Monday, November 28, 2011

Guira Tanager is the new species in Intervales

Last week at Carmo Road a group of birders from England along with our birding guide spotted for the first time a pair of "Guira Tanager", unfortunatelly we could not take any picture.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Saibadela trip

This past weekend from 12th to 15th of November, the park received a group of birders from the Centro de Estudos Ornitológico de São Paulo (CEO), to perform a census  on Saibadela Nucleus. With the help of the birding guides of the park, they managed to identify 148 species during the expedition, despite constant rain. Among the highlights were: Yellow-legged Tinamous vocalizing around the lodges, 2 Fasciated Tiger Herons at Quilombo River,  Ash-throated Crake, Blue-bellied Parrot,  Lesser Swalow-tailed Swift (first recording in the park), Azure Jay, Black-headed Berryeater, Salvadori's Antwren and Long-billed Wren.



 
Fasciated Tiger Heron at Quilombo River (by Betinho)

Ash-throated Crake (by Betinho)
 

Lodge

Park Ranger Station 




 
Here is a list with all species recorded during the trip.
 
 Solitary Tinamou
 Yellow-legged Tinamou
 Dusky-legged Guan
 Fasciated Tiger-Heron
 Striated Heron
 Cattle Egret
 Turkey Vulture
 Black Vulture
 Roadside Hawk
 Southern Caracara
 Yellow-headed Caracara
 Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
 Ash-throated Crake
 Pied Lapwing
 Ruddy Ground-Dove
 Picazuro Pigeon
 Pale-vented Pigeon
 Plumbeous Pigeon 
 Gray-fronted Dove
 Ruddy Quail-Dove
 Maroon-bellied Parakeet
 Blue-winged Parrotlet
 Plain Parakeet
 Scaly-headed Parrot
 Blue-bellied Parrot
 Smooth-billed Ani
 Gray-rumped Swift
 Sick's Swift
 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (first record)
 Saw-billed Hermit
 Sombre Hummingbird
 Black Jacobin
 Black-throated Mango
 Violet-capped Woodnymph
 Versicolored Emerald
 Glittering-throated Emerald
 Amethyst Woodstar
 White-tailed Trogon
 Black-throated Trogon
 Green Kingfisher
 Crescent-chested Puffbird
 Channel-billed Toucan
 Ochre-collared Piculet
 White-spotted Woodpecker
 Green-barred Woodpecker
 Blond-crested Woodpecker
 Spot-backed Antshrike
 Plain Antvireo
 Star-throated Antwren
 Salvadori's Antwren
 Unicolored Antwren
 Rufous-winged Antwren
 Streak-capped Antwren
 White-shouldered Fire-eye
 Squamate Antbird
 Black-cheeked Gnateater
 Rufous-breasted Leaftosser
 Plain-winged Woodcreeper
 Olivaceous Woodcreeper
 White-throated Woodcreeper
 Lesser Woodcreeper
 Spix's Spinetail
 Yellow-chinned Spinetail
 Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner
 Black-capped Foliage-gleaner
 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
 Pale-browed Treehunter
 White-eyed Foliage-gleaner
 Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
 Streaked Xenops
 Gray-hooded Flycatcher
 Sepia-capped Flycatcher
 Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant
 Eared Pygmy-Tyrant
 Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher
 Gray-capped Tyrannulet
 Gray Elaenia
 Yellow-bellied Elaenia
 Sao Paulo Tyrannulet
 Yellow-olive Flycatcher
 White-throated Spadebill
 Whiskered Flycatcher
 Euler's Flycatcher
 Masked Water-Tyrant
 Long-tailed Tyrant
 Cattle Tyrant
 Piratic Flycatcher
 Social Flycatcher
 Great Kiskadee
 Three-striped Flycatcher
 Streaked Flycatcher
 Boat-billed Flycatcher
 Variegated Flycatcher
 Tropical Kingbird
 Fork-tailed Flycatcher
 Sirystes
 Short-crested Flycatcher
 Rufous-tailed Attila
 Gray-hooded Attila
 Black-headed Berryeater
 Bare-throated Bellbird
 Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
 Pin-tailed Manakin
 Blue Manakin
 Black-crowned Tityra
 White-winged Becard
 Crested Becard
 Red-eyed Vireo
 Azure Jay
 Grey-breasted Martin
 Southern Rough-winged Swallow
 Southern House-Wren
 Long-billed Wren
 Long-billed Gnatwren
 Yellow-legged Thrush
 Rufous-bellied Thrush
 Creamy-bellied Thrush
 White-necked Thrush
 Bananaquit
 Black-throated Grosbeak
 Olive-greenTanager
 Flame-crested Tanager
 Ruby-crowned Tanager
 Brazilian Tanager
 Sayaca Tanager
 Azure-shouldered Tanager
 Golden-chevroned Tanager
 Palm Tanager
 Green-headed Tanager
 Red-necked Tanager
 Swallow Tanager
 Green Honeycreeper
 Rufous-headed Tanager
 Rufous-collared Sparrow
 Saffron Finch
 Blue-black Grassquit
 Lined Seedeater
 Double-collared Seedeater
 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
 Masked Yellowthroat 
 Golden-crowned Warbler
 White-browed Warbler
 Neotropical River Warbler
 Red-rumped Cacique
 Epaulet Oriole
 Violaceous Euphonia
 Golden-rumped Euphonia
 Chestnut-bellied Euphonia  

