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South-east Brazil and The Pantanal - August 2005, author Sam Woods/Tropical Birding (added September 8, 2005)
(Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Speckle-breasted Antpitta, Zigzag Heron, Hyacinth Macaw, Sungrebe)

Central Brazil (Alta Floresta, Pantanal, Emas NP) - August 2008, author Catherine McFadden (added September 28, 2008)
(Harpy Eagle, White-winged Nightjar, Pavonine Cuckoo)

Brazil, Regua Lodge - Aug 2009 , author Steve Bird (link created September 27, 2009)
(277 species in one week, Grey-winged Cotinga, Giant Snipe and much more)

Birding and Photography at Iguazu Falls, Brazil, July 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)

Bolivia and the Brazilian Pantanal, June - September 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (link created September 23, 2004)

Brazil - The South East - 4th-18th July 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(Logged over 700 species including some of the least known on the continent)

Brazil - Amazonia - 18th July - 14th August 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(The Manaus area, including the Presidente Figuereido area north of the city, the INPA tower, the two campina sites and Ducke reserve; a three day, two night river trip on the Solimoes and Negro; the little-explored Borba area; Amazonia NP, and Carajas)

Planes, Trains and Antbirds - Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais and The Atlantic Forest: 17th August - 7th September 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(We have notched up an amazing 630 species in the last twenty-two days, in what has been one of the most enjoyable trips ever. Highlights are too numerous to list, but include 66 Brazilian endemics and no less than 67 'antbirds', for me the epitome of Braz)

Brazil, September 2000, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(Serra das Araras, Pantanal of Pocone, Chapada dos Guimares, Itatiaia National Park and Ubatuba)

Brazil - The Atlantic Forests and The Amazon Basin - October 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)

Cristalino Jungle Lodge and Alta Floresta, Brazil, April - June 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(photo of Black-girdled Barbet)

Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Matto Grosso, Brazil, September 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(includes photo of Cryptic Forest Falcon)

Brazil Atlantic Forest, Cerrado and Savannas - 7th - 26th May 2011, author Barry Walker (link created September 22, 2011)
(We had wonderful views of Saffron Toucanet at Itatiaia)

Brazil - Rio Cristalino and Emas National Park - July 3rd -15th 2011, author Barry Walker (link created September 22, 2011)
(Cristalino was a haven of trails and birds (and chiggers!))

South-east Brazil - 10 June - 31 July 2006, author Frank Rheindt (added September 21, 2007)
(50 days and almost as many photos...)

Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil - September 2009, author Guy Kirwan (added October 6, 2009)
(Black-chested Tyrant, Harpy Eagle, Guianan Red Cotinga)

Brazil March/April 2005 by Sue Bryan, author Sue Bryan (link created October 3, 2006)
(Rio, Serra dos Tucanos, Iguacu)

Serra Dos Tucanos Lodge - South-east Brazil - 20th - 27th September 2008, author Andy Foster (added October 25, 2008)
(A combined total of 255 species with a further 15 heard. A total 85 Atlantic forest endemics were recorded)

Brazil: Pantanal & Iguazu september 2005, author Kees Boele (added October 25, 2005)
(Brazil, Pantanal, Iguazu, Rio da Prata, Passo do Lontro, Xaraés, Xaraes, Baguiari, Curicaca, Streaked Flycatcher, Hyacinth Macoaw, Great Potoo, White-wedged Piculet, Least Pigmy-Owl, Agami Heron)

Brazil: REGUA, Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Jun-Jul 2010, author Bryce Harrison (link created October 10, 2010)

South-east Brazil, 20th October - 3rd November 2007, author John Raven (added November 8, 2007)
(REGUA, Cipo, Caraca, Canastra, Ubatuba, Brazilian Merganser, Brazilian Tapaculo, Cipo Canastero)

Brazil's Southeast Rainforest - October 2007, author Jeff Hazell (link created November 1, 2007)
(Serra dos Tucanos lodge, many exciting endemic species)

Brazil - The Northern Pantanal April 2009, author Bradley Davis (link created May 4, 2009)
(Hyacinth Macaw, Pantanal, Piuval, Pixaim, Ocelot, Chestnut-bellied Guan, Jabiru, Bare-faced Curassow, Pale-crested Woodpecker)

South-east Brazil - 29th October -11th November 2010, author Lars Olausson and Hans-Erik Persson (added May 27, 2011)

South-east Brazil - April 2007, author Mark Sutton (added May 25, 2007)
(Atlantic Rainforest)

Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, South-east Brazil - 3rd - 17th May 2008, author Andy Foster (added May 22, 2008)

The Atlantic Rainforest - South-east Brazil - 10th - 24th January 2009, author Paul Gaffan (added May 14, 2009)
(For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to visit Brazil....)

