Birding in Brazil with Grandma

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There are almost 1,600 recorded bird species within the borders of Brazil

Brazil encompasses a wide variety of habitats, with cloud forests, marshes and swamplands, arid plateaus and immense rainforests. With terrain as varied as Brazil's, it's no wonder there are almost 1,600 recorded bird species living within her borders.

 

 

 

 

 



Bird Migration Map, Western Hemisphere

Bird Migration Map, Western Hemisphere Art Print

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This National Geographic classic shows the mystery of bird migration and the incredible journeys that birds undertake in the Americas each year with sixty-seven full illustrations. It is printed at a scale of 1 inch to every 316 miles.

The world's largest tropical rainforest, Amazonia, covers more than half of Brazil. 

If you have bird watching fever, the completion of your life list is your dream. In that dream, there is little doubt that you will see the famous Amazon Rainforest
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Birds of the Rainforest in the Spotlight 

Sounds of the Earth: Birds In Rainforest

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I listened to birds, and I love the sound of this CD, becuase the sound of the birds relaxes me in a way...it feels like I'm really in the mighty Rain Forest.

 

Brazil - Amazon and Pantanal (Ecotravellers Wildlife Guides)

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Has all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Brazil's magnificent animal and plant life. The authors, professional biologists, selected illustrations of more than 500 of Brazil's most common insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and fish - the species you are most likely to see.

Bird Guides for Brazil 

Birds in Brazil

Deluxe Hardcover. Here is a substantially revised and updated English-language version of the only comprehensive, scientific treatment of Brazil's 1635 bird species.

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Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica (Collins Illustrated Checklist)

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National Bird of Brazil: Sabià - Laranjeiro 

The Sabià (or Thrush) includes 12 species of slightly differing color. The best known is the Rufous-bellied Thrush (Sabià-laranjeira) is the official Brazil National Bird. Its scientific name is "Turdus ruficentris" and is celebrated in music, novels, poems and stories

Rufous-bellied Thrush - Turdus rufiventris 

The Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris) is a songbird of the thrush family (Turdidae). It occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern regions of Argentina.

It is one of the most common birds across much of southeastern Brazil, and is well-known there under its local name sabiá-laranjeira. The Rufous-bellied Thrush has been the state bird of São Paulo since 1966. It was proposed as the national bird of BrazilSick et al. (1997): p.702, and was officially chosen in 2002.

This species is named after its distinctive reddish-orange underparts. Rufous-bellied Thrushes can reach a length of 25 cm and weigh up to 68 g (male) or 78 g (female)Sick et al. (1997): p.705, though weights of about 59 g for males and 64 g for females are more usual. Contrary to what one might expect from the rather marked weight difference, the females are not larger, only plumper; their tarsus is actually a bit shorter than that of males on average.

Found in forests and urban wooded areas, it is an omnivorous bird. Its food consists mainly of fruits and arthropodsSick et al. (1997): p.701, and it can sometimes be seen attending mixed-species feeding flocks and moving through the bushes with many other birdsMachado (1999), Olson & Alvarenga (2006). It has been observed to squabble with a Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) in the undergrowth over food flushed by an army ant column, but this was during the dry season when fruits are scarcede Lyra-Neves et al. (2007).

It builds an open-cup nest, sometimes right on the forest floor, sometimes more than 20 meters high in a tree, but usually 4-5 meters above ground. In the yungas of NW Argentina, nesting occurred in the wet season from October to March, with most birds breeding in November-December. The three, sometimes two eggs measure about 27-28 by 20 mm, and weigh c.5.7-5.9 grams each. They are incubated for about 12?13 days, and young take about that long again untlil they fledge. Incubation is solely by the female, which spends considerable time on the nest. The nestlings are attended by both parents however; as the young near fledging, they are fed every 5?7 minutes or so on average. Predation may be a major cause of brood failure; in the Southern Andean yungas it was noted to be especially high during the nestling time and far less significant during incubation.Auer et al. (2007)