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Pearl-breasted Cuckoo and Vinaceous Parrot around

Pearl-breasted Cuckoo and Vinaceous Parrot were spotted around the park's headquarters last week, both species are not common during the year, however since 2009 they have been seen occasionally in November.

Monday, October 24, 2011

New species in Intervales

 
A new species was spotted and photographed in front of Pica-pau Lodge this Sunday 23th, a male Black-faced Tanager,  was seen for the first time in Intervales at the feeder, along with some Chestnut-backed Tanager, Green-headed Tanagers and others. 
 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Swalow-tailed Cotinga preyed on the nest

As I have been posting recently the return of Swalow-tailed Cotinga, unfortunatelly last night the female was preyed on the nest, possibly by the Stygian Owl or any bat, now the male has taken over the proccess of incubating the eggs alone, leaving the nest unattended to feed.


Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Another visitor

Cinammon Tanager is a another visitor this breeding season, it was spotted and photographed about 1 km from the park's headquarters, despite it is already on the list it was seen very few times.

 

Friday, October 14, 2011

New summer visitor


A new interesting bird was seen for the first time around the park, it happend while driving from Ribeirão Grande to Intervales, after pulling out the road for a Streamer-tailed Tyrant on a pine tree, we noticed a pair of a greenish bird by the road on a grazing field, at the beginning we thought it was a Great Pampa-Finch, as this species had been seen previously, but in the end we noticed a different tail indicating that we were dealing with a new species. Lesser Grass-Finch is the new species listed for Intervales' buffer zone.

Lesser Grass-Finch
 
Streamer-tailed Tyrant

Swalow-tailed Cotinga back to Intervales

Here is one more shot of the Swalow-tailed Cotinga this time incubating the eggs, taken on October 10th, by our friend José Moreira from Guatemala. 

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Black-legged Dacnis around

The Black-legged Dacnis is one of the most sought after bird here in Intervales, they can be easily seen during the breading season, especially in October, while gathering materials for the nest by the natural swimming pool, only last year  3 nests were found in the park, yesterday (October 10th) one of our guide reported its first sight (breeding season 2011), on a Bottlebrush tree. 

