January 14-16, 2020. Expedition through the regions of Itatiaia National Park, Serrinha do Alambari and Serra da Bocaina National Park with friend Luiz Antonio de Maricá RJ

From January 14th to 16th, 2020, I prepared a bird photography trip for Luiz Antonio, it was 3 very intense days focused on the photography of some birds that Luiz didn’t have yet. In his list of lifers were about 80 species. In these 3 days we visited the cities of Resende and Itatiaia RJ, Itamonte MG and São José do Barreiro and Areias SP.

We started in a pond near the park where there is always a bunch of masked duck, this time there were 8 individuals, also there the Least Grebe. Shortly afterwards we head towards the upper part of the park where birds of altitude vary from 1700m to 2450m. In this place lives the Itatiaia Spinetail, endemic bird of altitude.

Altitude Fields of Itatiaia National Park

Araucaria forest

Golden grass

Already in the upper part of the park the first bird we photographed was the Green-crowned Plovercrest. We went down after lunch and went to Itatiaia to make an attempt at the first registration of the grass sage and it worked .. Then we went to Penedo and with the Friend’s help Geraldo Lauria got photos of the rufous-capped Motmot, a bird that was among the top 5 on Luiz’s list.

On the second day we went to the Serra da Bocaina National Park region, climbed the mountains with a little fog, which disturbed the sharpness of some photos, the giant antshrike collaborated well, but with poor visibility due to the fog that was in the place. . Our lunch was at Pousada Recanto da Bocaina, by friend José Milton, who always welcomes us so well.

Serra da Bocaina road

View from the top of Serra da Bocaina

View from the top of Serra da Bocaina

Luiz photographing the Serra da Bocaina valley

On the last day we went to Serrinha do Alambari where we got another 4 lifers and then went to the lower part of Itatiaia National Park.

Serrinha do Alambari Portal

Waterfall in Itatiaia National Park

Soundstone at Serrinha do Alambari

Luiz photographing one more bird

Thank you Luiz and see you next time.

In all there were 30 lifers in 3 days.

Some birds of the three days: (those in bold that were Luiz’s lifers)

1. Black billed scythebill
2. Narrow billed woodcreeper
3. White throated woodcreeper
4. Picazuro Pigeon  –  Patagioenas picazuro
5. Ultramarine Grosbeak  –  Cyanoloxia brissonii
6. Green crowned plovercrest
7. Black jacobin
8. Brazilian ruby
9. Great Kiskadee  –  Pitangus sulphuratus
10. Thick billed saltator
11. Tufted Antshrike  –  Mackenziaena severa
12. bananaquit
13. Saffron finch
14. Black capped piprites
15. Chestnut-crowned Becard  –  Pachyramphus castaneus
16. Unicolored Blackbird
17. Rufous-backed Antvireo  –  Dysithamnus xanthopterus
18. Ochre-rumped Antbird – Drymophila ochropyga
19. Star throated antwren
20. White-bellied Seedeater  –  Sporophila leucoptera
21. Shiny Cowbird  –  Molothrus bonariensis
22. Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
23. Southern Antpipit  –  Corythopis delalandi
24. Serra do mar tyrannulet
25. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
26. Greenish Schiffornis  – Schiffornis virescens
27. Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
28. Itatiaia spinetail
29. Long-billed Wren  –Cantorchilus longirostris
30. Golden-rumped Euphonia  –  Euphonia cyanocephala
31. Savanna Hawk  –  Heterospizias meridionalis
32. White-rumped Hawk  –  Parabuteo leucorrhous
33. Dusky-legged Guan  –  Penelope obscura
34. Black-capped Donacobius  – Donacobius atricapilla
35. Orange-breasted Thornbird  –  Phacellodomus ferrugineigula
36. Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper  –  Lochmias nematura
37. Rufous capped motmot
38. White-browed Foliage-gleaner  –  Anabacerthia amaurotis
39. Common potoo
40. Blue-billed Black-Tyrant  –   Knipolegus cyanirostris
41. Yellow Tyrannulet  –  Capsiempis flaveola
42. Masked duck
43. Green kingfisher
44. Least grebe
45. Boat-billed Flycatcher  –  Megarynchus pitangua
46. Gray-backed Tachuri  –  Polystictus superciliaris
47. Fork tailed pygmy-tyrant
48. Bay-chested Warbling-Finch – Poospiza thoracica
49. Gray-bellied Spinetail – Synallaxis cinerascens
50. White spotted woodpecker
51. Rufous-capped Spinetail – Synallaxis ruficapilla
52. Speckle breasted antpitta
53. Plumbeous pigeon
54. Buff-throated Warbling-Finch –  Microspingus lateralis
55. Blue dacnis  –  Blue Dacnis
56. Gilt-edged Tanager – Tangara cyanoventris
57. Rufous-headed Tanager – Hemithraupis ruficapilla
58. Green-headed Tanager – Tangara seledon
59. Gray breasted crake
60. Diademed Tanager – Stephanophorus diadematus
61. Black-and-gold Cotinga – Lipaugus ater
62. Swallow-tailed Manakin – Chiroxiphia caudata
63. Pin-tailed Manakin – Ilicura militaris
64. Swallow tailed cotinga
65. Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leverianus
66. Such’s Antthrush  –  Chamaeza meruloides
67. Rufous tailed antthrush
68. Variegated Antpitta – Grallaria varia
69. Bertoni’s Antbird  –  Drymophila rubricollis
70. Olivaceous Elaenia  –  Elaenia mesoleuca

