Birding Tour Brazil: Southeast Brazil – Atlantic Forest Endemics Paradise

This classic southeast Brazil tour offers numerous highlights for those who are fond of spectacular birding sites and a great diversity of birds. Of the 1,868 bird species recorded in Brazil, 1,113 have been recorded in southeast Brazil, including a staggering 147 Brazilian endemics (61 percent of all endemic birds of Brazil). Despite being heavily populated, with 75 million people, a multitude of great birding sites can be found both in the vicinity of metropolitan areas as well as in remote areas of this fascinating part of the country. Join Birding Ecotours on this 15-day Brazil birding tour as we explore three main birding sites in the state of Sao Paulo.

Green-headed Tanager is one of the many tanagers we will target on this tour (photo Riccardo Boschetti).

First, we visit Intervales State Park, one of the finest birding destinations in southeast Brazil, where many amazing-looking birds can be found, such as Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Crescent-chested Puffbird, Large-tailed Antshrike, White-bearded Antshrike, and Hooded Berryeater, among many other specials.

We then continue to the well-known Ubatuba area, where we will be delighted by species such as Blond-crested Woodpecker, Bare-throated Bellbird, Spotted Bamboowren, Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant, and Festive Coquette.

Festive Coquette is one of the many specials we will look for around Ubatuba.

Finally, we spend a few days exploring Itatiaia National Park, one of the most famous birding sites in southeast Brazil. With a list of 357 species and comfortable accommodation, it is an excellent place to look for some sought-after species such as Green-crowned Plovercrest, Brazilian Ruby, Saffron Toucanet, Black-and-gold Cotinga, Slaty Bristlefront, Surucua Trogon, Green-billed Toucan, and a nice selection of colorful tanagers such as Green-headed, Gilt-edged, Brassy-breasted, and Red-necked Tanagers. After 15 days of great birding in Brazil you will be transferred to São Paulo to connect with your homebound flight.

This tour can be combined with our preceding Argentina and Brazil: Cerrado, Pantanal, and Iguazu Falls birding tour, and/or with our Brazil: Cerrado Endemics, Brazilian Merganser, and Maned Wolf birding tour which immediately follows this southeast Brazil birding tour.