January 3 to 10, 2020 Expedition through the regions of Itatiaia National Park, Serrinha do Alambari, Serra da Bocaina National Park and Guaratinguetá SP with couple Rita and Luiz from Santos SP.
The expedition began in the region of Itatiaia National Park, despite the rainy weather we were able to photograph many birds around the region.
Mirante do Último Adeus
We started in a lake near the park where there is always a bunch of masked duck, this time there were 8 individuals, also there duck and small loon. 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. We also find the Flamenguinho frog, which is also endemic in altitude and today is the symbol of the park.
Melanophryniscus moreirae
Melanophryniscus moreirae
The next day we went in search of birds in the open area, we had the help of the weather and we still got many nice photos in the morning. We also went to Serrinha do Alambari and Capelinha, both Resende district. In Itatiaia Rita spotted a Common Potoo by day, was very happy that she made the discovery herself. The Common Potoo was not yet on the wikiaves site for Itatiaia.
Common Potoo – Nyctibius griseus
The Itatiaia National Park region is also very rich in moths and butterflies, has been cataloged more than 700 species of butterflies in the region.
Anartia amathea
Birds photographed in Itatiaia during the expedition:
- gray hooded flycatcher
- blue and white swallow
- southern rough winged swallow
- sick’s swift
- guira cuckoo
- smooth billed ani
- black billed scythebill
- white throated woodcreeper
- scaled woodcreeper
- lesser woodcreeper
- ultramarine grosbeak
- versicolored emerald
- black eared fairy
- violet capped woodnymph
- white vented violetear
- white throated humminbird
- white vented violetear
- green crowned plovercrest
- black throated mango
- black jacobin
- brazilian ruby
- great kiskadee
- streaked flycatcher
- black throated grosbeak
- streaked xenops
- lined seedeater
- bananaquit
- saffron finch
- Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
- Southern Caracara
- Yellow-headed Caracara
- Olive-green Tanager
- bat falcon
- Variable Antshrike
- Rufous-capped Antshrike
- Yellow-rumped Marshbird
- Rufous-tailed Antbird
- Rufous-backed Antvireo
- White-bellied Seedeater
- Shiny Cowbird
- Firewood-Gatherer
- Double-collared Seedeater
- Southern House Wren
- Burrowing Owl
- Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail
- Southern Antpipit
- Serra do Mar Tyrannulet
- Common Tody-Flycatcher
- Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
- Bran-colored Flycatcher
- Purple-throated Euphonia
- White-bibbed Antbird
- Common Gallinule
- Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
- Itatiaia Spinetail
- Savanna Hawk
- White-tailed Hawk
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
- White-tailed Kite
- Cliff Flycatcher
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia
- Red-rumped Cacique
- Dusky-legged Guan
- Black-capped Donacobius
- Orange-eyed Thornbird
- Orange-breasted Thornbird
- Rufous Hornero
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird
- Chivi Vireo
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
- Blue-winged Macaw
- Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
- Velvety Black-Tyrant
- Crested Black-Tyrant
- Yellow Tyrannulet
- masked duck
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Least Grebe
- White-rumped Monjita
- Dubois’s Seedeater
- Gray-backed Tachuri
- House Sparrow
- Bay-chested Warbling-Finch
- White-eyed Parakeet
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
- Plain Parakeet
- Masked Yellowthroat
- White-barred Piculet
- White Woodpecker
- Campo Flicker
- White-browed Woodpecker
- Green-barred Woodpecker
- White-spotted Woodpecker
- rufous capped spinetail
- hooded siskin
- planalto tyrannulet
- picazuro pigeon
- muscovy duck
- pale vented pigeon
- rock pigeon
- golden crowned warbler
- southern lapwing
- buff throated warbling finch
- scale throated hermit
- white bearded manakin
- ruddy ground dove
- pale breasted thrush
- great pampa finch
- chalk browed mockingbird
- rufous bellied thrush
- swallow tanager
- blue dacnis
- gilt edged tanager
- rufous headed tanager
- bressy breasted tanager
- green headed tanager
- sayaca tanager
- diademed tanager
- brow tanager
- black and gold cotinga
- white-throated Kingbird
- surucua Trogon
- swallow-tailed Manakin
- golden winged cacique
- gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher
- streamer-tailed Tyrant
- fork-tailed Flycatcher
- rufous-collared Sparrow
- grassland Sparrow
- ruby-crowned Tanager
- brazilian Tanager
- magpie Tanager
- maroon-bellied Parakeet
- ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher
- rufous-tailed Antthrush
- red-breasted Toucan
- blue-winged Parrotlet
- olivaceous Elaenia
- pale-breasted Spinetail
- black vulture
Check out some photos below: 
Ultramarine Grosbeak – Cyanoloxia brissonii
Planalto Tyrannulet – Phyllomyias fasciatus
Lesser Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus fuscus
White-throated Woodcreeper – Xiphocolaptes albicollis
Rufous-headed Tanager – Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Green-crowned Plovercrest – Stephanoxis lalandi
Bay-chested Warbling-Finch – Poospiza thoracica
Rufous-tailed Antbird – Drymophila genei
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
gray hooded flycatcher – mionectes rufiventris
Rufous-collared Sparrow – Zonotrichia capensis
Blue-winged Macaw – Primolius maracana
Brassy-breasted Tanager – Tangara desmaresti
Black-billed Scythebill – Campylorhamphus falcularius
Golden-winged Cacique – Cacicus chrysopterus
Swallow-tailed Manakin – Chiroxiphia caudata
bat falcon – falco rufigularis
Variable Antshrike – Thamnophilus caerulescens
White-bibbed Antbird – Myrmoderus loricatus
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus melanoleucus
