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...