During the 16th and 17th of February 2020 I toured the regions of the Itatiaia National Park with the Englishman Robert Biggs. It took me two days to search for new species for Bob. On the first day we stayed in the lower part of the park, which has an altitude ranging from 500 to 1250 meters. Through the roads and trails we can observe more than 60 species.
I visited South East Brazil 10 years ago and saw many bird species. For my second visit ( February 2020), I asked Hudson to guide me for 2 days in the Itatiaia area. This was a great success and I saw over 30 new birds. We saw well over 100 species and heard many others. Throughout our 2 days, Hudson was excellent in all ways. He is very good company and knows the birds very well. I thoroughly recommend him to anyone wishing to spend time birdwatching in this area.
Robert Biggs – England
Here is the list on the eBird website for the first day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S64514575
On the second day, our destination was the high part of the park, the day was very pleasant and along the way we were observing several new species. In the high part, the altitude varies from 1699 to 2450 meters, where you can observe the birds of altitude.
Araucaria forest valley
Lunch break at over 2000 m altitude.
Bob watching the Green-backed Becard
Dusky-legged Guan
Chivi Vireo
Sharp-billed Treehunter
Black-capped Piprites
Large-tailed Antshrike
Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Araucaria Tit-Spinetail
Speckle-breasted Antpitta
Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
Buff-throated Warbling-Finch
Surucua Trogon
Large-tailed Antshrike
Green-crowned Plovercrest
Plain Parakeet
Here is the list of the eBird website for the second day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S64655194 Here is the list of birds observed in the two days:
| Dusky-legged Guan | Penelope obscura |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis |
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail | Aramides saracura |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira |
| Scale-throated Hermit | Phaethornis eurynome |
| Swallow-tailed Hummingbird | Eupetomena macroura |
| Black Jacobin | Florisuga fusca |
| Green-crowned Plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi |
| Frilled Coquette | Lophornis magnificus |
| Violet-capped Woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis |
| White-throated Hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis |
| Versicolored Emerald | Amazilia versicolor |
| Brazilian Ruby | Heliodoxa rubricauda |
| Black-eared Fairy | Heliothryx auritus |
| Surucua Trogon | Trogon surrucura |
| Rufous-capped Motmot | Baryphthengus ruficapillus |
| White-eared Puffbird | Nystalus chacuru |
| Red-breasted Toucan | Ramphastos dicolorus |
| White-barred Piculet | Picumnus cirratus |
| White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus |
| Yellow-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes flavifrons |
| White-spotted Woodpecker | Veniliornis spilogaster |
| Campo Flicker | Colaptes campestris |
| Robust Woodpecker | Campephilus robustus |
| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus |
| Blue-winged Macaw | Primolius maracana |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus |
| Maroon-bellied Parakeet | Pyrrhura frontalis |
| Blue-winged Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius |
| Plain Parakeet | Brotogeris tirica |
| Pileated Parrot | Pionopsitta pileata |
| Scaly-headed Parrot | Pionus maximiliani |
| Streak-capped Antwren | Terenura maculata |
| Star-throated Antwren | Rhopias gularis |
| Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis |
| Rufous-backed Antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus |
| Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens |
| Large-tailed Antshrike | Mackenziaena leachii |
| White-shouldered Fire-eye | Pyriglena leucoptera |
| Ferruginous Antbird | Drymophila ferruginea |
| Rufous-tailed Antbird | Drymophila genei |
| Speckle-breasted Antpitta | Hylopezus nattereri |
| Slaty Bristlefront | Merulaxis ater |
| Mouse-colored Tapaculo | Scytalopus speluncae |
| Such’s Antthrush | Chamaeza meruloides |
| Rufous-tailed Antthrush | Chamaeza ruficauda |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus |
| Narrow-billed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes angustirostris |
| Scaled Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes squamatus |
| Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura |
| White-collared Foliage-gleaner | Anabazenops fuscus |
| Black-capped Foliage-gleaner | Philydor atricapillus |
| Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner | Philydor rufum |
| Sharp-billed Treehunter | Heliobletus contaminatus |
| Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla rufosuperciliata |
| Araucaria Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura setaria |
| Orange-eyed Thornbird | Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomeus |
| Rufous-capped Spinetail | Synallaxis ruficapilla |
| Itatiaia Spinetail | Asthenes moreirae |
| Pallid Spinetail | Cranioleuca pallida |
| Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma chrysolophum |
| Pin-tailed Manakin | Ilicura militaris |
| Swallow-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia caudata |
| Greenish Schiffornis | Schiffornis virescens |
| Green-backed Becard | Pachyramphus viridis |
| Chestnut-crowned Becard | Pachyramphus castaneus |
| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus |
| Black-capped Piprites | Piprites pileata |
| Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes ventralis |
| Serra do Mar Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes difficilis |
| Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum poliocephalum |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps |
| Eared Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis auricularis |
| Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant | Hemitriccus furcatus |
| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea |
| Rough-legged Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus burmeisteri |
| Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum |
| Olivaceous Elaenia | Elaenia mesoleuca |
| Highland Elaenia | Elaenia obscura |
| Planalto Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias fasciatus |
| Gray-capped Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseocapilla |
| White-crested Tyrannulet | Serpophaga subcristata |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius |
| Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus |
| Masked Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola nengeta |
| Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus |
| Crested Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus lophotes |
| Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant | Muscipipra vetula |
| Rufous-crowned Greenlet | Hylophilus poicilotis |
| Chivi Vireo | Vireo chivi |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
| White-thighed Swallow | Atticora tibialis |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| Rufous-bellied Thrush | Turdus rufiventris |
| Chalk-browed Mockingbird | Mimus saturninus |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus |
| White-browed Warbler | Myiothlypis leucoblephara |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus |
| Golden-winged Cacique | Cacicus chrysopterus |
| Chestnut-capped Blackbird | Chrysomus ruficapillus |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| Brown Tanager | Orchesticus abeillei |
| Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota |
| Diademed Tanager | Stephanophorus diadematus |
| Magpie Tanager | Cissopis leverianus |
| Green-headed Tanager | Tangara seledon |
| Gilt-edged Tanager | Tangara cyanoventris |
| Brassy-breasted Tanager | Tangara desmaresti |
| Sayaca Tanager | Tangara sayaca |
| Palm Tanager | Tangara palmarum |
| Golden-chevroned Tanager | Tangara ornata |
| Burnished-buff Tanager | Tangara cayana |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| Rufous-headed Tanager | Hemithraupis ruficapilla |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| Black-goggled Tanager | Trichothraupis melanops |
| Ruby-crowned Tanager | Tachyphonus coronatus |
| Brazilian Tanager | Ramphocelus bresilius |
| Swallow Tanager | Tersina viridis |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Sporophila angolensis |
| Bay-chested Warbling-Finch | Poospiza thoracica |
| Buff-throated Warbling-Finch | Microspingus lateralis |
| Hooded Siskin | Spinus magellanicus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
