Site Report: Itacare, Brazil

Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)

Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)

Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon)

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)

Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)





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Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)

Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)

Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon)

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)

Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
Beach resort on the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
Visits
- 2011-07-21: Part two of the Brazil trip was a trip to the beach near Salvador. We drove for nearly six hours in the rental car to reach Itacare. We spent three nights in the area hiking, kayaking, and eating. The area around Itacare was mostly second growth forest interspersed with villages and beaches. A wide-mouthed river formed the northern border of the town, and the area along the river was home to some mangroves. Despite the forest all around town, there was not a lot of wildlife in the area. The highlight of my trip to Itacare was when I slipped on a muddy path. Trying to break my fall, I ended up scraping my arm against a tree. A one inch stick from the tree found its way into my arm, and I had to go to the hospital to have it removed.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (36 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(36 records)
Class: Birds
(35 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Order: Perching Birds
(22 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Family: Swallows
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
- Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
- Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Swainson's Flycatcher (Myiarchus swainsoni)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Weid's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)