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 Cleared farm/plantations outside the Fazenda Angelim. The entrance to Angelim is about another 500m down this road. The hills in the background are part of the Serra Do Mar range.
 E-mail before you go - the owner respects politeness and permission is enthusiastically given...
 Secondary (and very bird-rich) forest just beyond the entrance to Fazenda Angelim. This main path leads to the small house where Tito and his family live, and on past them into the primary forest.
Spot-breasted Ant Vireo Dysithamnus stictothorax: Classified as "Near threatened" by Birdlife International, this endemic is more or less confined to fragments of Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil (extending just into Argentina). Common around Ubatuba, and relatively conspicuous.
Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea: a Brazilian endemic confined to the Atlantic Forest area of south-east Brazil. It is found in humid forest, secondary woodland, and is apparently particularly associated with bamboo. Fairly conspicuous at Angelim, where it is one of the few slow-moving members of bird-parties - and therefore one of the few to give anything like reasonable views in the murk of the forest.
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus: Both the images below are of the same female. I had originally thought that these photos were of a female Blue Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata, and I'm very grateful to Rasmus Boegh who sent me the following: "This is a female White-bearded - note in particular tail-shape, greyish tinge to throat, bright orange legs and relatively dull green colour (though last two features are somewhat variable, especially in regards of female Blue)."
Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris: Spot-billed Toucanets are found throughout south-eastern Brazil and into parts of Paraguay and Argentina, and is a relatively common species The bird shown here is a male - females have chestnut heads and breasts.
Neotropical River Warbler Basileuterus rivularis: The Neotropical River Warbler has a disjunct distribution throughout much of northern South America. This bird was found hopping along the ground by a stream, and was strikingly reminiscent at first (jet-lagged) sight to a Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea. Another confusingly similar species - the White-rimmed Warbler - is found in SE Brazil, and thanks to Rasmus Boegh for mailing me with the correct identification.
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus: A widespread and distinctive flycatcher found from Mexico to Argentina, particularly in secondary growth and clearings. This particular bird was flycatching from trees and telephone wires with Social Flycatchers and a Great Kiskadee.
Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus: Another widespread and distinctive flycatcher, found from Honduras into SE Brazil, particularly in secondary growth and clearings. Conspicuous and fairly numerous at Angelim, the species seems habitually to prefer snags or dead branches from which it hunts insects in typical flycatcher fashion.
White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer: A widespread swallow. Conspicuous and fairly numerous in the cleared habitat outside Fazenda Capricornio. These would appear to be immature birds, moulting into a more adult-type plumage (comments welcomed of course). The white crissum separate them from (the similar at this age/time of year?) Blue and White Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca which has a black crissum.
Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis: A fairly common hummingbird found in the forests of eastern and southern Brazil and adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina. The male (top) was photographed in near-darkness at the feeders at the nearby Fazenda Tropicornio, which we only got to as the clouds rolled in and the rain began to fall...
Plain Parakeet Brotogeris tirica: An endemic, this species is confined to SE Brazil though by all accounts has adapted to the trashed, secondary habitat that remains over so much of its range and is even found in Sao Paulo city centre.
Reddish-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis: Also known as the Maroon-bellied Parakeet/Conure, this is another near-endemic confined to SE Brazil and parts of Paraguay and Argentina.This bird is a female.
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus: Widespread and common, this bird was photographed in the nearby seaside town of Ubatuba.
(If you're going to SE Brazil - or anywhere in South America - then check Arthur Grosset's amazing site: loads of info and loads of photos. A real planning help - trust me...) All photographs © Charlie Moores |
