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 restricted 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 2012, as we have been in 
the past when it's early spring in that part of the world.

In 2012, we'll be going again to Minas Gerais, this time in 
August, and to Mato Grosso do Sul, where 5 times 
during our tours in the last 5 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 our March '08 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. 

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

Jaguars have been seen during 
5 FONT tours in Brazil in the last 5 years