This common and wide-ranging species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.BLI (2008)

Brazil Birding Tours 

Amazonian Brazil Birding Tours
Our tour is based out of Manaus, where the mighty Rio Negro meets the even mightier Amazon, giving us the opportunity to explore the different avifaunas on opposite banks of both rivers.
One of the true highlights will be our opportunity to experience birds of the terra firme canopy, seen at, or below eye level from atop a well-constructed 45-meter-tall tower. This canopy tower is a wonderful place for obtaining intimate views of canopy birds, including such relative rarities as Glossy-backed Becard, Olive-green Tyrannulet, and Guianan Gnatcatcher, not to mention such spectacular fare as Pompadour Cotinga, Paradise Tanager, and the seldom-seen Crimson Fruitcrow.

Paradise Tanager 


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The Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis, is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey.

Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, it occurring in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and the Guianas. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile.

The Paradise Tanager is common throughout its range. It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Parrot Stuffies 

Scarlet Macaw Puppet

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Blue-Fronted Amazon Audubon Plush Bird - Parrot

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Kids in Brazil 

Meet Brazilian Kids
Visiting Brazil is one thing, but living in this amazing country is really something else, especially for kids!
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Birding Links for Brazil 

Birding Amazonia
General tips for observing and photographing birds, small photo gallery, and tours.
Pantanal Bird Club
Birding tours and conservation in Brazil.
Brazilian Birds and Birding
General information, hummingbirds, owls, birding spots, threatened birds, and photos.
Atualidades Ornitológicas
Brazilian ornithological publication with information in Portugese and English.
Worldtwitch Brazil - Rare Birds of Brazil
Latest reports about rare birds in Brazil, site information, and conservation notices.
Birds of the Pantanal in Brazil
Bird list and photos from ecolodge in the southern Pantanal. The Pantanal lies in the western part of central Brazil and encompasses about 140´000 square kilometers of savannas, forests, rivers and lagoons. It is considered the largest freshwater wetland in the world. During the rainy season from October through March this area floods and plant life explodes. Then in April as the waters recede, the birds return in vast numbers and variety. Due to the wide open areas between patches of forest, birds are easily seen. It is estimated that during the year over 600 species of birds call the Pantanal home!

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Golden Parakeet or the Queen of Bavaria Conure 

The Golden Parakeet or Golden Conure Zipcode Zoo URL accessed January 24, 2007. Guaruba guarouba, formerly classified as Aratinga guarouba,Aratinga guarouba URL accessed January 26, 2007. is a species of also known as the Neotropical parrots. Sometimes known as the Queen of Bavaria Conure, it is the only species (monotypic) in the genus Guaruba.

Its plumage is mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges.Golden Palms - Golden Conure URL accessed January 26, 2007. It lives in the drier, upland rainforests in Amazonian Brazil, and is threatened by deforestation and flooding, and also by the now-illegal trapping of wild individuals for the pet trade.Honolulu Zoo URL accessed January 24, 2007. It is a protected species listed on CITES appendix I.

Toucan - there are 20 species of this family in Brazil 

Toco Toucan, Iguacu National Park, Brazil

Toco Toucan, Iguacu National Park, Brazil Photographic Print

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Toucans are a family, Ramphastidae, of near-passerine birds from the neotropics (i.e. Southern Mexico, Central, South American, and Caribbean region). The family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of this bird group is derived from Tupi tucana, via French.

Toucan on branch collectible jeweled box 

Toucan Bird Jeweled Trinket Box

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Toucan Bird Jeweled Trinket Box: Toucan on branch collectible jeweled box, 5 x 4 x 4 inch. Our colorful hand-painted jeweled collectibles make wonderful gifts or treasured keepsakes.

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird 

The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) is a species in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae), found mainly in east-central South America. Most authorities place it in the monotypic genus Eupetomena, although some place it in Campylopterus based on song and the thick shafts of the males' first primaries. Its common name and specific name (which means "large-tailed") refer to the long, deeply forked, somewhat swallow-like tail.

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