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Focus On Nature
Birding & Nature Tours 
in South America - 1

 in Brazil 
 & Venezuela

in 2010 & 2011

In 2010 & 2011, FONT birding & nature tours will continue, as they have for nearly 20 years, in South America, the richest continent in the world for birds. 
Still upcoming in our schedule of South American tours will be those in:
Brazil, including Amazonian Brazil, and also in Minas Gerais, 
Mato Grosso do Sul,  and in the southernmost Brazilian state, 
Rio Grande do Sul.   
Other FONT South American tours in 2010 
are to Argentina & Chile in September, October & November.           


Brazil has one of the richest and most interesting avifaunas in the world. 
In all, there have been 47 FONT birding & nature tours in Brazil, during which cumulatively about 1,050 different birds have been seen. 
Many of these tours have been to the region of Mato Grosso, in south-central Brazil, with some distinctively different areas ranging from the bird-rich wetlands of the "Pantanal" to the dry habitat of the "Cerrado". 
During upcoming tours, if the birds are there, we'll also be at a place where, during our previous tours, we've seen Harpy Eagles at a nest. 
      
FONT Brazilian birding tours also have been to "Amazonian Forest" locales including the Rio Cristalino near Alta Floresta, a place called "Jardim da Amazonia" ("the Garden of the Amazon"), and the region of Manaus.

The "Atlantic Forest" and other habitats of the Southeast are also visited during FONT Brazilian Tours, near the coast and further inland in Sao Paulo State (either at Itatiaia or Intervales). 

There are also many interesting birds indigenous to Southeast Brazil, further inland, where we also go during our tour into the state of Minas Gerais. Particularly notable among those birds has been the very rare Brazilian Merganser, that we've seen during 6 tours in that area.

A Photograph of a rare Brazilian Merganser

A region of Brazil that we have found to be very bird-rich is the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. 
We're scheduled to be there in 2010, as we were in 2009, when it's spring in that part of the world (in October), during a tour that also includes 
Minas Gerais, and an extension to Mato Grosso do Sul, where 3 times during our tours in the last 3 years, we've seen Jaguars. 
During one of our tours there in Mato Grosso do Sul, there were: 
as many as 7 Ocelots, a Pantanal Cat, a Maned Wolf, two Brazilian Tapirs, many Giant Anteaters, and other animals. 
Good wildlife sightings, with many birds & animals, have continued during tours there since then.    
A particularly rare animal found during that March '08 FONT tour in Brazil was the Maned Three-toed Sloth.            

Itineraries of our tours in Brazil follow. Also, links to lists of birds, mammals, butterflies, and other nature. 
Jabiru, 
a bird of the Pantanal of Brazil 


Brassy-Breasted Tanager,
a Brazilian endemic in the Southeast.


The Red-fan Parrot is to be seen
during FONT tours in both Venezuela
and Amazonian Brazil

Itineraries in 2010 & 2011  (with prices):

Tour BR-2
Jul 29 - Aug 8, '10
 
BRAZIL

AMAZONAS 
(into & out 
of Manaus)

A special tour 
for 
Amazonian
specialty birds,
including
antbirds, 
parrots & potoos,
cotingas
& coquettes,
manakins 
& more
  
 
Tour BR-3
Oct 16-30, '10


BRAZIL

In the 
states of
MINAS GERAIS
& RIO GRANDE DO SUL
for birds & other nature
of inland SE & far-southern Brazil 

During this tour we've seen 
the rare Brazilian Merganser

Tour BR-3A
Oct 30 - Nov 3

Optional Extension
in the PANTANAL
in the state of 
MATO GROSSO DO SUL

some places
available 

 

Tour BR-2
Aug 6-20, '11


BRAZIL

IGUAZU FALLS & 
MATO GROSSO
including the 
PANTANAL,
the Cerrado,
& Serra das Araras 
A Tour for 
"Jabiru & Jaguar" 



This tour can be done
in conjunction with
Tour BR-3 

 

 Tour BR-3
Aug 21-29, '11


BRAZIL

SOUTHEAST 
BRAZIL
including the
 ATLANTIC FOREST
at Itatiaia & Intervales
 & 
near the coast 
at Ubatuba



This tour can be done
in conjunction with
Tour BR-2

A Complete List 
of Brazilian Birds 
(noting about 
1,040 species
during FONT Tours):
 
Part 1: 
Tinamous 
to Doves

Part 2:
Macaws to 
Flycatchers

Part 3:
Antshrikes to 
Grosbeaks

Brazilian Rare Birds 
(with photos)
Brazilian 
Mammals & Other Wildlife
(with photos)
South American 
Mammals & Other Wildlife
 (with photos)

A List of 
Venezuela Birds

A Complete List
of Birds
of the 
Amazon Basin
(including Brazil,
Ecuador & Venezuela) 


Birds during 
FONT Tours in:

Mato Grosso

Minas Gerais

Rio Grande do Sul

Southeast Brazil

(these regional 
bird-lists 
without photos) 
 
Some Previous Brazil 
Tour Highlights

Narratives relating to previous FONT Tours:
"Mergansers, Eagles,
& a Sloth"
"Hyacinth Macaw,
many other birds,
& a Jaguar"
The Tour with the
Most Birds

Photos of Animals
 & Birds
(from our 
Sep '06 Brazil Tour )

Photos of Nature
& Scenery
 (from our
Mar '08 Brazil Tour) 

Photos of Birds 
& Animals
(from our
Oct '09 Brazil Tour)



Birds in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul,
mostly Egrets & Jabiru Storks,
photographed during a FONT tour in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil 




Jabirus at a nest during a FONT tour in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil 

    



A Harpy Eagle in Mato Grosso, Brazil,
photographed through a telescope
during a FONT tour.

 



A Southern Crested Caracara and a setting Sun
at the end of nice day during a FONT tour
in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil  


FONT Brazilian birding tours have been led
by Armas Hill (who has birded in Brazil during nearly 50 visits)