"Swallows and Amazons - The Birdwatcher " An independently operated, professional river and jungle tour company run by the husband and wife team Tania and Mark Aitchison based in Manaus, Brazil......Imagine sailing down the Amazon with birds flitting in the trees all around you....

Fundação BioBrasil We are an NGO involved with wildlife preservation and research.have a reserve in the interior of Piaui state with a rich bird population.  We are not a tour organisation, but have accomodation for casual ecotourists, keen birdwatchers and researchers.

Serra dos Tucanos Lodge South-East Brazil Situated in the heart of the Atlantic rain forest, Serra dos Tucanos Lodge provides very comfortable accommodation together with excellent birding and photographic opportunities. We have a number of trails within the grounds and surrounding forest and offer guided birding excursions to other habitats. To date we have recorded over 400 species of bird, 100 of which are endemic! For further information please visit our website.

Richard Raby Eco-tours Specializes in Designing Low Volume, Custom – made & Expat.–led Birding Trips to South - Eastern Brazil.  Based around Rio de Janeiroand the immediately adjoining States of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo, these tours are multi-centre birding trips that maximize your visits trip-list possibilities. Right from the initial planning stages, you the client, help to choose the localities to be visited. Our Rates compare MOST favourably with the mass-market – fixed Itinerary, alternatives. Download your complimentary South-Eastern Brazil Checklist

Brazil Sept/Oct - 2005  Continuing down to the river several Toco Toucans flew over while flying across the river were White-winged and Southern Rough-winged Swallows, Brown-chested Martin and a Large-billed Tern. In the tall grass beside us we got excellent views of two Southern Beardless Tyrannulets and then a showy White-bellied Seedeater...Steve Bird reports for Birdseekers Tours

North East Brazil (Baturite, Araripe, Jeremoaba and Murici) 7th June-16th June 2007 We saw around 250 species including many of the important endemics, Lears Macaw, Grey-breasted, Caatinga and Jandaya Parakeets, Araripe Manakin, Great Xenops, Alagoas Antwren, Seven-coloured Tanager Alagoas Tyrannulet, and many others...Graeme Wallace reports

South East Brazil April 1st - April 21st, 2007 We saw 255 species, some of the highlights being Buff-throated Purpletuft, Fork-tailed Pygmy Tyrant, Hooded Berryeater, Three-toed Jacamar, Helmeted and Pin-tailed Manakins...Richard Rae reports

Mato Grosso, Brazil October/November 2006

• The outstanding highlight of the entire trip for me was undoubtedly the Dark-winged Trumpeter watched very closely in the forest in Alta Floresta. My ten best birds of the trip? Zigzag Heron, White-browed Hawk, Crested Eagle....Jan Vermeulen reports

Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Atlantic Forest, South-east Brazil 17 May to 1 August 2006 In 2006...I spent eight months travelling around South America....and worked for 11 weeks as volunteers at Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu (REGUA) - a nature reserve in the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro state, south-east Brazil...Lee Dingain reports

Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Matto Grosso, Brazil 2005 and 2006 

• Between July and September 2005 I had the good fortune to spend two months as a Volunteer Guide at Cristalino Jungle Lodge in the southern Amazon. I subsequently returned between October and November 2006 to fill a gap in the volunteer programme.  This Trip Report briefly summarises my experiences including sightings of Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo.....Graeme Wallace reports. Sign online petition to save the Cristalino Forest

Brazil - Atlantic Rain Forest November 2005

• On arrival at Rio de Janiero 5 hours late we were picked up by our taxi driver & driven  approximately 100 Kms to the lodge. One of my main memories of Rio was the large numbers of Magnificent Frigatebirds wheeling around. It took about 2hrs to get to Serra dos Tucanos....Chris Padley reports.

SE Brazil and Pantanal Aug 27-Sept 31, 2005

• Best time to visit Southeastern Brazil is between September and November. This is the austral spring, so more birds are calling. Best time to visit the Pantanal is in the dry period, roughly from May to October....Remco Hoffland reports

South-east Brazil 25/09 to 30/10 2005

• If we consider the length of our stay we didn’t see too many species with a total of 394; but....we decided to take our time and enjoy the places that we liked; anyway we are very satisfied with 63 endemics, particularly the Antwrens and Antbirds, and 152 lifers..Noëlle and Hervé Jacob report.

Brazil 2 - 31 July 2005

• Bird activity was even higher and we noted nearly 80 species. Most remarkable amongst them were Brown Tinamou (HO), Mantled Hawk, Dusky-legged Guan, Picazuro Pigeon, Least Pygmy-Owl....Peter Collaerts reports

North-east Brazil April 2004 & May 2005

• As always, the goal of my trips to the NE was to see as many species as possible, especially the 63+ endemics to NE Brazil. It is impossible to cover whole endemic-packed Northeast in 2 weeks, so in 2004 I only birded Bahia state. In 2005 I birded coastal Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Norte...big report with maps by Eduard Sangster.