  

Friday, October 7, 2011

Swalow-tailed Cotinga back to Intervales

After few days of  work, one pair of the Swalow-tailed Cotinga have finished the nest, and the female is probably layng eggs by now, another pair is still building it. They always nest in the same place around the soccer field.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Grassland Yellow-Finch for the first time in the park

This is a pretty common bird out of the park, seen regularly in pasture lands (Ribeirão Grande Road), mainly from October to January when it is noticed by its calling. Here is a new twitching for the park, taken by the soccer field.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Swalow-tailed Cotinga back to Intervales

As I have previously posted, the Swalow-tailed Cotinga have returned to Intervales after 2 years with no sign, normally they arrive in mid-september to nest, and stay for 2 or 3 months every year. At least 6 individuals (3 pairs) were seen around the lodges in the central area of the park, one of them was gathering material for the nest. Here is a sequence o photos taken by Betinho.
(Male)


 
(Female)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Birding season 2011

During this birding season we had some remarkable views of the Black-faced Piping Guan (Carmo Road) six individuals were seen during a trip, feeding on palm tree reminding us the early 70's when it used to be seen in flocks of 10 individuals. Other interesting birds were: Swalow-tailed Cotinga, seen after 2 years without records in the Park, 4 Brown-backed Parrotlets passing by the central area of the park, and finally a pair of Curl-crested Jay on the way to Intervales (Ribeirão Grande Road)


Visualizar birding spots 2011 em um mapa maior

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Stygian Owl again

This time the Stygian Owl was captured very close to Intervales main office, less than 100 m, this nice owl was perched during all day on the same place.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Eastern Slaty Thrush

The Eastern Slaty Thrush is a common visitor to the central area of the park,most heard than seen, untill 05/08/2011 there wasn't any documented recordings at all. but this time it was captured on the feeder.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper is a new bird for Intervales buffer zone, the bird was seen by Betinho during a visit to a friend's property in a village nearby. Although the bird might be common in the rural areas around Capão Bonito and Ribeirão Grande, this was the first recording near Intervales.
 


Friday, July 22, 2011

Araucaria Tit Spinetail

This furnaridae is been seen recently in the central area of the park, due to a small forest of Araucaria angustifolia, that was planted in 1991, which is always associated with.
 

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Stygian Owl

This owl came as a surprise to all of us here in the park, it had never crossed our minds to see this amazing bird just 100 meters from the Onça-pintada Lodge, in the central area of the park, this was the first documented recording for the species in the region.

(Photo by Luciano Monferrari)

Thursday, June 30, 2011

4 days birding in Saibadela

From 23rd to 26th of June the park received a group of birdwatchers of the Centro de Estudos Ornitológico de São Paulo (CEO), along with the guides of the park, Luis and Betinho they carried out a survey on the species in Saibadela Nucleus wich is located in the municipality of Sete Barras. During the expedition 158 species were seen, in fact it wasn't the best time with a rainy Sunday, in spite of that the team had some remarkable birds such as: Yellow-legged Tinamou, Ornate Hawk-Eagle (flying over the Lodge), Azure Jay, Black-headed Berryeater, Russet-winged Spadebill and Long-billed Wren.
 
Here is a list with all species recorded during the trip.
 
