Belém Area of Endemism Tour (11 days)
The Amazon rainforests is known as the largest extent of tropical forest in the World, and this itinerary is focused on the most endangered Amazon region, named Belém Area of Endemism. The Belém Area of Endemism located in east of Pará State, from Tocantins river to west of Maranhão State. This region is severely affected by historical deforestation and fragmentation of native habitats, currently just 24% of primary forest exists in its limits. This tour comprises “terra firme” forests, “varzeas” (flooded forests), mangroves and hypersaline campos, and a plenty of endemic and endangered birds. The climate in the region is warm and humid most of the year, the best and recommended period for birding is from May to November, when the rainy season is out. Join us in this fantastic tour on endangered forests that few people have visited to birding before, with terrific bird species and other wildlifes.
Golden Parakeet
Guaruba guarouba
Brazilian Endemic
SPECIAL TARGETS
- Buff-browed Chachalaca (Ortalis superciliaris)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
- Rufous Crab Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis)
- Black-winged Trumpeter (Psophia obscura)¹
- Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
- Little Wood-Rail (Aramides mangle)
- Golden Parakeet (Guaruba guarouba)
- Pearly Parakeet (Pyrrhura coerulescens)
- Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
- White-winged Potoo (Nyctibius leucopterus)
- Todd's Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes medius)¹
- Ruddy Spinetail (Synallaxis rutilans omissa)*
- Hooded Gnateater (Conopophaga roberti)
- 'New Pygmy Tyrant' (Myiornis sp. nv.)
- Red-and-black Grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas)
- Rose-breasted Chat (Granatellus pelzelni paraensis)*
- Pará Oropendola (Psarocolius bifasciatus bifasciatus)*
* Local races
¹ Recent splits
OTHER WILDLIFE
- Jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
- White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari)
- Red-rumped Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
- Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon crancrivorus)
- Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
- Tufted Capuchin (Sapajus apella)
- Ka'apor Capuchin (Cebus kaapori)
- Black-handed Tamarin (Saguinus niger)
- Black-bearded Saki (Chiropotes satanas)
- Collins' Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri collinsi)
- Red-handed Howler Monkey (Allouata belzebul)