Another tanager and another visitor to the fruit we put out while in Teresópolis, this pair of Sayaca Tanagers were probably the most frequent visitor to the fruit, often chasing away other birds.
Category: Brazil
Samara had the idea to put some fruit out for the birds and one of the first visitors was this pair of Golden-chevroned Tanagers (Thraupis ornata). It is a species endemic to Brazil, so this is another nice find to add to my species list.
Black Capuchin Monkey or Macaco Prego Preto in Portugese (Sapajus nigritus) spotted in Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos during one of our first hikes. We spotted a second one (the last two photos) but I did not get very good photos of it. In fact…
Verruga do Frade means Friar’s Wart in English. See if you can find it below. It is the same photo, but I just cropped it and then rotated the cropped view. This is a mountain range visible from Teresópolis and would have been nice to…
Samara spotted this pair of Green-backed Trogons or sometimes also called Amazonian White-tailed Trogons (Trogon viridis) on the property at our first Airbnb. We watched them for a bit and noticed that they appeared to be building a nest (I looked it up and they…
I got to see another species of Coati while I was in Brazil. Though they do look similar to the White-nosed Coati that I saw in Arizona, I think they are a different species. The encounter was pretty brief and the light was failing so…
When Samara and I were planning the trip to Brazil, one of the main attractions to staying in Teresópolis was the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (which translates to Organs Range National Park but not really) and the Dedo de Deus (Finger of God)…
