The Red-knobbed Curassow is an endangered species from Brazil. Once inhabiting the Atlantic Forest, it is very hard to find nowadays. Its population is decreasing due to hunting and deforestation. Some of them can still be found in the preservation units of Espirito Santo. Leonardo Merçon found a whole group of Red-knobbed Curassows nearby the […]
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![[Passarinhando no Brasil] Tapiraí, SP. Fevereiro de 2013.](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Saltator-fuliginosus-Tapirai-12-02-13-IMG_3711-399x600.jpg "[Passarinhando no Brasil] Tapiraí, SP. Fevereiro de 2013.")
[Passarinhando no Brasil] Tapiraí, SP. Fevereiro de 2013.
Na terça-feira de carnaval, dia 12/02/2013, fui para Tapiraí, com os amigos Daniel Duarte e Jefferson Otaviano. Tapiraí fica no contínuo de Mata Atlântica da serra de paranapiacaba. Portanto, uma área ainda com muita, muita área verde. Muita mata, muito bicho. Pegamos uma estrada de terra, que passa ao lado da pousada Salve Floresta e […]
![[Passarinhando no Brasil] Ibiraci, MG. Carnaval de 2013](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Saltatricula-atricollis-Ibiraci-11-02-13-IMG_3448-613x409.jpg "[Passarinhando no Brasil] Ibiraci, MG. Carnaval de 2013")
[Passarinhando no Brasil] Ibiraci, MG. Carnaval de 2013
No carnaval deste ano fui para Ibiraci, MG. O tempo não ajudou, choveu muito. Somente na segunda-feira, 11/02/13 consegui algumas fotos. Fui para a região de cerrado, depois da represa de Peixoto. Lá sempre rende uns bichos legais. A luz não ajudava, mas foi o que consegui fazer. Até a próxima…
Hepatic Tanager in Brazil
Photo made in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. This beautiful bird measures about 17.5 centimeters and has a great sexual dimorphism: The male is brightly colored, red orange, the female is yellow very much alive. In Brazil it is known as Sanhaçu Fire. Canon 7D, ISO 1000, f9 and 1/100s
The Hummingbirds of Folha Seca
Tucked away inside a rare remnant patch of Brazil’s critically threatened Atlantic rainforests is a slice of paradise called Folha Seca (meaning “dry leaf”). Here Mr Jonas Dabronzo, as kind and intelligent a gentleman as you would ever wish to meet, owns a secluded home that has become a Mecca for hummingbirds and a myriad […]
Vale Nature Reserve, a wildlife paradise!
About a year I’ve made regular incursions in the Vale Nature Reserve. So, I’m able to speak of my experiences there, what I saw and what I think about that place. The Reserve is in Brazil, state of Espírito Santo, in Linhares, a city 109,4 miles away from the capital Vitoria. There are 85 square […]