Brazil - Oct 2008 Birdseekers, author Steve Bird (link created May 12, 2009)
(Harpy Eagle, Hyacinth Macaw, Jaguar, Giant Anteater and much more)

Brazil Oct 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 7, 2011)

Brazil 2009, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created March 7, 2011)

Southeast Brazil (Itatiaia National Park, Canastra National Park, and Ubatuba) - January 14th - 20th 2009, author Jim McConnell (added March 18, 2011)
(Red-legged Sereima, Golden-capped Parakeet, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Saffron Toucanet, Blue Finch, Crescent-chested Puffbird, etc.)

South-east and north-east Brazil, 7th July-12th August 2004, author Simon Mahood (added March 12, 2005)
(Araripe Manakin - visited North-East and the South-East)

Amazonian Brazil: Pousada Rio Azul - 16-23 May 2008, author Bradley Davis (link created June 2, 2008)
(Hyacinth Macaw, Bald Parrot, Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet, Tapajós Hermit, Crimson Topaz, Flame-crested Manakin, Rufous-necked Puffbird)

South-east Brazil (Serra dos Tucanos Lodge) May - June 2006, author Andy Foster (added June 19, 2006)
(Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Three-toed Jacamar, Itatiaia Thistletail, Grey-winged Cotinga)

Brazil, Mato Grosso - 22 September - 8 October 2008, author John Rogers (added June 11, 2009)
(Chapada National Park, Cristalino Lodge, The Pantanal)

North East Brazil - 7th - 16th June 2007, author Graeme Wallace (added July 4, 2007)
(Baturite, Chapada do Araripe, Jeremoabo and Murici.(Lears Macaw, Araripe Manakin, Great Xenops, Alagoas Antwren etc))

South-East Brazil - June 2005, author Mark Harper (added July 29, 2005)
(Highlights including Brazilian Merganser, Crowned Eagle, Red-billed Curassow and Shrike-like Cotinga)

Central Brazilian Amazonia, 6–23 December 2007, author Guy Kirwan (added July 27, 2008)
(Tupana Lodge, Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge, Presidente Figueiredo)

Brazil, 28 October–27 November 2006: to photograph 600 species of birds in a month, author Guy Kirwan (added July 21, 2008)
(SE Brazil, Pantanal, Alta Floresta and Rondônia)

Brazil - Pantanal and Mato Grosso - 26th August - 11th September 2010, author Gordon Ellis (added July 12, 2011)
(Pantanal, Rio Azul, Cristalino )

Brazil - Serra dos Tucanos Lodge - 27th April- 8th May 2007, author Notts birders (added July 12, 2007)
(In all the group saw 267 species, eighty-nine of these species were endemic to the Atlantic rain forest of South-east Brazil.)

Brazil September 2004, author Peter Nash (added January 9, 2005)
(Peter Nash, Harpy Eagle, Itatiaia, Ubatuba, Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Cristalino, Serra das Araras, Agami Heron, Zigzag Heron, Hyacinth Macaw)

Brazil, The Travelling Birder - September/October 2004, author Peter McIver (added January 31, 2005)
(Independent birding-Itatia,Pantanal,Chap dos Guimaraes,Amazonia,Minais Gerais,Paraty)

Brazil Bahia March 2004, author John van der Woude (link created January 25, 2011)
(Chapada Diamantina, Boa Nova, Serra das Lontras, Una)

SE Brazil Oct./Nov. 2001, author John van der Woude (link created January 25, 2011)
(Teresopolis, Caparao, A.Rushi, Linhares/Sooretama, Cipo, Canastra, Ubatuba, Itatiaia)

Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro State, south-east Brazil (REGUA, Vale das Taquaras and Pico da Caledonia) - 10th - 22nd October 2007, author Lee Dingain (added January 14, 2008)

Amazonian “Big Sit”, Brazil - September 2005, author Alex Lees (added February 9, 2006)

South-east Brazil, December - January 2008-09, author Lasse Olsson (added February 6, 2009)
(Serra dos Tucanos and other sites)

Central Brazil - Caseara and Araguacema, Tocantins,, author Guy Kirwan (added February 5, 2009)
(Araguaia Valley endemics)