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (province), Brazil December 2004

• My wife and I spent two weeks - Dec. 6 - 20 - at Ponta Negra, Brazil.  It was never meant to be a birding trip, and it wasnt, but I took time many early mornings as well as some afternoons to "explore" the outskirts of the town, other days I just walked south from our hotel to some trees and gardens and every time I saw some "new" birds....Jan Landsverk reports 

Brazil, ( Pantanal, Rio Cristalino, Atlantic forests and Espirito Santo) 18 October – 30 November 2004 Having only visited South America once, there were several endemic South American families that we had not encountered. We therefore planned an extended trip to Brazil that would offer the chance of 5 new families, a host of  species and some of the rarest and most beautiful birds on the planet...Graeme Wallace reports.

Brazil 2nd September- 27th September 04

• In the afternoon birded hotel grounds, where Dusky-legged Guan are common, and Cliff Flycatcher nest on the window ledges of the hotel. Some of the other birds in the garden were, Golden-hevroned, Palm, Sayaca, and Swallow Tanager, Chestnut-bellied, Pale-breasted and Yellow-legged Thrush.....Trev Feltham reports.

South-east Brazil, Minais Gerais and Mato Grosso 24-07 to 12-08-2004 It was our first visit to this huge country and our main goal was to observe a large percentage of the atlantic forest endemics in the area between São Paulo and Rio, to visit Canastra NP to find the Brazilian Merganser and the Pantanal region for the spectacular Hyacinth Macaw...Henk Hendriks reports

A Birding Guide to North-east Brazil April 2004

• As always, the goal of this trip was to see as many species as possible, especially the 63+ endemics to NE Brazil. It is impossible to cover whole endemic-packed Northeast in 2 weeks, so I only birded Bahia state.....Lots of information and good maps.....Eduard Sangster reports

South-east Brazil July 5 - August 3, 2003

• Brazil has got a lot to offer. Many endemic species occur in the atlantic rainforest of South-east Brazil, as well as spectacular (but difficult to find) mammals, such as Jaguar and Brazilian Tapir, beautiful butterflies and –at times- a wonderful scenery...Wim Veraghtert reports

Brazil: South East 4th-18th July 2003

• In July-August 2003 I undertook my first visit to Brazil, and planned two weeks in the southeast and three and a half in Amazonia, (see below).  My personal total for the five and a half week trip was just over 700 species, including, in Amazonia, some of the least known species on the continent...Simon Allen reports.

Brazil: Amazonia 18th July – 14th August 2003

• Suddenly a rather motionless rufous-brown shape materialised into a magnificent Pale-faced Antbird, perched defiantly in the centre of the ant swarm, remaining for minutes on end in the same place and picking off hapless insects whilst we enjoyed marvellous, extended views of this coveted species...Simon Allen and Mike Catsis report.

Cristalino Jungle Lodge and Alta Floresta June-Aug 2003

• I spent the period 6th June 2003 - 19th Aug 2003 as a volunteer guide at Cristalino Jungle Lodge (CJL), prior to embarking on Graduate Studies in avian ecology and behaviour, at UCLA....Alex Kirschel reports

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Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: v. 2 (Plates and Maps) Cemencia Rodner et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk The most important book to be published about South American birds for years. It features ALL the 2308 bird species of Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Trinidad & Tobago plus their ranges were they overlap into the Amazon Basin, thus becoming one of the few guides that illustrates many of the birds of Northern Brazil. This volume features all the illustrations (including known sub-species) and maps. (656 pages)

Birds of Northern South America: An Identification Guide: v. 1 (Species accounts) Cemencia Rodner et al: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk The sister volume to the above fieldguide featuring the species accounts for all the birds. (880 pages)

Illustrated Checklist: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica Martin de la Pena: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk This field guide illustrates and describes 1140 species of bird found in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil and Uruguay. The text details what kind of habitat the birds are found in, key identification features and notes on the songs and calls of each species.

A Parrot Without a Name : The Search for the Last Unknown Birds on Earth
Don Stap: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• The visceral details of collecting specimens of tropical birds and the gruelling politics of bringing such an expedition to Peru make for intense reading. An avid birder, Stap managed to hook up with LSU ornithologists John O'Neill and the late Ted Parker. Through the dense canopy he followed the crew and documented their trials and triumphs. Most notably a new species of parrot was found.

Birds of Venezuela Steven Hilty: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk This book will surely become the definitive guide to Venezuela, with over 1300 species illustrated and expertly described. Accurate range maps are complemented by detailed notes on identification, similar species, voice, behavior, status and habitat. A comprehensive introduction includes a photographic guide to the main habitat types plus sections on migration and National Parks.

A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia Graham Harris: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

• This is a guidebook to the birds and mammals of the coastal region of Patagonia, an area at the southern tip of South America. It describes the 185 species of birds and 61 species of mammals known to inhabit the land and sea along 2000 miles of the Patagonian coast, from Peninsula Valdes to the Strait of Magellan. It contains information on identifying all the birds and mammals of the region, as well as details of the natural history of some of the more common species.

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Lonely Planet : Brazil Mitchell Schoen, William Herzberg: Buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk From the stunning splendour of Iguaçu Falls to the mysteries of the Amazon River to the wild debauchery of Carnaval and the cosmopolitan streets of São Paulo City, Lonely Planet's Brazil will help you navigate this vast country in the style that suits you, from low-budget to no-budget. Highlights include extensive coverage of parks and festivals, well-researched sections on ecology and environment, a Portuguese language chapter, and a special feature on Carnaval.