Perequê.
Mambucaba river, Perequê. Photo ₢ Rick and Elis simpson.
One of the finest places I know to go birding. Not only does it have many pairs of the rare and once thought to be extinct Black-hooded Antwrens, it has a supporting cast of superb quality. The antwrens can be found along the road to the traditional site in Jeremy Minns’ notes, but that traditional site is still well worth the effort to visit.
Before entering the track it is possible to see and hear the Black-hooded Antwrens, but there are so many birds to be found along the road it often takes an hour or so to drag yourself away and enter the site proper. Along the road outside the gate I have seen; Tataupa Tinamou, Lineated Woodpecker, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Tufted Antshrike, Squamate Antbird, Lemon-chested Greenlet, White-winged Becard, Large-headed Flatbill, Sooty Grassquit and Half-collared Sparrow.
Along the track itself is very good too, Spotted Bamboowren, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant, Buff-bellied Puffbird, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Robust Woodpecker, Black-throated Grosbeak to name but a few.
Male Black-hooded Antwren. Photo ₢ Arthur Grosset.
Female Black-hooded Antwren. Photo ₢ Arthur Grosset.
Birds to look out for include: Tataupa Tinamou, Swallow-tailed and Rufous-thighed Kites, Black and White Hawk-Eagle, Pileated Parrot, White-collared , Grey-rumped and Lesser Swallow-tailed Swifts, Saw-billed, Scale-throated Hermit and Reddish Hermits, Frilled Coquette, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Amethyst Woodstar, White-tailed and Surucua Trogon, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Buff-bellied Puffbird, White-barred Piculet, Yellow-fronted, White-spotted, Yellow-eared, Blond-crested, Lineated and Robust Woodpeckers, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Ochre-breasted, Black-capped, Buff-fronted and White-eyed Foliage-gleaners, Pale-browed Treehunter, Streaked Xenops, Plain-winged, Olivaceous, White-throated and Lesser Woodcreeper, Spot-backed, Tufted, Chestnut-backed and Rufous-capped Antshrikes, Star-throated, Unicoloured, Rufous-winged, Black-hooded and streak-capped Antwrens, Ferruginous, Scaled Antbird and Squamate Antbirds, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Black-cheeked and Rufous Gnateaters, Slaty Bristlefront, Spotted Bamboowren, Black-crowned Tityra, Green-backed, Chestnut-crowned, White-winged and Black-capped Becard, Greenish, Yellow and São Paulo Tyrannulets, Eared Pygmy-Tyrant , Eye-ringed, Fork-tailed and Hangnest Tody-Tyrants, White-throated Spadebill, Bran-coloured, Whiskered and Euler’s Flycatchers, Blue-billed and Velvety Black-Tyrants, Large-headed Flatbill, White-thighed Swallow, Long-billed Wren, Long-billed Gnatwren, Chivi Vireo, Lemon-chested Greenlet, Tropical Parula, Masked Yellowthroat, Golden-crowned and Neotropical River Warbler, Chestnut-vented Conebill, Orange-headed, Rufous-headed, Olive-green, Flame-crested, Ruby-crowned, Black-goggled, Brazilian, Sayaca, Golden-chevroned, Palm, Fawn-breasted, Green-headed and Red-necked Tanagers, Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Buffy-fronted and White-bellied Seedeaters, Sooty Grassquit, Half-collared Sparrow, Buff-throated and Green-winged Saltators, Black-throated Grosbeak and Crested Oropendola.