Green crowned plovercrest

Green kingfisher

Least grebe

Masked duck

Masked duck

Black capped piprites

Rufous tailed antthrush

Speckle breasted antpitta

Gray breasted crake

Common potoo

White spotted woodpecker

Serra do mar tyrannulet

Rufous tailed antthrush

Itatiaia Spinetail  –  Asthenes moreirae

Thick billed saltator  –  Saltator maxillosus

Plumbeous pigeon  –  Plumbeous Pigeon

Swallow tailed cotinga

Chestnut bellied seed-finch

White-bellied Seedeater  –  Sporophila leucoptera

Saffron Finch  –  Sicalis flaveola

Queen butterfly –  Danaus gillipus

Rufous capped motmot

Orange-breasted Thornbird  –  Phacellodomus ferrugineigula

Ochre-rumped Antbird  –  Drymophila ochropyga

Giant Antshrike  –  Batara cinerea

Rufous-backed Antvireo  – Dysithamnus xanthopterus

Bertoni’s Antbird  –  Drymophila rubricollis

Gray-backed Tachuri  –  Polystictus superciliaris

Olivaceous Elaenia  –  Elaenia mesoleuca

Golden-rumped Euphonia  –  Euphonia cyanocephala

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper  –  Lochmias nematura

Tiger butterfly – consul fabius

Ultramarine Grosbeak  –  Cyanoloxia brissonii

beetle

Unicolored Blackbird  –  Agelasticus cyanopus

Magpie Tanager  –  Cissopis leverianus

Rufous-headed Tanager  –  Hemithraupis ruficapilla

Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin  –  Neopelma chrysolophum

butterfly

Gilt-edged Tanager  –  Tangara cyanoventris

butterfly

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper  –  Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

Yellow Tyrannulet  –  Capsiempis flaveola

Black jacobin – Florisuga fusca

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia  –  Euphonia pectoralis

Swallow-tailed Manakin  –  Chiroxiphia caudata

Rufous-capped Spinetail  –  Synallaxis ruficapilla

Greenish Schiffornis  –  Schiffornis virescens

White-bibbed Antbird  –  Myrmoderus loricatus

Tufted Antshrike  –  Mackenziaena severa

Long-billed Wren  –  Cantorchilus longirostris

Long-billed Wren  –  Cantorchilus longirostris

White-browed Foliage-gleaner  –  Anabacerthia amaurotis

Black-billed Scythebill

Such’s Antthrush  –  Chamaeza meruloides

Pin-tailed Manakin  –  Ilicura militaris

Fork tailed pygmy-tyrant

White throated woodcreeper

Star throated antwren