Solitary Tinamou 
Brown Tinamou 
Yellow-legged Tinamou 
Dusky-legged Guan 
Black-fronted Piping-Guan 
Spot-winged Wood-Quail 
Striated Heron 
Cattle Egret 
Snowy Egret 
Turkey Vulture 
Black Vulture 
Gray-bellied Goshawk 
Mantled Hawk 
Roadside Hawk 
Black Hawk-Eagle 
Ornate Hawk-Eagle 
Southern Caracara 
Yellow-headed Caracara 
Collared Forest-Falcon 
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail 
Southern Lapwing 
Ruddy Ground-Dove 
Plumbeous Pigeon 
Eared Dove 
White-tipped Dove 
Gray-fronted Dove 
Ruddy Quail-Dove 
Maroon-bellied Parakeet 
Blue-winged Parrotlet 
Plain Parakeet 
Scaly-headed Parrot 
Blue-bellied Parrot 
Smooth-billed Ani 
Mottled Owl 
White-collared Swift 
Gray-rumped Swift 
Saw-billed Hermit 
Sombre Hummingbird 
Black Jacobin 
Violet-capped Woodnymph 
Versicolored Emerald 
White-tailed Trogon 
Black-throated Trogon 
Amazon Kingfisher 
Rufous-capped Motmot 
Crescent-chested Puffbird 
Channel-billed Toucan 
Red-breasted Toucan 
Spot-billed Toucanet 
Ochre-collared Piculet 
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker 
Green-barred Woodpecker 
Blond-crested Woodpecker 
Robust Woodpecker 
Spot-backed Antshrike 
Tufted Antshrike 
Variable Antshrike 
Plain Antvireo 
Star-throated Antwren 
Unicolored Antwren 
Rufous-winged Antwren 
Scaled Antbird 
White-shouldered Fire-eye 
Squamate Antbird 
Black-cheeked Gnateater 
Slaty Bristlefront 
Serra do Mar Tapaculo 
Rufous-capped Antthrush 
Short-tailed Antthrush 
Rufous-breasted Leaftosser 
Olivaceous Woodcreeper 
White-throated Woodcreeper 
Planalto Woodcreeper 
Scalloped Woodcreeper 
Rufous Hornero 
Rufous-capped Spinetail 
Spix's Spinetail 
Yellow-chinned Spinetail 
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner 
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner 
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner 
Pale-browed Treehunter 
White-eyed Foliage-gleaner 
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper 
Streaked Xenops 
Gray-hooded Flycatcher 
Sepia-capped Flycatcher 
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant 
Eared Pygmy-Tyrant 
Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher 
Rough-legged Tyrannulet 
Gray-capped Tyrannulet 
Gray Elaenia 
Sao Paulo Tyrannulet 
Oustalet's Tyrannulet 
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet 
Yellow-olive Flycatcher 
White-throated Spadebill 
Russet-winged Spadebill 
Bran-colored Flycatcher 
Whiskered Flycatcher 
Cliff Flycatcher 
Masked Water-Tyrant 
Long-tailed Tyrant 
Cattle Tyrant 
Great Kiskadee 
Boat-billed Flycatcher 
Tropical Kingbird 
Sirystes 
Gray-hooded Attila 
Hooded Berryeater 
Black-headed Berryeater 
Bare-throated Bellbird 
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow 
Pin-tailed Manakin 
Blue Manakin 
Sharpbill 
Chestnut-crowned Becard 
Rufous-crowned Greenlet 
Azure Jay 
White-rumped Swallow 
Southern House-Wren 
Long-billed Wren 
Yellow-legged Thrush 
Rufous-bellied Thrush 
White-necked Thrush 
Bananaquit 
Black-throated Grosbeak 
Green-winged Saltator 
Olive-green Tanager 
Black-goggled Tanager 
Flame-crested Tanager 
Ruby-crowned Tanager 
Brazilian Tanager 
Sayaca Tanager 
Azure-shouldered Tanager 
Golden-chevroned Tanager 
Palm Tanager 
Fawn-breasted Tanager 
Green-headed Tanager 
Red-necked Tanager 
Blue Dacnis 
Green Honeycreeper 
Rufous-headed Tanager 
Rufous-collared Sparrow 
Uniform Finch 
Saffron Finch 
Blue-black Grassquit 
Double-collared Seedeater 
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager 
Tropical Parula 
Masked Yellowthroat 
Golden-crowned Warbler 
Neotropical River Warbler 
Red-rumped Cacique 
Violaceous Euphonia 
Green-chinned Euphonia 
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia 

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Great Horned Owl

The Great Horned Owl was also included on the list of the park on May 24th, spotted at about 1 km from the central area of the park, this is probably the largest owl on the list.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Striped Owl

Another new species captured by the lens of the guide Betinho, it was the first recording in Intervales.