A BBE group pauses on a Rondônia trail, tracking a bird heard but unseen in the mid-story. In dense Amazonian understory, many species are audible at distances where they remain physically invisible — the situation that makes targeted acoustic stimulation, used with discipline, a legitimate detection tool. Photo: Bruno Rennó. Every few months, the birding community rediscovers playback. Someone posts a video of a guide blasting a speaker at a stressed antbird, the comments g

Every year, thousands of Red-spectacled Parrots gather above Urupema, Santa Catarina. Discover Brazil's most extraordinary parrot spectacle — and why it stays with you long after. Thousands of Red-spectacled Parrots ( Amazona pretrei ) in flight over Urupema, Santa Catarina — one of the largest parrot aggregations in South America. Photo: Fernando Farias I didn't do much research before the first time I went. It was May 2018, and I was heading to Urupema with Ciro, Cristine

The turquoise waters of the Tapajós River, one of the great biogeographical barriers shaping bird diversity in Pará. Photo: Caio Brito If the Amazon is not just one forest — if it is a mosaic of different Amazons shaped by rivers, history, and evolution  — then Pará might be one of the most fascinating places to understand that idea in real life. Few regions illustrate this better. Within a single state, you can cross mangroves, terra firme rainforest, flooded forest (várzea

Early light over the flooded Pantanal — a landscape where water, forest and wildlife blend into one continuous horizon. Scenes like this are often the first glimpse visitors have of a place that feels both vast and unexpectedly alive. Photo: Luiz Felipe Mendes / Baía das Pedras Archive For many birders and nature lovers, the Pantanal —  one of the best wildlife destinations in South America  — begins long before the journey itself… somewhere in the imagination. Wide horizons

Something is different about the Cerrado: it doesn’t reveal itself immediately. It’s not as vivid and impactful as the Amazon, nor as iconic and full of movement as the Pantanal. Instead, it unfolds slowly — through altitude shifts, geological transitions, and landscapes that feel ancient in a way that’s hard to explain until you stand there. This tour was designed as a genuine immersion into the most biodiverse savanna on Earth  — the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Moving throug

When we think about the Amazon, the most common image that comes to mind is that of an immense, continuous forest, apparently uniform, stretching for thousands of kilometers. From above — whether through maps, satellite imagery, or even in the collective imagination — everything seems to belong to a single, vast ecosystem. From a bird’s perspective, however, this view is misleading. The Amazon is not one single entity. What we broadly call “the Amazon” actually contains multi

Among the rocky outcrops and thorny vegetation of Brazil's Caatinga lives one of the region's most emblematic and threatened birds: the White-browed Guan ( Penelope jacucaca ), popularly known in Brazil as jacucaca . Endemic to this uniquely Brazilian biome and currently classified as Vulnerable, this large cracid plays a fundamental ecological role as a disperser of native plant seeds in one of South America's most seasonal environments. White-browed Guan ( Penelope jacucaca

The Rio de Janeiro Antwren was described in 1988 by Luiz Gonzaga, based on a single male specimen mist-netted in Magé, a lowland area at the base of Serra dos Órgãos, just 30 kilometers from downtown Rio de Janeiro.

One of the most special things about working with birdwatching in Brazil is seeing, up close, how people’s passion can transform places.  Macuquinho Lodge Some of these projects start big, with investment, planning, and teams behind them. Others begin small — almost always with a dream, determination, and a long-standing relationship with the forest.  Sítio Macuquinho fits perfectly into this second group. And maybe that’s exactly why it feels so special. Macuquinho Lodge Gar

Introduction The Rondonia/Acre Tour — often called the Western Brazilian Amazon route — is a trip I’ve always enjoyed guiding. I first visited the region in 2013 while working in environmental consultancy, and later returned many times as a guide. What stands out to me is how different it feels compared to other Amazon circuits. It’s not the well-trodden path, and each visit still brings small discoveries, new behaviors, or species showing up in places we didn’t expect. The v

Every birder has that one species that leaves a mark so deep it changes the course of their life. For our founder and guide Ciro Albano, that bird is the Araripe Manakin. And the truth is — it didn’t just change his life. It reshaped communities, conservation projects, and, in a roundabout way, even made Brazil Birding Experts possible.

Roots and Origins (1937–1960s) The story of Sítio Pau Preto begins in 1937, when Jefferson Bob’s great-grandparents, Abraão Gonçalves de...

Siesta time! It was during a small break after lunch and the Northeast Popular Tour 2025 had just begun, with Ciro and André on the lead.