty
Grassquit, Buff-fronted Owl., Brassy-breasted
and Brown Tanager.B: L: D
Day 5: Intervales to Ubatuba. Early birding in
Intervales and transfer to Ubatuba. Lunch on
the road and dinner at the hotel restaurant. B:
L: D
Day 6 & 7: Ubatuba, After some early morning
birding at Intervales we head to Ubatuba,
another area famous for both birding and
seaside holidays. While here we shall explore
the lush forests at the foot of the Serra do Mar
where we will be treated to a near continuous
chorus of Bare-throated Bellbirds from the
canopy and lekking Blue Manakins in the
understory. At our first site we hope to see
Brassy-breasted Tanager
the diminutive Buff-throated Purpletuft,
along with the endemic Orange-breasted
Thornbird, Salvadori’s Antwren, the enigmatic
Spotted Bamboowren and the stunning Tufted
Antshrike. If the weather is hot we may be lucky
and see a Black and White Hawk Eagle, a Black
Hawk Eagle or a Rufous-thighed Kite soaring
above the canopy. We may also find the Buffbellied
Puffbird, the exquisite and rare Forktailed
Tody-Tyrant and a multitude of tanagers,
including the beautiful Red-necked Tanager.
Day 8: Ubatuba / Pereque / Itatiaia National
ParkToday we head along the coast to the
town of Pereque to visit a site where the Blackhooded-Antwren
was rediscovered. This site
is also very good for a wide variety of Atlantic
forest species. Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant,
Blond-crested Woodpecker, Orange-breasted
Thornbird, Buff-throated Purpletuft, Chestnutbacked
Anthrile, Squamate Antbird, Halfcollared
After birding in this area we will drive
to Itatiaia National Park. at the Hotel Ype. B: L: D
Day 9, 10 & 11: Itatiaia , This park located
between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the
Serra da Mantaqueira protects an area of
beautiful montane forest from 750 m up to the
tree-line at 1800 m. Our stay in this park will be
occupied visiting both the lower elevation and
upper elevation forests. We will start birding
around the hotel grounds where a good
variety of tanagers and hummingbirds attend
a number of feeders. Additionally we should
see Saffron Toucanet and Dusky-legged Guans
making the most of the food put out. Along
trails through nearby forest should find a good
selection of Antbirds and Furnarids, including
the exquisite White-bibbed Antbird, a species
that may be found walking quickly across
the forest floor much like the Antpipits of
Amazonia. In dense bamboo patches we should
find Ferruginous, Ochre-rumped and Bertoni’s
Antbirds along with the rare White-bearded
Antshrike. We may also find Red-capped Parrots
and the exotic looking Spot-billed Toucanets
along with Red-breasted Toucans. At dusk
we may be treated to the sight of a pair of
Tawny-browed Owls or several Short-tailed
Nighthawks around the hotel swimming pool.
At higher elevations we will search for Rufoustailed
Antbird, Serra do Mar Tyrannulet, the
lovely Rufous-backed Antvireo and the huge
Large-tailed Antshrike. We may also see Redruffed
Fruitcrow while the eerie whistles of the
Black and Gold Cotinga waft through the cloudforests,
Araucaria Tit-Spinetail and many others.
Day 12: Itatiaia / São Paulo (Guarulhos
International Airport – GRU) Transfer from
Itatiaia to São Paulo and onward connections. B
Pin-tailed Manakin
Specialist, bilingual bird guide.
Private transportation.
Accommodation at hotels.
Full meals.
Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker
SERVICES INCLUDED:
Domestic flights.
Landscaping, Trails, Birds.
Short & Long trail walks.
Photography.
Target Birds & Wildlife:
Serra dos Orgáos: Gray-winged
cotinga, Swallow-tailed cotinga,
Three-toed jacamar, Rio de Janeiro
antbird, Brown-backed parrotlet,
Plain parakeet, Crescent-chested
puffbird, Yellow-eared woodpecker,
Pallid spinetail, Red-eyed thornbird.
Pereque and Ubatuba Area:
Band-tailed hornero, Black-hooded
antwren, Planalto tyrannulet,
Buff-throated purpletuft, Brazilian
tanager, Vervrty-black Tyrant, Rednecked
Tanager, Brown-backed parrotlet,
Saw-billed hermit, Brazilian
ruby, Crescen-chested puffbird.
Itatiaia National Park: Black
jacobin, Black-brested plovercrest,
Mantled hawk, Black-billed scythebill,
White-bearded antshrike,
Mouse-colored tapaculo, Blackand-gold
cotinga, Brassy-breasted
tanager, Uniform finch, Bay-chested
warbling-finch, Red-rumped warbling-finch,
Ruby-crowned Tanager,
Golden-chevroned Tanager.
Ubatuba area to Rio de Janeiro:
Tawny-browed owl, Least pygmy-owl,
Saw-billed hermit, Spotbacked
antshrike, Tufted antshrike,
Star-throated antwren, Salvatori’s
antwren, Unicolored antwren,
Scaled antbird, Spotted bamboowren,
Slaty bristlefront, Fork-tailed
tody-tyrant, protected forests Sao
paulo tyrannulet.
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