Amazonian Brazil: Alta Floresta, the Rio Azul, and Cristalino Jungle Lodge, author Bradley Davis (link created February 27, 2009)
(Brazil, Amazon, Cristalino, Harpy Eagle, Bald Parrot, Crimson Topaz, Hyacinth Macaw, Spotted Antpitta, Amazonian Antpitta)

North-east Brazil - 7th - 29th October, 2010, author Greg Roberts (added December 7, 2010)
(485 species including all but a few of the region's endemics and specialties)

Brazil - Serra Da Cantareira National Park, Sao Paulo - October 2007 - March 2010, author Paul Varney (added December 29, 2010)

Amazonian Brazil - The Pousada Rio Roosevelt 30 Oct to 10 Nov 2008, author Bradley Davis (link created December 21, 2008)
(Rio Roosevelt, Zigzag Heron, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Pavonine Quetzal, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Bamboo Antshrike, White-breasted Antbird, Black-bellied Gnateater, Hoffmanns' Woodcreeper, Black-necked Red-Cotinga, Snow-capped Manaki)

Report of a Birding trip to Southern Bahia - Brazil - 2008, author Graeme Wallace (added December 18, 2008)
(Stresmann's Bristlefront, Bahia Tapaculo, Diamantina Tapaculo, Sincora Antwren, Pink-legged Gravateiro, Slender & Rio de Janeiro Antbird)

Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Brazil - Volunteer Guiding Sep-Oct 2006, author Richard C. Hoyer (added December 18, 2006)
(Bald Parrot, Long-tailed Potoo)

Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil: May 23rd - July 28th 2006, author Scott Olmstead (added December 17, 2009)
(Cristalino, Alta Floresta, Fiery-tailed Awlbill, Rusty-breasted Nunlet, Crested Eagle)

South Amazonian Brazil (Mato Grosso and southern Para) - November 12 - 24, 2008, author Martin Reid (added December 15, 2008)
(Pousada Rio Azul, Cristalino, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Biritiba-Mirim, "Marsh" Antwren, Harpy Eagle, Crimson Topaz, Bald Parrot)

South East Brazil Nov 2005 - 5 days at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, author Stephen Burch (link created December 13, 2005)
(Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Antbird, Three-toed Jacamar, Spot Billed Toucanet)

South East Brazil Nov 2005 - 5 days at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, author Stephen Burch (added December 13, 2005)
(Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Antbird, Three-toed Jacamar, Spot Billed Toucanet, Swallow Tailed Cotinga)

Brazil - Pará and Mato Grosso: 02 - 12 October 2007, author Bradley Davis (added December 11, 2007)
(Pousada Rio Azul and Cristalino Jungle Lodge, 392 spp. recorded incl. Harpy Eagle, Hyacinth Macaw, Bald Parrot, Phaethornis sp. nov., Crimzon Topaz, Pavonine Quetzal, Brown-banded Puffbird, Cinnamon Neopipo, Pale-bellied Mourner, Guianan Gnatcatcher)

South-east Brazil - 11th to 25th August 2007, author Clare Vernon (added August 31, 2007)
(Itatiaia, Ubatuba, Intervales)

Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Atlantic Forest, South-east Brazil - 17 May to 1 August 2006, author Lee Dingain (added August 3, 2007)

Brazil - Pousada Rio Azul, Pará: 29 July - 05 August 2007, author Bradley Davis (added August 21, 2007)
(Southern Amazonia, Crimson Topaz, Bald Parrot, Pavonine Quetzal, Black Manakin, Guianan Gnatcatcher)

South-east Brazil - May 31st – June 14th 2005, author Ian Hodgson and John van der Dol (added August 2, 2005)

Brazil - The Atlantic Rainforest - 31st July - 11th August 2009, author Christopher Hall (added August 17, 2009)
(Serra dos Tucanos lodge, Serra dos Orgaos National Park, Portao Azul, Macae de Cima, Guapi Açu)

Brazil: Carajas and other sites in Para (September 18th - 29th, 2008), author Charles Spagnoli (added April 7, 2009)

Brazil - Pantanal - The rainy season - February 21-23, 2008, author Paulo Boute (added April 4, 2008)
(The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world)

Braving Brazil - November 2007, author Richard Sutton (added April 26, 2008)
(with images by Don Dolga of Brazilian Ruby, Frilled Coquette; Plush-crested Jay, Green-headed Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Surucua Trogon, Toco Toucan and Black-fronted Piping Guan)

Brazil October 2010, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

Brazil October 2011, author Rockjumper Birding Tours (link created April 11, 2012)

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